Federal autopsy released in Ferguson shooting....The Justice Department autopsy found that Brown died from multiple gunshot wounds and had severe head and chest injuries, though it noted that the chest injury might have been an exit wound from a shot that entered Brown's arm.

ST LOUIS (AP) — A federal autopsy in the Ferguson police shooting reached similar conclusions to those performed by local officials and a private examiner hired by 18-year-old Michael Brown's family, documents show.
Tuesday, December 09, 2014 | 7:45 AM   
The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System's autopsy on Brown, conducted at the request of the Department of Justice, was among grand jury documents that St Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch released Monday with little explanation. Other documents include transcripts of eight federal interviews of possible witnesses to Brown's shooting in early August; police radio traffic; and an alleged audio recording of the shots fired by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
The image of Michael Brown is seen on this placard
being carried by a protestor in Ferguson.
Many of the documents contained information that was similar or identical to the materials that McCulloch released on November 24 after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson in Brown's death. A transcript of testimony from an Air Force pathologist who performed the Justice Department autopsy was included in the November documents, but the autopsy report itself was not released until Monday.
The transcripts of the witness interviews that were released Monday were already included in previously released testimony heard by the grand jury.
The Justice Department autopsy found that Brown died from multiple gunshot wounds and had severe head and chest injuries, though it noted that the chest injury might have been an exit wound from a shot that entered Brown's arm. The autopsy also found a minor gunshot wound to Brown's right hand was evidence of close range discharge of a firearm.
Wilson told the local grand jury that his gun went off during a tussle with Brown through the open window of his police car moments before Brown was fatally shot.
The Justice Department is conducting a separate civil rights investigation into Brown's death. more

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie takes swipe at widow, Graca Machel over his will....She said she was not going to evict the anti-apartheid icon "simply because he was married to a third wife"

Tuesday, December 09, 2014 | 4:20 AM  
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) - Nelson Mandela's former wife has taken a swipe at his widow Graca Machel, as she continues her fight to acquire the late statesman's rural house in Qunu.
Winnie Mandela, Nelson's ex-wife
In an interview published Tuesday, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela questioned why the property was left to Mozambican-born Machel, whom she said already owns "the world in Mozambique".
Winnie in October launched a legal challenge against Mandela's will claiming that the house, built on an expansive estate where the revered South African leader is buried, was acquired by her in 1989.
Mandela was still in prison at the time.
"I let him live on my property," the 78-year-old Madikizela-Mandela told the Daily Dispatch newspaper.
Nelson Mandela
She said she was not going to evict the anti-apartheid icon "simply because he was married to a third wife". 
"It is such a pity he is no longer there for me to ask just what on earth would have brought him to elect that he would take my land and give it away to someone who actually has a whole world in Mozambique, because she's got her four houses in Mozambique."
Madikizela-Mandela went a court to nullify the registration of the property in Mandela's name. The case is yet to be heard.
The couple divorced in 1996 and she was not named in his $4.4 million (3.4 million euro) estate in Mandela's will which was released in February after his death in December 2013. more

Unarmed People of Color Killed by Police, 1999-2014 : Seventy-six (76) men and women who were killed in police custody since the 1999 death of Amadou Diallo in New York

Unarmed People of Color Killed by Police, 1999-2014by Rich Juzwiak and Aleksander Chan 12/9/14
On Wednesday, after the announcement that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo would not be indicted for killing Eric Garner, the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund Twitter posted a series of tweets naming 76 men and women who were killed in police custody since the 1999 death of Amadou Diallo in New York. Starting with the most recent death, what follows are more detailed accounts of many of those included in the Legal Defense Fund's tweets. 

Miriam Carey, 34, Washington, D.C.—October 3, 2013

Unarmed People of Color Killed by Police, 1999-2014While attempting to make a U-turn at a White House checkpoint, Carey allegedly hit a barricade and a Secret Service officer in front of the White House. After a high-speed chase, police surrounded her, weapons drawn. She was shot five times in the chase and died at the scene. She was unarmed. Her daughter was in the car with her and was unharmed.Aftermath: The U.S. Attorney's Office declined to press charges.

