FALSE STORY: ***Breaking News Alert*** White House Is In Shock As President Obama’s 16-Year-Old Daughter Malia Confirmed Pregnant....False story alleged spread on Facebook

Claim:   President Obama's 16-year-old daughter Malia is pregnant. 

FALSE

Example:   [Collected via e-mail, December 2014] 

Found this article on facebook and it states that Obama's 16 year old daughter is pregnant!? This can't be true, can it?

Origins:   On 28 November 2014, Empire News published an article claiming that President Obama's 16-year-old daughter Malia was pregnant: 

In what promises to be the biggest White House scandal since intern fellatio, President Barack Obama's daughter, 16-year-old Malia, has confirmed that she is pregnant.

For now, Malia is staying hush-hush about the father's identity, but one thing she would say is that he is white.

"My mom always hoped I would get with a nice mixed-race man like dad, but love is so colorblind. Mom was probably right though. The dad already left me for some tramp. And of course, like all white men, my baby daddy won't want to pay his child support. I already told him, 'You want to keep your license so you can drive that bleach-blond tramp around in your little Jaguar, right? Better step up.'"

The article was written to appear as if it were a genuine news article, but there is no truth to the above-referenced story. Empire News is an "entertainment" web site and doesn't publish factual articles. The site currently features fake news articles such as "Obama to Sign Executive Order Changing U.S. Currency From Dollar to Euro," "Best Buy CEO Says Black Friday Sales Went Well, 'Only 47 Deaths This Year,'" and "Woman Gives Birth During Black Friday Sale; Leaves Baby, Buys Big Screen TV." 
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JAW DROPPING PERFORMANCE.....HOW THEY DO IT?

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IN JAMAICA: Japanese ambassador hands over classrooms valued at JA$11.5 million to Boundbrook Primary...Education Minister Ronald Thwaites said: "This is exactly the kind of partnership that we want and I am happy that Ambassador Takase is here.

Sunday, December 14, 2014   

The Boundbrook Primary School is the recipient of three classrooms block courtesy of the Japanese Government through their "Grassroots programme" that were officially handed over and opened by Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica Yasuo Takase at the school last week.

The school benefited through the Japan-Jamaica relationship, which is now celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations and friendship. The project costs approximately $11.5 million and the classrooms will host grade 1 students at the school and a resource centre for students who have challenges with literacy.

(From left) Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites; Janet Brimm,
 director, Region 2 in the Ministry of Education; Lola Palmer,
principal, Boundbrook Primary; Gwendolyn Lindsay-Johnson,
 former VP Boundbrook and acting principal at Orange Bay
Primary applaud after Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica
Yasuo Takase cut the ribbon to the threeclassroom block
 donated to the school. Other officals share in the celebrations.
(PHOTO: Everard Owen)

Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica Yasuo Takase at the handing over said: "The Government of Japan highly values the education in the conduct of our assistance to Jamaica. Education of the people has made Japan to advance to one of the most powerful industrialised nations in the world. After visiting the school, the embassy saw the need to construct the classroom facilities that would enhance the education here in this community."

Education Minister Ronald Thwaites said: "This is exactly the kind of partnership that we want and I am happy that Ambassador Takase is here. It is a wonder act on the part of the government and people of that country to benefit primary education in Jamaica as they do in so many arenas. This means Boundbrook will do better, the students will improve over the years and eventually they will be able to come off the shift system due to other benefits which we hope will follow this one with other stakeholders and partnerships. We have a plan; to plan what is really necessary that Boundbrook Primary can come off shift by June of 2016" more 

IN JAMAICA: 18,000 tablet computers to be distributed by mid-December says Minister of Science & Technology Phillip Paulwell

Phillip Paulwell

Sunday, December 14, 2014 

MINISTER of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Phillip Paulwell says that 18,000 of the targeted 25,000 tablet computers will be delivered to students before the end of the Christmas school term on December 18. The remaining 7,000 devices will be distributed during the early weeks of the Easter term in 2015. He was speaking at a distribution exercise at the Cambridge High School in St James last Wednesday, where 1,588 students were presented with tablets under the Government's $1.4 billion ...More

16-y-o Kevaughn Campbell stops clock in record time in boys’ 100-m breaststroke in 1:12.65 minutes

Sunday, December 14, 2014    

Sixteen-year-old Kevaughn Campbell stopped the clock in record time to win the boys’ 100-metre breaststroke and starred in the morning session on day two of the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) Christmas Open  Swimming Championships at the National Aquatic Centre yesterday.

