Special To The Black Star News July 19,2019 0  Former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro calls Justice Department decision not to file charges against Eric Garner's killer, Officer Daniel Pantaleo, "a travesty." This week the William Barr Justice Department decided they would not seek justice for Eric Garner, who had his life taken by NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo on July 17, 2014. Garner was killed when Officer Pantaleo choked him to death as he uttered his dying words of “I can’t breathe.” It has been five... | Special To The Black Star News July 19,2019 0  Grammy-award winning singer Beyonce Knowles-Carter, who plays Nala in the Lion King, has also released an album entitled "The Lion King:The Gift" to coicide with new Lion King film release... In celebration of the release of Disney’s The Lion King, The Walt Disney Company Africa, in collaboration with Hyundai Santa Fe, FNB and Attacq Foundation has launched The Lion King Screening Programme that will see up to 10,000 high school learners from under-served communities... | Special To The Black Star News July 19,2019 0  Attorney General Letitia James today announced the arrests of a New York City pharmacy owner and three of her managers for participating in a multi-million dollar Medicaid fraud scheme involving kickbacks and HIV drugs. Pharmacy owner Irina Pichkhadze, 34, of Queens; and three of her pharmacy managers, Raymond Dieffenbacher, 46, of Queens, Yana Dubrinskaya, 31, of Brooklyn, and Tarlan (aka Boris) Pinkhasov, 40, of Queens, were all charged. Pichkhadze's pharmacy... |
By KfabsKorner July 19,2019 0 It is always football season! The offseason can be counted on to churn out a steady diet of news from the league. More often than not that phenomenon is the rule. Yet, the summer of 2019 stood out as a grand exception. It was as if the NBA tapped the NFL on the shoulder and with a polite step around, made its way to the center of the dance floor to strike a Saturday Night Fever-esque pose. It was not to be outdone! With so much happening in the NBA the NFL had been ushered off to... | Special To The Black Star News July 19,2019 0  Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, condemned the decision not to convict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the unjust killing of her son. Carr is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to hold the NYPD accountable, which includes firing Pantaleo and other officers responsible for misconduct. On Thursday, July 18, Carr spoke to de Blasio in a meeting. She issued the following statement: “I spoke to the Mayor and told him that Daniel Pantaleo, Justin D'Amico, Sgt. Kizzy Adonis... | Special To The Black Star News July 19,2019 0  EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has decided to cancel chlorpyrifos ban--that EPA scientists agreed with--apparently after Dow Chemicals lobbied Trump Administration... Farmers can keep spraying fruits and vegetables with a pesticide shown to harm a child’s brain even at low levels of exposure, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency said today. With a court deadline looming, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced his decision to allow... |
Special To The Black Star News July 18,2019 0  NYPD Commissioner O'Neill. Dear Commissioner O'Neill, As you know, five years ago, Eric Garner was killed by a member of the NYPD who used a prohibited tactic - the chokehold. As you also know, Mr. Garner... | Special To The Black Star News July 18,2019 0  KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City today announced the publication of its latest history book, Let Us Put Our Money Together: The Founding of America’s First Black Banks. The rare historical account explores the efforts to establish the first African American banks in the United States. “For the first African American banks, it was not only about serving as a source of credit for businesses and consumers, but also... |
Over the last few days, during this observance of the first anniversary of the execution of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, were now hearing chants of Weve got to fight back and We are ready for war.
That weve reached this dangerous place in the fight against police abuse was...
Last week a New York Police Department officer was suspended after a video emerged showing him kicking a suspect being arrested, now a group of NYPD officers are being investigated for bringing down Sandra Amezquita a...
The Ebola crises in West Africa is another occasion where the whole world gets to see inept leadership in many African countries.
There have recently been many postings on social media critical of the United States for deploying military personnel and medical workers to West Africa in...
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