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New York City moved closer to electing its second-ever Black mayor after Eric Adams was on Tuesday night declared the winner of last month's Democratic primary.
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League “Ours will be a civic forum, an open democracy that hears diverse views and voices before it decides, a democracy that holds out hope for the [...]
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Former Amazon, Inc. employee Chris Smalls sued his former employer on behalf of a class of similarly situated African American and Latino workers for its failure to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and complying with other safety guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. “As New York City was fast becoming the epicenter of this deadly and … Continued
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… one of the first gay African Americans elected to the House of …
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a judge quickly denied the campaign's new lawyer's request for a delay. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann told lawyers for Donald J. Trump for President Inc. and the counties and state election official it has sued that they must show up and 'be prepared for argument and questioning' at the federal courthouse in Williamsport. It also may feature Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and the president's personal attorney, […]
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The violent and divisive rhetoric of President Donald Trump and his allies in the run-up to the U.S. Capitol riot is laid bare in a chilling supercut released by “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” on Wednesday. Trump, members of his family, White House officials, […]
The post Chilling Supercut Exposes Violent Pre-Riot Rhetoric From Donald Trump And His Enablers appeared first on The New York Beacon.
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into the final week of the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 1 ___ THE NARRATIVE It's almost over. By this time next week, and hopefully much sooner, we'll likely know who will occupy the Oval Office for the next four years. The ghosts of 2016 are keeping Democrats on edge, but they are hopeful that voters will make President Donald Trump the first incumbent to lose reelection since George H.W. Bush in 1992. Democrat Joe Biden is running significantly ahead of […]
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Nine hours before their political movement would begin to self-immolate amid broken windows and gunfire, supporters of President Donald J. Trump — including those who stormed and breached the U.S. Capitol building — gathered on [...]
Chemical agents – including tear gas, pepper balls, and other lachrymators – have been fired at peaceful protesters in cities including Austin, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Richmond, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, and even Beverly Hills.
The most high-profile of these incidents involved the U.S. Park Police using chemical agents to disperse protesters in Washington, D.C. so that President Trump could walk across Lafayette Square to St. John’s Episcopal Church for a photo op.
NPR highlighted both a 2014 study by the US Army concluded that soldiers exposed to tear gas were more likely to contract respiratory illnesses, as well as a letter signed by over a thousand public health professionals that “Oppose[s] any use of tear gas, smoke, or other respiratory irritants” during the protests.
This goes against the value of innocence that John Adams and others placed at the foundation of our criminal justice system.
This common-sense proposal would set a federal standard regarding the use of chemical agents, holding all police departments accountable for indiscriminate use against American citizens.
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Mourners are guided into the Fountain of Praise Church during a public visitation for George Floyd Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston.
(Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of mourners lined up outside a church in George Floyd’s native Houston for a final public viewing Monday as his death two weeks ago at the hands of police continued whipping protesters, leaders and cities around the world into action over demands to address racial injustice and police brutality.
Floyd died May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped responding.
Flowers are laid in the church during a public visitation for George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden planned to travel to Houston to meet with Floyd’s family and will provide a video message for Floyd’s funeral service.
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(Jamaica Observer) Business tycoon Ian Levy is convinced Andrew Holness will go down in history as one of the best, if not the best prime ministers Jamaica has ever had.
The article Business tycoon rates Holness as Jamaica's best PM appeared first on Stabroek News.
School systems in Detroit, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and suburban Minneapolis are giving up on in-person classes, and some governors are reimposing restrictions on bars and restaurants or getting more serious about masks, as the coast-to-coast resurgence of the coronavirus sends deaths, hospitalizations and new infections soaring. The crisis deepened at hospitals, with the situation so bad […]
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Miya Ponsetto will reappear in court on March 29, 2021.
It was already a difficult morning for Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks. Already on edge about claims that the general election of 2020 was “stolen” coming from the mouth of the president, the veteran San Fernando Valley lawmaker showed up at the House chamber in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Jan. 6, to participate in the […]
Newly appointed Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding sent a strong message to the Holness administration on Tuesday, warning that he would keep the Government in check and be fearless in reining in corruption and malfeasance. Golding, 55,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike […]
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On Sunday 14 November, Professor Basil Wilson (retired provost of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City) moderated this special session with Sir Hilary Beckles, 8th Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is a distinguished academic, international thought leader, United Nations committee official, and global public activist in the field of social justice and minority empowerment.
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — This week will find us back in a familiar place — waiting for Georgia to count votes. With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, all eyes are on a runoff election that has Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler facing Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Millions of dollars have poured in, Georgians have been bombarded by advertisements and messages urging them to vote, and both sides have sent their heavy hitters to help turn out voters. Some things to keep in mind as the polls close Tuesday night: HOW DID […]
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Businessman and former People's National Party (PNP) treasurer, Norman Horne is rejecting claims that withdrawing his nomination as an opposition Senator is dependent on the party repaying him a $10M debt. Horne was one of eight...
Eric Adams, a former cop running for NYC mayor, calls for NYPD budget cuts
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the only NYC mayoral candidate with law enforcement experience has some suggestions on how the city should reform the NYPD — and is calling for budget cuts.
In a recently written report, Adams recommends the city drastically convert some NYPD units to an 80% civilian workforce, reduce overtime, and conduct forensic audits of the department’s budget.
“Diverting wasteful spending from the third-largest agency operating budget in our city is essential to combating our deficit, and ensuring that budgetary waste is redirected toward Black and Brown to Adams’ team, these efforts would result in reducing the budget by $1 billion or more.
His plan comes amid calls for significant budget cuts to the NYPD as the city is facing a $10 billion budget shortfall.
Adams’ other recommendations for the City budget include cutting fat through having more city employees work from home, eliminating patronage jobs at City Hall, the City Council and the borough presidents’ offices, as well as temporarily furloughing city workers who could apply for unemployment benefits that would “make them whole.”
— Called “The School That Wouldn’t Die” by Reader’s Digest in January 1994, Providence St. Mel School Founder Paul Adams III led a historic national campaign in 1978 to save the historic inner-city institution.
As the West Side suffers from the highest infection rates in the city and the country, Providence St. Mel School has once again rallied a community in crisis.
Adams preached the importance of PSM students doing three things: Go to college, return to their roots, and send their kids to Providence St. Mel School.
That resonated with this year’s commencement speaker Adwoa Antwi-Barfi, a Providence St. Mel Class of 2000 graduate.
Providence St. Mel has produced a number of distinguished alumni who have returned or gave back to their roots, including John W. Fountain, PSM, Class of 1978.
PERCY SUTTON INNER CITY BROADCASTING CORP. EST. 1971 The late politician, Tuskegee Airman, and civil rights activist purchased a single radio station in New York City in 1971 for $1.9 million and grew it into media conglomerate Inner City Broadcasting Corp.—one of the first such broadcasting entities owned by African...
Former President Donald Trump announced a new impeachment legal defense team just one day after it was revealed that he... View Article
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Twenty-twenty was the year of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but Jamaica was hit by a second virus that took a deadly aim at the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP). A political virus manufactured in a lab at 20 Belmont Road, the...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is working on a program to help schoolchildren in her district.
[Monitor] By Denis Edema
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. has announced his support for former Amazon employee Chris Smalls, who has spearheaded a class-action lawsuit against the company for its alleged failure to provide personal protection equipment for its workers.
It's official. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has calculated that the most dangerous area in the US is Los Angeles county.... View Article
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