Lt Paul Vernon

Oct 19 2011

Both attend continuation school

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A 16-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting another 16-year-old boy inside downtown Los Angeles’ Third Street Tunnel was a member of a rival gang, and the teens had been attending a continuation high school class designed for “at-risk youths,” police said today.

The shooting occurred about 3 p.m. Tuesday just west of Hill Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Aug 2 2011

Jabril Greene, Makrice Leonard

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A silver Cadillac circling a downtown jewelry store with its license plate covered was stopped, and two men and three teenage boys inside were arrested, police said today.

The arrests near Sixth Street and Broadway were made Monday, Los Angeles police Lt. Paul Vernon said.

A jeweler called police and reported the seeing the car round the block three times in five minutes, Vernon said.

“The jewelry merchants are alert to (a) spree of smash-and-grab robberies,” Vernon said.

Jul 29 2011

Videotaped by bystander

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A distraught man who was threatening to jump from the roof of a 13-story apartment building in downtown Los Angeles was rescued by police officers in an effort videotaped by a bystander, authorities said today.

The man, about 30, was pulled to safety by officers about 6 p.m. Thursday at 111 W. Seventh St., said Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Paul Vernon of the Central Station.

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.