Kevaughn Campbell

Campbell, who entered the event with a seeded time of 1:12.65 minutes, erased the three-year-old record of 1:13.17 minutes set by Antoine Young in 2011. The Swimaz Aquatics Club representative stopped the clock at 1:12.04 minutes, which is also a new personal best.

Second-placed Sean-Douglas Gooden (1:12.76) of Tornadoes, also went below the record, with Bryce Butler (1:13.27) of Swimaz Aquatics in third. Ivana Chang, who also represents Swimaz Aquatics, won the girls’ equivalent in 1:24.68 minutes, ahead of Annastazia Chin (1:25.56) of Tornadoes, and Gabrielle Hopkins (1:28.37) of Blue Seal.

Naomi Eaton of Wahoo Swim club won the girls’ 10-12 equivalent with a time of 1:27.94 minutes, ahead of Paris Clare (1:34.47) of Speedos and Thandiwe McDonald (1:34.88) of Swimaz Aquatics. Cameron Brown of Speedos won the boys’ age-group category in 1:24.55 minutes, followed by Adrian Grant (1:28.79) of Blue Seal, and Akeem Alleyne (1:29.00) of Swimaz Aquatics. more

TRELAWNY, JAMAICA: Mayor’s gun stolen, Police seeking to find how gun was taken

Sunday, December 14, 2014 

Security measures have been implemented at the Trelawny Parish Council Municipal Building in Falmouth in the wake of the theft of a licensed semi-automatic pistol belonging to Falmouth Mayor Garth Wilkinson.

The weapon containing several rounds of ammunition was reported stolen from the mayor’s parlour on November 13.

One man has since been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of the weapon, after he allegedly fired at a Falmouth resident, held up another, and engaged the police in a shoot-out, in separate incidents, days after the weapon went missing.

He has been identified as 28-year-old Okello ‘Finny’ Browning of a Market Street address in Falmouth.

According to Superintendent Wilford Campbell, commanding officer in charge of the Trelawny Police, Browning, who is unemployed, has been charged with two counts of shooting with intent, larceny and assault.

In the shooting incident involving the cops, Superintendent Campbell told the Jamaica Observer that Browning was shot by the police on November 24 during a shoot-out at a house in Falmouth.

“Information had led the police to a house where he [Browning] was staying and when the police went there, he fired at them, the police returned the fire, and he was subsequently shot and wounded. He, however, managed to escape,” Campbell explained. more

THOUSANDS MASS IN NYC: Protest Police Brutality... 'Justice For All'... PHOTOS: Signs Illustrate Diversity Of #BlackLivesMatter Movement... Thousands More March To Capitol In D.C.... Demonstrators In San Francisco, Oakland... Arrests In Boston...

Thousands of protesters streamed out of New York City's Washington Square Park on Saturday to protest the killings of unarmed black people by police officers, as part of the "Millions March NYC."

Protesters out in their thousands

The crowd began to wind its way through Manhattan. A large labor union contingent was present, including members of the Communications Workers of America wearing red shirts and AFL-CIO supporters waving blue signs.

In contrast to other marches over the past week, this large, orderly demonstration took place during the day. A number of families with children took part, and demonstrators followed a pre-planned route. The march made its way uptown to Herald Square, then looped back downtown, with thunderous chants of "Hands up! Don't shoot!" and "Justice! Now!" echoing down Broadway. The demonstration was scheduled to culminate at One Police Plaza.

Protest against police brutality

Protesters held up 8 panels depicting Eric Garner's eyes, created by an artist known as JR. "The eyes were chosen as the most important part of the face," said Tony Herbas of Bushwick, an assistant to the artist. Also at the front of the march were New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and New York state Assemblyman-elect Charles Barron.

Matthew Brown, a 19-year-old who is African-American and Hispanic, marched down Broadway with his mother, aunt and other family members.

"I'm trying to support a movement that really needs young people like myself," said Brown. "I'm here to speak for Mike Brown."

The teenager said part of his motivation for making the trek from West Orange, New Jersey, with his family was his own personal experience. He's encountered racist verbal abuse from police in Jersey City, he said, who have called him "spic" and monkey."