Tamon Robinson, 27, New York, N.Y.—April 18, 2012


Unarmed People of Color Killed by Police, 1999-2014Police responded to a call from Canarsie, Brooklyn that Robinson was stealing paving stones. When confronted by police, Robinson, unarmed, ran toward the building where his mother lived; officers chased him by car, hitting himAftermath: Robinson's family reached a $2 million settlement in a wrongful death suit against the city this year.

Kimani Gray, 16, New York, N.Y.—March 9, 2013

Unarmed People of Color Killed by Police, 1999-2014Police said Gray pointed a revolver at them as they attempted to question him. Friends and family say Gray had never had a gun, and a witness says he never pointed one at police. The cops shot a total of 11 rounds, striking Gray several timesAftermathNo indictments for the cops responsible for shooting Gray.
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IN JAMAICA: St Thomas man, Winston Lindsay accused of killing his brother, 36-year-old Leroy Lindsay gets $250,000 bail....while laying on the ground, Leroy blurted, "Look how Winston kill me fi something that me nuh know bout."

Tuesday, December 09, 2014 Tanesha Mundle  
A St Thomas man accused of stabbing his brother to death over a headphone was yesterday offered $250,000 bail when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.
Winston Lindsay was arrested on August 9 -- a day after he allegedly killed his brother, 36-year-old Leroy Lindsay, who was a Seventh-Day Adventist elder of Sommerset in St Thomas.
Bail
The incident reportedly occurred at their father's home in St Thomas where the now deceased and his church brethren had gone to do cleaning.
The Crown is alleging that Winston confronted his brother over the headphone, which he accused him of taking. However, the brother denied taking the device and was allegedly attacked and stabbed in his side with a machete.
According to the prosecutor, there are two alleged eyewitnesses -- one who overheard Winston threatening to kill his brother and another who saw both brothers wrestling on the ground and Leroy later bleeding profusely from his side.
"So did anyone see the actual stabbing?" Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey enquired.
The prosecutor, in reply, said 'no' but indicated that one witness allegedly saw Winston with a knife and machete and even intervened to prevent him from stabbing his brother after he lay bleeding on the ground.
According to the prosecutor, one of the witnesses alleged that while laying on the ground, Leroy blurted, "Look how Winston kill me fi something that me nuh know bout." more

ST ANN, JAMAICA: Brutal! Shaw Park Gardens manager, 45-year-old Wycliff Scott killed in office; firearm stolen...."How yuh fi have this big place and no cameras?" one angry man asked.

BY RENAE DIXON Observer staff reporter dixonr@jamaicaobserver.com  Tuesday, December 09, 2014    
THE manager of Shaw Park Gardens in St Ann was yesterday shot dead inside his office in a mid-morning attack that raised concerns about security at the property.
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Wycliff Scott
A large pool of blood behind 45-year-old Wycliff Scott's chair in his small office told the tale of the tragedy that has left his family and co-workers devastated.
According to the police, Scott's firearm was taken by the two men who, at approximately 10:00 am, stopped by his office for about 10 minutes and talked to him before shooting him.
According to people at the scene yesterday, residents of the neighbouring communities of Pimento Walk and Parry Town normally walk through the property. Therefore, when the two men entered the property, yesterday, no one became suspicious.
After the murder, both men were seen running from the manager's office. The men reportedly escaped in the thick vegetation that surrounds the property.
While many lamented the murder of a man they described as loving and caring, others expressed concern about the level of security on the property.
"How yuh fi have this big place and no cameras?" one angry man asked.
"If they have camera, the police could just look and see ah who," he added.
Scott, who lived in Charles Town, St Mary, had been working at the property for the past four years. He is the father of two children, ages 11 and 15.
"He was a humble, quiet person," one man at the scene told the Jamaica Observer. "He was a very nice understanding person, a caring loving guy." more

