South Los Angeles

Sep 19 2011

Department says man pointed weapon at police

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An investigation was under way today into the death of a man who police said was shot by an LAPD officer in South Los Angeles after pointing a weapon at him at the end of a foot chase.
   
The officer and his partner were in the 1100 block of West 53rd Street in response to an unrelated trespassing complaint when, around 10:45 p.m.
 

Sep 18 2011

The suspect was last seen exiting the store by foot

Police today released the videotape of an Aug. 12 robbery at a South Los Angeles mini-market in an effort to identify the suspect.

 A man entered the market in the 5900 block of South San Pedro Street a little before 5 p.m. He told the cashier in Spanish that he was embarrassed but needed money.

The female cashier opened the cash register and gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash. 

Sep 18 2011

No breakthroughs were reported as round-the-clock negotiations passed a 7:10 p.m. strike deadline

 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - No breakthroughs were reported as round-the-clock
negotiations passed a 7:10 p.m. strike deadline set by the union representing
62,000 grocery store clerks in Southern California.
  
 
Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons officials continued to meet with the
workers' representatives at an undisclosed location, while union stewards spent
the day passing out picket signs.
  

Sep 17 2011

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Sep 13 2011

Federal crime

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The U.S. Postal Inspection Service today offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever robbed a letter carrier in South Los Angeles.

The carrier was robbed in the 1600 block of 60th Place about 9:45 a.m. on Aug. 20, Stacia Crane of the Postal Inspection Service said.

The suspect was described as a tall, thin Black man believed to be in his mid 40s. He was as tall as 6 feet 5 inches and clean-shaven with a nearly shaved head, according to Crane, who said he should be considered dangerous.

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.