Outside Traders Joes, NYC

Citing the cases of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice, Brown said part of the reason he wanted to speak out was because of the way police represent encounters with African-Americans. "I just see so many lies after lies."

He also attended the People's Climate March in September. But this march felt more intense to him. "This is one that's really affecting people on a deep, emotional level," Brown said.

Krystal Martinez, a 23-year-old schoolteacher, said she attended the march to send a simple message: "I don't want my students' names chanted at any of these events." more

Black-White Wealth Gap Has Reached A 24-Year High : The median wealth of black households dropped an astonishing 34 percent from 2010 to 2013....In dollars, that meant the median white household was worth $141,900, while the median black household was worth just $11,000.

The Huffington Post | By Alexander C. Kaufman Email Posted: 12/12/2014 9:02 pm EST 

The economy is recovering, but not the bottom line for black Americans, according to new figures from the Pew Research Center.

The median wealth of black households dropped an astonishing 34 percent from 2010 to 2013, according to Pew's analysis of Federal Reserve data. That of white households grew slightly over the same period.

In dollars, that meant the median white household was worth $141,900, while the median black household was worth just $11,000. Wealth was defined here as the difference between the value of the household's assets -- like a house and stocks -- and its liabilities.

Another way to look at it: The median wealth of white households was 13 times higher than the median wealth of black households last year. That’s the widest gap measured since 1989, when white people’s fortunes were 17 times bigger. Between then and now, the gap was at its narrowest in 1998 and 2001, when white households were six times as wealthy as black households.

For many middle-class Americans, wealth is tied to the value of their homes. When the housing market crashed in 2007, the value of Americans' assets took a beating across racial groups. Yet in the recovery, blacks have not bounced back as well as whites.

Black homeownership rates in the U.S. have historically been lower than white homeownership rates for a variety of reasons, but primarily due to a long history of racist housing policies that legal reforms have not entirely erased. During the housing boom of the last decade, blacks were more likely to get stuck with high-cost subprime mortgage loans than whites. In the crash, blacks were more likely to lose their homesthan whites. more

MONTEGO BAY, St James : Police ID dancehall promoter Corey Todd’s attacker

Saturday, December 13, 2014 by Horace Hines  

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The St James police have released the identity of the gunman who was shot and killed after he wounded nightclub operator and dancehall promoter Corey Todd on Thursday morning.

Corey Todd

The deceased has been identified as Corey Grant, 29, unemployed of 2 Warehouse Avenue, Kingston 2.

The police recovered a Glock 17 9mm pistol from the body of Grant.

Reports are that about 5:00 am, Todd, who operates the Taboo Nightclub in Fairview, St James, was closing the facility when he was shot in his arm by Grant.

The police said a licensed firearm holder, who was in the company of Todd during the attack, challenged Grant who was shot and killed.

The police are now seeking a motorcyclist who is believed to have been the accomplice of Todd's attacker, but sped away after the nightclub operator was shot.

No motive has been established for the attack.

— 

INFLUENTIAL disc jockey Ron Muschette leaves IRIE FM

Saturday, December 13, 2014 

INFLUENTIAL disc jockey Ron Muschette is no longer with radio station IRIE FM. He resigned yesterday "with immediate effect".

No reason was given for the resignation but Muschette, 41, said there is no animosity between him and the station that helped make him one of local entertainment's biggest names.

Ron Muschette

Muschette joined the all-reggae station in 1999 and hosted the widely-popular Wake-Up Call, which airs from 6:00 am to 10:00 am on weekdays.Fyah

"I'm grateful for my time at IRIE FM and for all the wonderful experiences it brought. I was able to travel the world and be recognised for my talent. That is an inspiration in itself and I will be forever thankful," Muschette said in a release.

Muschette, who is from Westmoreland, started his career as a Barry G (former Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation disc jockey Barry Gordon) sound-alike at an in-house radio station while working as an entertainment coordinator at Sandals Montego Bay .

After going to IRIE FM in 1999, he quickly established himself as one of local radio's top announcers, playing a number of pre-release songs by top artistes.

Muschette is the second top disc jockey to leave a leading radio station in a matter of weeks. Jerry 'Jerry D' Davey was sacked by the RJR Communications Group in November.

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"Racism Within: Wake up".....A Brad Allen Johnson short film,,,.

Post by Bjay Brad Allen.