Sierra Leone seeing 80-100 new Ebola cases daily


UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sierra Leone said Friday that between 80 and 100 new cases of Ebola are being reported every day and the country now hardest-hit by the deadly virus desperately needs over 1,000 beds to treat victims.
one more ebola death in SL
Sierra Leone's Finance Minister Kaifalah Marah painted a grim picture to the UN Economic and Social Council Friday of the challenges facing his West African nation which failed to meet a World Health Organization interim goal of isolating 70 per cent of Ebola patients and safely burying 70 per cent of victims by December 1.
The two other hard-hit countries, Liberia and Guinea, did meet the deadline, and the UN's Ebola chief Dr David Nabarro said the number of new cases in Liberia has dropped from 60 per day in September to 10 per day now.
But Nabarro and WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan stressed that a much greater effort is needed to reach the elusive goal of zero new cases.
"The Ebola outbreak is the largest, longest, most severe and most complex Ebola epidemic in the nearly 40-year history of this disease," Chan said. "What began as a health crisis has become a crisis with humanitarian, social, economic and security implications."
She said by videoconference from Geneva that "the fear for Ebola is moving faster than the virus". more

Eric Garner Protests On West Coast Turn Unruly...A second night of protest against police killings in Missouri and New York turned violent again in Berkeley as some demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at officers, assaulted each other

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A second night of protest against police killings in Missouri and New York turned violent again in Berkeley as some demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at officers, assaulted each other and shut down a freeway, police said.
Sunday's protest began peacefully on the University of California, Berkeley campus. But as protesters marched through downtown Berkeley toward the neighboring city of Oakland, the unrest resumed as someone smashed the window of a Radio Shack. When a protester tried to stop the growing vandalism, he was hit with a hammer, Officer Jennifer Coats said.
Some of the protesters made their way to a freeway in Oakland and blocked traffic. The California Highway Patrol said some tried to light a patrol vehicle on fire and threw rocks and bottles. Police also said explosives were thrown at officers, but there was no information immediately available on how potent they were. Highway patrol officers responded with tear gas. more

TODAY (12/9/14) is 20 Years Since Garnett Silk Passed: Garnett Silk In Studio Interview With David Rodigan on Kiss 100 FM 1993 & by Peggy Quattro


The Jamaica Observer continues its 20-part series, 20 Days of Silk, which looks at the life of roots singer Garnet Silk. This month marks 20 years since his death.
Garnet Silk at home with his children
 (from left) Derron, Arrayma and Fabian
 on the day of the interview in
February 1994. At right: Garnet Silk
holding a baby while posing for
 picture with Reggae Report
magazine’s M Peggy Quattro.
 (PHOTO COURTESY REGGAE
 REPORT MAGAZINE)
PEGGY Quattro did not know what to expect when she arrived in Kingston to interview reggae star Garnet Silk for her Reggae Report magazine in February 1994.
The last time she saw the singer was five months earlier. He was being helped off the stage at a New York City nightclub, unable to complete a show due to what doctors later diagnosed as exhaustion.
Garnett with family
He had not performed in concert since.
When Quattro showed up at Silk's home in the St Andrew hills, his mood was completely different.
"He was gracious, he was funny. He was just being himself," Quattro told the Sunday Observer.
The Ohio-born Quattro spent most of the day with the Rastafarian artiste, who she said was prepared to discuss everything. Even rumours that his absence from the music scene was his addiction to hard drugs.
"He told me why he was not on a lot of shows and spoke about the drug stories. He said every man has faults but his wasn't drugs," she recalled. more

(POWERFUL) What I Wasn't Taught In School....Word On The Curb presents a Spoken word short film for those frustrated at Black History teaching in schools (6:55 mins VIDEO)


Word On The Curb presents a Spoken word short film for those frustrated at Black History teaching in schools.

