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Jan 27 2011

Does he or does he not live in Inglewood?

Inglewood residents recently protested outside of the Ladera Heights home of newly elected Mayor James Butts.

Butts, the former police chief of Santa Monica, recently beat incumbent Daniel K. Tabor in a heated runoff election to replace former Mayor Roosevelt Dorn, who was forced from office after pleading guilty to a public corruption charge in Jan. 2009.

After four elections in one year, voters elected Butts with 56 percent of the vote on Jan. 11.

Jan 20 2011

Great-grandmother and teenager

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—The city has announced a $25,000 reward in hopes of tracking down the gunman who killed a great-grandmother and wounded a teenage boy last month in a suspected gang shooting at a local park.

Gwendolyn Taylor, 61, was on a Saturday afternoon outing with her family when she was shot at Rogers Park. Taylor died at a hospital.

The other victim, a 15-year-old boy, was treated at a hospital for an arm wound.

Jan 11 2011

Daniel Tabor, James T. Butts Jr.

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Inglewood residents will head to the polls today to elect a mayor, deciding between incumbent Daniel Tabor and former Santa Monica police chief and Inglewood deputy chief James T. Butts Jr.

Tabor led the list of candidates in the November primary election, but failed to earn the majority of votes needed to claim the mayor's office outright.

Jan 7 2011

Gang-related

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—A male was shot to death in a gang-related attack in Inglewood, police announced today.

The fatal shooting occurred around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 10900 block of South Crenshaw Boulevard, said Sgt. Brian Spencer of the Inglewood Police Department.

Officers arriving on the scene found the victim lying on the sidewalk near the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and 109th Street, Spencer said.

Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
Dec 16 2010

Racial friction between Black and Hispanic gangs suspected as root cause

...The problems produced by placing such a tremendous amount of firepower in the hands of our youth are exacerbated by a terrifying fact: Most juveniles don’t have very good aim. In 1989, Los Angeles District Attorney Ira Reiner reported that half of all drive-by shooting fatalities (a practice common to gangs) in his city were “innocent bystanders” (Harper, 1989, pp. 12-15). Recently, one gang member explained the problem: “Keep in mind we don’t have no target ranges were we get prolific with these guns” (Bing, 1989).

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.