With the recent non-indictment of Ferguson, Missouri former Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18 year old Michael Brown, nationwide protesting, uproar and rioting, a series of serious questions were asked. Is black on black crime a fallacy? Can the seemingly "self hatred" (particularly among African American males) be considered racism within? Is the concept of community an oxymoron in African American culture? Lastly, with such deep rooted prejudice, bigotry, racism and overall discrimination past and present history towards African Americans (and people of color in general), why violate one another within? African Americans can anticipate some form of continued racism from the usual ignorant suspects on the outside. However, why treat each other with the same level of hatred & prejudice within?

Watch J. Cole Perform His Moving Tribute to Michael Brown on Letterman

Killer Mike might’ve been the most vocal figure in hip-hop this year following the outrage over the shooting death of Michael Brown, but J. Cole has arguably been the most active. He visited Ferguson the week after Brown’s death and, last week, he quietly marched in a protest following the Eric Garner grand jury decision. During an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman Wednesday night, rather than perform a song from his new album, he instead delivered a passionate rendition of the song he released for Brown over the summer, “Be Free.”

He even added a striking new verse to the song that envisions how he’d like to see Obama’s presidency end. Given Letterman’s stunned reaction, it’s a wonder why Cole chose not to include “Be Free” on his new album.

Congressional staffers walked out from their jobs to show their support for the families of #MichaelBrown and #EricGarner after two grand juries decided not to indict the police officers responsible for their deaths.

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Chronixx now 'Down Under' : The Dread and Terrible tour of roots reggae act Chronixx and his Zincfence Redemption band is currently in Australia and New Zealand.

Friday, December 12, 2014    

The Dread and Terrible tour of roots reggae act Chronixx and his Zincfence Redemption band is currently in Australia and New Zealand.

Chronixx

This is the first time the Smile Jamaica artiste is taking to the stage in those two countries which have a growing reggae pull.

Chronixx says he is excited about being invited to perform and will be performing in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne. He took to the stage in Sydney yesterday, and is performing in Melbourne tonight. He then jets to the annual Raggamuffin Festival in New Zealand tomorrow.

This year has been an exciting one for Chronixx and his team, with many high points. His first official released project, Dread and Terrible, immediately topped the iTunes and Billboard charts after its release in April.

Following his stops 'down under' Chronixx says he is looking forward to crossing the Pacific Ocean to perform in places that he describes as being, "on the other side of the world and most youths only see and hear about on TV, like in documentaries on National Geographic and Animal Planet".

Having performed on the continents of Africa, North America and Europe, at 22 years old, Chronixx says he feels privileged that music is giving him the opportunity to discover the whole Earth and its people.

JAMAICAN Active Dancers & Co at Irie Fashion Rave....the butterfly,the boggle,ska so many dance Jamaicans have created and transformed

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IN JAMAICA: Students upset at failure after exam passing grade changed without notice.... Nursing exam problem appears to be regional

BY ANIKA RICHARDS Observer staff reporter richardsai@jamaicaobserver.com  Friday, December 12, 2014    

RECENT graduates of nursing programmes across the island are crying foul and demanding answers from the Nursing Council of Jamaica (NCJ) after more than 50 of them received failing grades in the recent Regional Examination for Nurse Registration (RENR).

The group of graduate nurses, which reportedly stretches across the University of the West Indies, Northern Caribbean University, the University of Technology, Jamaica, and International University of the Caribbean, is asserting that the pass mark was changed from 60 per cent to 66 per cent without any consultation or even an attempt at informing them.

The council is the regulatory body designed to control the training and practice of nurses, midwives, and assistant nurses. It also registers nurses, midwives and enrolled assistant nurses.

The Jamaica Observer was told yesterday that the affected graduates are also considering legal action.

One graduate nurse, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Observer that they were informed of the pass mark change after they received their results for the regional examination, which they sat in October this year. The graduate said even on the day of the exam, the students were informed that the pass mark was 60 per cent and that they had to pass both papers in order to be successful.

"Why did I pay my $12,000?" she asked. "We need answers and we need to have the matter rectified." more

Bill Cosby Drugged Me. This Is My Story By Beverly Johnson

Beverly Johnson

 Like most Americans, I spent the 60s, 70s, and part of the 80s in awe of Bill Cosby and his total domination of popular culture. He was the first African American to star in a dramatic television series, I Spy, a show my family in Buffalo, New York, always watched. Cosby cut a striking figure on-screen then. He was funny, smart, and even elegant—all those wonderful things many white Americans didn’t associate with people of color. In fact, as I thought of going public with what follows, a voice in my head kept whispering, “Black men have enough enemies out there already, they certainly don’t need someone like you, an African American with a familiar face and a famous name, fanning the flames.”