Disillusioned student Samuel King relays his grievances to his teacher that Black History Month isn't taught with as much depth and with as much pride in schools. 

Samuel engages in a short rebuttal with his teacher, before arguing that education in school does little to satisfy his thirst for knowledge of influential people in Black history who seem to be elusive in the curriculum. 

Samuel names the likes of Patricia E. Bath, King Musa I of Mali, Mary Prince, Sir Trevor McDonald, Ella Baker, Septimius Severus, Fuse ODG, Jamal Edwards, Garrett Morgan and Kwame Nkrumah as individuals he could be taught about. "There seems to be a lot you haven't told us, and you shut down and hold back on the bold ones who stand against the way you're trying to mold us"

Learning turned upside down in JAMAICA....Stella Maris embraces flipped classroom model. What Do You Think About This Idea?

Sunday, December 07, 2014    
VIRTUAL learning now makes the grade at Stella Maris Preparatory School with the introduction of the EduFocal's Flipped Classroom Project sponsored by First Global Bank. This pilot will alter classroom engagement among 67 grade six students and teachers. The experiment is a push towards student-centred learning and is currently focused on teaching mathematics.
Sixty-seven grade six students from Stella Maris Preparatory
 are now engaged in a new student-centred approach
 to learning mathematics.
The flipped classroom is an inverted educational structure in which the lecture portion of the class becomes homework. Students will watch videos produced by EduFocal, a social learning website, and read textbooks. After students watch the videos or read the text, they will take notes. When they go to class the next day they will briefly discuss what they heard in the videos and ask questions. The rest of the class time will be used to practise the concepts from the video and do activities intended to enrich the curriculum.
"By moving the direct teaching portion of the lesson to homework, it frees up more time in the classroom so teachers can act as facilitators and interact more with their students and provide more individual help, especially for struggling students," said Gordon Swaby, chief executive officer, EduFocal.
Peter Lindo, head of marketing, First Global, said they are excited about supporting innovation in the classroom through the Flipped Classroom Project and the Music: Perfect Pitch for a Sound Education programme. "Both are geared at transforming the classroom to be a more vibrant learning environment," he said. more

Rotary Club launches dictionary drive for Trench Town kids...to provide 140 children from Trench Town with dictionaries to benefit GSAT Learning Centre in the south-east St Andrew inner-city community.

Sunday, December 07, 2014   
AN initiative has been launched by the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights to provide 140 children from Trench Town with dictionaries.
The drive is intended to benefit the Trench Town GSAT Learning Centre in the south-east St Andrew inner-city community.
Students engaged in a class at the
 Trench Town GSAT Learning Centre.
"One of the major challenges is the performance in language arts because there is a literacy issue in the community, and what we have found is that once the children leave the centre they don't have the tools they need to learn on their own, even something as simple as a dictionary," acknowledged Marcus Blackstock, the founder and director of the learning centre.
The centre was launched by concerned residents in the summer to address a burning concern about the low level of academic performance of the children and their subsequent social outcomes.
"Literacy continues to be a major challenge across the educational system, even as we acknowledge that our development will be dependent on the educational levels of our population. So as a club we were moved and excited to assist with this pressing need that will, in the final analysis, help to improve literacy and learning," said membership chair at the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights, Michele Salmon.
"Our children should not have to be prevented from accessing education because they don't have something as simple as a dictionary," she continued. more

IN JAMAICA: Ex-cop's body found with stab wounds..... stabbed to death, allegedly by a group of homosexual men in New Kingston yesterday morning

Sunday, December 07, 2014
THE body of a former policeman was found with stab wounds in New Kingston yesterday morning, police confirmed.
A worker washes blood from the spot
 outside the Courtleigh Auditorium in
New Kingston where a man was
stabbed to death, allegedly by a group
 of homosexual men, police said yesterday.
 The man, in a bid to escape, crashed
 his vehicle in the building.
 (PHOTO: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
The police told the Jamaica Observer that around 6:00 am the body was found in a vehicle close to the Courtleigh Auditorium on St Lucia Avenue.
Reports are that the man was attacked at a nearby location and drove away in a bid to escape, but later crashed into a building in New Kingston.
One police source said that detectives were investigating reports that a group of homosexual men attacked the man and stabbed him.
Some sections of New Kingston are known by police to be violent late at night, and numerous attempts have been made to reduce criminal activities, some of which, the police maintain, are caused by homosexual men who are usually present in the area.
There has been, in recent months, a drive by police, as well as councillor for the Trafalgar Division of the Kingston & St Andrew Corporation in which New Kingston falls, Kari Douglas, to rid the area of the homosexual men, some of whom use a nearby gully as their home. more

BIG CONGRATULATIONS : JAMAICA's 25 y-o Alia Atkinson stuns with world record gold medal... First black woman to win world swimming title, equals 100m breastroke mark world record of 1:02.36

Sunday, December 07, 2014 Jamaica Observer    
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Alia Atkinson became the first black woman to win a world swimming title when she triumphed in the 100m breaststroke at the world short-course championships yesterday as more records tumbled.
Jamaican Atkinson, 25, claimed the title and equalled Ruta Meilutyte's world record of 1:02.36 in the process -- although under governing body FINA rules this still equates to a new record.
That took the total of world records set at the Hamad Aquatic Centre to 17.
The tone was set in the first event as Russia set a new mark of 1:22.60 in the men's 4x50m freestyle relay with Atkinson's effort in the very next race.
That was immediately followed by another stunning display from Florent Manaudou in the 50m backstroke.
Katinka Hosszu claimed her fourth world record in the 200m individual medley before the session ended with a new mark for the United States in the mixed 4x50m freestyle (1:28.57).
However, it was Atkinson who lit up the pool.
Meilutyte appeared on course for a successful defence of her title only for her rival to move on to the Lithuanian's shoulder at the final turn.
Atkinson then clawed her way down the final length before out-touching the 17-year-old by 0.10 second.
She was completely unaware of what she had done, staring up at the scoreboard with an air of resignation before it gradually dawned. more

No felony charges for SPD cop’s, Officer Adley Shepherd, bone-breaking punch of handcuffed woman, 23 y-o Miyekko Durden-Bosley....

Federal prosecutors say they will review an incident in which a Seattle police officer punched and seriously injured a handcuffed, intoxicated woman, after King County prosecutors said Friday they won’t charge the officer.
A punch from a Seattle police officer  fractured an eye bone in Miyekko Durden-Bosley’s face.
Durden-Bosley, 23,
Emily Langlie, spokeswoman for acting U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes, said her office will look at the June 22 incident involving Officer Adley Shepherd for a possible federal criminal civil-rights violation.
The decision comes after King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced that his office would not seek a state felony charge against Shepherd, 38, a nine-year department veteran, for punching Miyekko Durden-Bosley in the back of his police cruiser.
Durden-Bosley, 23, was intoxicated and was verbally abusive after her arrest outside the home of a Seattle man whose mother had called the police. Durden-Bosley swore at Shepherd and kicked at him while being shoved into the back of a police cruiser, according to the investigation.
Shepherd reacted by punching her once in the face, fracturing the orbit of her right eye. Shepherd suffered no visible injuries, according to court documents.
Shepherd has been on paid administrative leave since the incident.
Satterberg’s decision reflects a deep difference of opinion between his office and City Attorney Pete Holmes, whose criminal chief reviewed the case earlier and thought it “undoubtedly met the felony standard,” according to a news release issued by Holmes on Friday. more

Why Do I Always Wake Up at 3am? – A Simple Solution....…you are too stressed. Fortunately for most – there is a solution, but first we need to understand why you wake up.

If you always wake up at 3am, there may be a simple answer…you are too stressed. Fortunately for most – there is a solution, but first we need to understand why you wake up.