Imagine my joy in the mid-80s when an agent called to say Bill Cosby wanted me to audition for a role on the The Cosby Show. Cosby played an obstetrician, and he sometimes used models to portray pregnant women sitting in his office waiting room. It was a small part with one or two speaking lines at most, but I wanted in.

Beverly Johnson on Vogue

I was in the midst of an ugly custody battle for my only child. I needed a big break badly and appearing on The Cosby Show seemed like an excellent way of getting Hollywood’s attention. I’d appeared in one or two movies already, but my phone wasn’t exactly ringing off the hook with acting jobs.

Cosby’s handlers invited me to a taping of the show so I could get the lay of the land and an idea of what my role required. After the taping I met all the cast and then met with Cosby in his office to talk a bit about the hell I’d been through in my marriage. He appeared concerned and then asked what I wanted from my career going forward. He seemed genuinely interested in guiding me to the next level. I was on cloud nine. more

THE ARCHITECTS DIG IN Cheney: Torture Report 'Full Of Crap'... Bush Not Kept In The Dark... Hayden On Rectal Rehydration: 'Medical Procedure'... Yoo: Report Cannot Deny 'Record Of Success'... Psychologist Defends Program... UDALL GOES OFF: Accuses CIA, White House Of Engaging In 'Cover-Up'... 'The CIA Is Lying'... 'Not A Problem Of The Past'... CIA's Claims Of Torture Legitimacy Destroyed... Led To Fabricated Info... Didn't Help Find Bin Laden... The Most Egregious Lies... Obama Won't Take Sides...

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Key figures in the George W. Bush administration and an architect of the CIA's post-9/11 torture program are defending the so-called enhanced interrogation tactics in the wake of the Senate Intelligence Committee's bombshell report.

The 500-page report summary released Tuesday sheds light on gruesome tactics used by CIA interrogators on terror suspects who were captured and brought to secret locations outside U.S. jurisdiction. Some detainees were subject to a practice known as "rectal feeding," in which food is pumped into an individual through the anus. Others were waterboarded until they were close to drowning. Interrogators deprived detainees sleep, forced them to maintain "stress positions" and in one instance reportedly played Russian roulette with a detainee, according to the summary.

The report also deflates the argument that torture helped find Osama bin Laden andled to the capture of other terror suspects. At times, the report found, interrogation prompted detainees to give fabricated or inaccurate information....

Woman's body found in grave in the New Haven community of Duhaney Park, St Andrew, late yesterday....."Lawd Jesus! Look what the community come to!" said one woman

Thursday, December 11, 2014   

THE body of a woman was found in a shallow grave in the New Haven community of Duhaney Park, St Andrew, late yesterday.

Police at the scene where the girl's body was found.
(Photo: Joseph Wellington)

Police on the scene told the Jamaica Observer that they received reports that a woman was stabbed to death and her body buried close to a house located off Gordon Terrace in the area.

Police say people in the area stumbled upon the burial site after seeing a "toe" protruding from beneath the ground.

"The female has not been identified but based on the information she would have visited the area before," said one detective on the scene.

The discovery of the body triggered shock and anger in the community.

"Lawd Jesus! Look what the community come to!" said one woman from the area as a team of police searched the hillside for clues.

Police disclosed that one man was being questioned in connection to the gruesome find.

— Kimmo Matthews

Malala Yousafzai Nobel Peace Prize Speech | Oslo : TV5 News

Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi 
of India hold their Nobel Peace Prize diplomas and medals during the Nobel Peace 
Prize award ceremony in Oslo.

#WhiteCoats4BlackLives: Medical Students Stage Nationwide Protests Against Police Brutality..."I Can't Breathe" & "Hands Up Don't Shoot" protests

The Huffington Post | By Lilly Workneh Email Posted: 12/10/2014 7:29 pm EST 

Medical students from more than 70 schools on Wednesday protested racial profiling and police brutality through the social media initiative #WhiteCoats4BlackLives.