Why Stress Causes You to Wake Up at 3am

Why do I always wake up at 3am?
3 am wake up
Stress causes the adrenal glands to fire off adrenaline. This gives you a burst of energy to deal with stressful situations. Adrenaline also raises the heart rate, increases respiration, dilates the pupils, slows down digestion and causes muscles to contract. It’s like caffeine on steroids!
So if you are stressed or upset it can be impossible to fall asleep, but why does it always wake you up at 3am?
3am is when your liver regenerates. To do so, it needs glycogen. The problem is that adrenaline causes your cells to use up glycogen. So if you are often stressed, your body may not have enough glycogen for the liver to regenerate at 3am. If your liver cannot get the glycogen it needs, your adrenal glands will compensate by releasing adrenalin, which is why you are wide awake and ready for action, not exactly a state you want to be in at 3am.

I Don’t Want to Wake Up at 3am – An Easy, “Do It Yourself” Remedy

If you always wake up at 3am or have trouble sleeping, then we have great news. 95% of our clients who suffer from this issue have reported that they found relief by using the simple recipe below. We always hear about how it has changed peoples’ lives so why don’t you give it a try?
Adrenal Cocktail Recipe
½ cup orange juice
½ teaspoon cream of tarter
½ teaspoon Himalayan or Celtic salt
Just mix all the ingredients and drink before bed. (order pre-mixed packets)
*You may also do this in the morning to deal with stress throughout the day, but always be sure to drink it before bed as well. more

Super 6 get Grammy nod : SHAGGY, Sean Paul, Sly and Robbie, Ziggy Marley, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, and American band SOJA are nominees for the Best Reggae Album category of the 57th annual Grammy Awards.

Saturday, December 06, 2014 BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer   
SHAGGY, Sean Paul, Sly and Robbie, Ziggy Marley, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, and American band SOJA are nominees for the Best Reggae Album category of the 57th annual Grammy Awards.
Ziggy Marley & Lee Scratch Perry
The nominations were revealed yesterday.
Out of Many, One Music gives recording act Shaggy his fifth nomination. Released in October, the set is produced by 'riddim twins' Sly and Robbie. Shaggy won the award in 1996 for Boombastic.
Sean Paul, who has a 2004 lein on the award for Dutty Rock, is also getting his fifth nod.
His effort Full Frequency (VP/Atlantic Records) is his sixth album. It was released in February.
Sly and Robbie are picking up their 11th Grammy nomination nod for The Reggae Power, featuring Spicy Chocolate. Released in September by VP Records, The Reggae Power contains 14 tracks. Among the artistes featured on the set are Gramps Morgan, Sizzla, Bitty McLean, Beenie Man, TOK, Romain Virgo, Alaine and Ce'Cile.
Sly & Robbie
The 'riddim twins' picked up their first Grammy win for their 1999 Elektra Records opus Friends.
Released in April by Tuff Gong, Ziggy Marley's Fly Rasta is the most commercially successful album in the United States by a Jamaican reggae artiste this year, with sales of over 16,000 copies to date.
Shaggy & Sean Paul
Marley, the eldest son of reggae legend Bob Marley, has won three Grammys as lead singer of the Melody Makers. Solo, he has been nominated in the Best Reggae Album category four times, winning in 2007 for Love is My Religion and for Ziggy Marley In Concert this year. more
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IN JAMAICA: Nicola Bryce-Wilson, the eighth witness to testify in the televised Tivoli Gardens enquiry, says soldier apologised for shooting her....identified the soldier as 'Baby Shrek'

BY PAUL HENRY Co-ordinator — Crime/Court Desk henryp@jamaicaobserver.com  Friday, December 05, 2014    
A witness testified in the Tivoli Gardens Enquiry yesterday that a soldier who participated in the May 2010 operation to apprehend Christopher 'Dudus' Coke confessed to her that he was the one who shot her, and that he apologised for doing so.
Nicola Bryce-Wilsonm shot by soldiers
Nicola Bryce-Wilson, the eighth witness to testify in the televised enquiry, identified the soldier as 'Baby Shrek' and said that he made the confession two weeks after she was shot at her mother's home on Monday, May 24, 2010.
Bryce-Wilson testified that she approached the soldier at Darling Street in downtown Kingston and told him that her son said he was the one who shot her.
She said the soldier apologised and said that he was glad she didn't die.
But Bryce-Wilson was tackled by attorney Peter Champagnie -- one of the attorneys representing the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) -- about the fact that she didn't add the name of the person she said confessed to her in three previous statements until October this year.
But she said she didn't remember if she had put it in those statements.
At one point attorney Michael Lorne, who is representing the Office of the Public Defender, intervened in the cross-examination, saying that the Bryce-Wilson had testified that she had seen the soldier at various times in the community and that she got to know the names of the soldiers over time.
Resuming his cross-examination, Champagnie suggested to the witness that no soldier admitted to shooting her.
"You never was there, sir," she responded.
She, however, told Champagnie that she was unable to see who had shot her.
Following Champagnie's cross-examination, commission chairman Sir David Simmons questioned Bryce-Wilson on the issue of the name and she admitted that her son had told her the name Baby Shrek from as far back as late 2010. more

Bronx 6th Grader, 12 y-o Kioni "Popcorn" Marshall Wows NYC Poetry Scene

RULA BROWN & FELICIA - "Love Has No Colour" & Speech from Barack Obama's Inauguration & Dr. Martin Luther King.

ENOUGH is ENOUGH (Another police shooting of a black unarmed man in the US- Phoenix, Az ignites outcry): Protests Erupt Around The Nation As Killer Cops Walk... Thousands Storm Streets Of NYC... Cause Gridlock In D.C.... Size Of Rallies Grows... Anger Builds In Phoenix After White Officer Kills Unarmed Black Man... Feds Find Damning Brutality In Cleveland PD... DOJ Vows Full Probe Into Eric Garner Killing...

Thousands gathered in New York Thursday for a second day of protests after a grand jury announced its decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of 43-year-old Eric Garner.
Demonstrators take part in a protest
following Wednesday's decision by a
 Staten Island grand jury
Massive crowds of protesters demonstrated in Foley Square, in Lower Manhattan, as well as in major cities, including Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston and Washington.
The Garner decision came nine days after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, chose not to indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Both of the officers were white, while those who were killed were black, heightening tensions between the black community and police.
A demonstrator screams as others
 protest the deaths of two unarmed black men
Garner, who died on July 17, was placed in what appeared to be a prohibited chokehold by NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo before he was heard,on camera, repeatedly telling officers, "I can't breathe."
Protesters chanted Garner's last words as they took to New York's streets Thursday night in an attempt to address policing issues that have plagued the city for years.
"Our voices have to be heard, because there's been injustice twice in one week," Jasmine Taylor, an African-American woman from Harlem, told The Huffington Post. ""Enough is enough."   

Meanwhile in Phoenix, Arizona the deadly shooting of a black, unarmed drug suspect by a white Phoenix police officer who mistook a pill bottle for a gun demonstrates the challenges law enforcement agencies face at a time of unrest over police tactics.
Phoenix police say the officer feared 34-year-old Rumain Brisbon was armed, but some critics say the officer went too far.
Demonstrators march
across the Brooklyn Bridge
 
Community members plan to gather Thursday night to protest the shooting, while others say they'll reserve judgement. Police say the officer was investigating a drug sale Tuesday when Brisbon fled and got into a struggle with the officer. The officer thought he felt the handle of a gun while grabbing Brisbon's hand that was in his pocket.
Police say the officer repeatedly told Brisbon to keep his hand in his pocket and shot him twice when he didn't. more

RUEL E.LOWE's EDITORIAL: Has Pan-Africanism gone the way of the Dinosaurs? Under segregation and Jim Crow there was infinitely more black owned businesses, black institutions of higher learning....