Hundreds of medical students wore white coats at “die-ins” and other protests on campuses to spotlight racial bias as a public health issue.

USC Medical students

The medical students joined others who have demonstrated since grand juries in Ferguson, Missouri, and in New York City declined to indict white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men. Some of the protests have involved students, including those in high schools, colleges and Ivy league schools.

Pictures that circulated Wednesday showed medical students holding signs that read, “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” and, “We Can’t Breathe” -- rallying cries for those protesting the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in New York.

University of California,
San Francisco students

The effort was endorsed by Students for a National Health Program, an affiliate of Physicians for a National Health Program, an organization of more than 19,000 medical students and professionals that advocates for improved universal Medicare.

“We as medical students feel that this is an important time for medical institutions to respond to violence and race-related trauma that affect our communities and the patients we serve,” says a statement on the organization’s website.

“We feel it is essential to begin a conversation about our role in addressing the explicit and implicit discrimination and racism in our communities and reflect on the systemic biases embedded in our medical education curricula, clinical learning environments, and administrative decision-making.” more

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TIVOLI GARDENS INQUIRY: Painful - 67-year-old Joan McCarth, Elderly witness breaks down in tears recounting the killing of her grandnephew and son-in-law by policemen whom she said wrapped their bodies in bed linen to take them out of her house......The only weapon found was a kitchen knife, says witness

AN elderly woman yesterday gave emotional evidence in the Tivoli inquiry, recounting the killing of her grandnephew and son-in-law by policemen whom she said wrapped their bodies in bed linen to take them out of her house.

Witness on the stand in Tivoli inquiry

"They slaughter them like a lamb to the slaughter. No one could believe that they would kill them because they didn't react. They were just so scared. They were just so nervous. Oh God," 67-year-old Joan McCarthy, her eyes red and filled with tears when questioned by attorney Michael Lorne (representing the Office of the Public Defender).

"I didn't have a gunman in my house. I can swear for Andre Smith that he was not a gunman. They don't go anywhere. No matter how close the community centre is, they don't go over there," she added.

Earlier in McCarthy's evidence-in-chief, commission chairman Sir David Simmons had to adjourn the sitting for approximately 20 minutes to allow her to compose herself as she broke down crying.

The reaction in the room at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston suggested that onlookers, too, welcomed the break, after hearing McCarthy's grief-filled account of the killings that occurred on May 24, 2010, the day police and soldiers entered Tivoli Gardens amid gunfire to capture then Tivoli Gardens don Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and restore law and order to the barricaded West Kingston community.

McCarthy's grandnephew Andre Smith and son-in-law Dwayne Edwards -- both in their 20s -- were among the 75 people, including a policeman and a soldier, who died on that fateful day that captured international attention. more

VP in legal battle : CLIVE Chin - son of late VP Records owner Vincent Chin -- has filed a US$3 million lawsuit against his step-mother, Patricia, over the ownership of songs he wrote...Chin is contenting that his late father's Queens-based VP Music Group has been licensing more than 1,100 songs, written by him and recorded by artistes, without permission..

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

CLIVE Chin - son of late VP Records owner Vincent Chin -- has filed a lawsuit against his step-mother, Patricia, over the ownership of songs he wrote.

Clive Chin & Paricia Chin-VP Records

According to an article posted on the New York Post website, Chin, 60, filed the federal lawsuit in Brooklyn, New York.

Chin is contenting that his late father's Queens-based VP Music Group has been licensing more than 1,100 songs, written by him and recorded by artistes, without permission.

He is seeking US$3 million from his stepmother and three music companies he claims knowingly tried to scam him.

Patricia claims the copyrights to the music were part of the "marital estate" left by her husband.

Clive Chin has worked with major players in the reggae/dancehall industry including the Wailers, Dennis Brown, Black Uhuru and Lee 'Scratch' Perry.

His first major commercial success was Java, an international hit by Augustus Pablo. He also produced Pablo's debut album, This is Augustos Pablo.

He had further local hits with Dennis Brown's Cheater, and Junior Byles' King of Babylon. Other hits include Carl Malcolm's Miss Wire Waist and Fattie Bum Bum, which, with the help of Jonathan King, became a UK chart hit in 1975, reaching number 8. more

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

by 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

While 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

Police 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 him. Aftermath: 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

Police 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 times. Aftermath: No indictments for the cops responsible for shooting Gray.

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