Ruel E. Lowe
That’s a question we need to ask ourselves, and try to come up with a logical answer. Before we venture down the path of self-awareness and self-enlightenment, let’s pause to take a good look at ourselves today, and perform a comparison/contrast survey.

Under segregation and Jim Crow there was infinitely more black owned businesses, black institutions of higher learning were at their zenith, producing professionals in industry, the health field and commerce. Around that time the major sports team were becoming integrated, and the entertainment field was flooded with black entertainers! However there was one constant thread running through black society. 

You got it: Social responsibility! Today that animal (social responsibility), seem to have passed away and have been buried in a casket of indifference. In that bygone era personalities such as Joe Lewis, Louis Armstrong, Jackie Robinson and many other high profile black entertainer and others contributed to black social causes! In that era Pan-Africanism was on the upsurge led by stalwarts such as Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhamad, Malcolm X and many others, at that time black consciousness was the order of the day, brothers and sister expressed their African identity in their form of attire and appearance e.g. natural hair styles and dashikis and other forms of dress. Something we can never forget the fight for civil and human rights. more

A Reminder Of How Heart-Wrenching Eric Garner's Last Words Were (AUDIO): I'M MINDING MY BUSINESS, OFFICER, I'M MINDING MY BUSINESS. PLEASE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE. I TOLD YOU THE LAST TIME, PLEASE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE. PLEASE PLEASE, DON'T TOUCH ME. DO NOT TOUCH ME. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE.

They were heard in a video that went viral, plastered across the front page of newspapers and echoed through the chants of hundreds of protesters who mourned his death.
They were Eric Garner's last words -- the words the 43-year-old Staten Island man muttered while he was placed in a chokehold by NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, which eventually led to Garner's untimely death: "I can't breathe."
In a video captured by bystander Ramsey Orta, Garner is shown repeatedly telling officers he can't breathe as he's held in a prohibited chokehold, after police approached, questioned and attempted to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes.
The incident was ruled a homicide, but a grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo in Garner's death. Among the evidence the jury reviewed was the video, where Garner is seen pleading for officers not to touch him, to leave him alone and finally -- to give him air to breathe....
As the nation responded to the jury's decision in Garner's case, they took to the streets chanting Garner's last words in remembrance of the late father of six. To reflect on the events that happened on that fateful day on July 17 -- and as the country continues to discuss the events that have unfolded since his death -- here is a reminder of the indisputable, not to mention heart-wrenching, final words of Eric Garner:
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Voice Of Reason: 11-Year-Old Boy, MARQUIS GOVAN Perfectly Sums Up The Issues In Ferguson!

UPDATE (GOOD NEWS) : Abducted baby back with mother...."Mi have him," an excited Karram said. The mother said the baby was taken to the doctor and was in good health. "Him alright," she stated. "Mi feeling alright... mi happy," she added.

Thursday, December 04, 2014    
AKEEM Karram, the seven-month-old child who was allegedly abducted in St Ann last week was Tuesday handed over to the police in Linstead, St Catherine.
KARRAM… happy to have child back. At right: A file
 photo of seven-month-old Akeem Karram, who was
abducted last week
Head of the St Ann Police Senior Superintendent Yvonne Martin-Daley said officers from her parish collected the child from the Linstead Police and took him to the office of the Child Development Agency (CDA) in the parish. The child was subsequently returned to his mother after CDA officers did the necessary checks.
The recovery of the child ended days of desperate search by family members and the police.
According to the police, the child's mother, Annmarie Karram, was lured from her home in Retreat, St Mary, to Mammee Bay in St Ann where she was attacked and overpowered by two women who took the child from her and escaped from the area.
Karram said one of the women used a needle to stick her in the neck before taking the infant.
Police said yesterday that one suspect has since been apprehended and a search launched for other persons believed to be involved in the incident. Karram could not hide her joy when she got back her baby. more