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Why does this keep happening? They asked. |
They expressed frustration over the number of unarmed black men killed by police, but also urged young black men not to respond with violence and to reject a life of crime. |
Jones broke into the Parkwood store by prying open the front door with a crowbar and then tried to make off with cigarettes and a stack of Canadian coins. Two officers confronted him on the sidewalk about 2:15 a.m. and tried to arrest him. One of them fired a shot during a struggle, which hit Jones in the chest. |
The Cleveland Police Use of Deadly Force Investigation Team and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office are investigating. The two officers were placed on a three-day administrative leave. |
Participants in Wednesday's vigil expressed anger about Jones' death and the death of other black men and women at the hands of Cleveland police. |
Some carried pictures of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer Nov. 22, and Tanisha Anderson, a mentally ill woman who died after police forced her to the ground Nov. 13. |
Jones' 17-year-old sister Angie Jones said the officer who shot her brother needs to go to jail. |
"There was two of them and there was one of him," she said. "They could have done anything, but they decided to shoot him." |
A man who identified himself only as "James," raised his middle finger toward a TV camera and made an obscene comment about the police. |
Black people matter just as much as everyone else, James said. "We've got families and children just like everybody." |
Bill Swain, who described himself as a "revolutionary," shouted the same obscene comment through a microphone before the vigil, but Judy Martin, member of the advocacy group Black on Black Crime, quickly waded through a crowd of people and convinced him to stop. |
Members of Brandon's family were given the chance to speak. His mother, Tanya Pearl, shook her head as tears streamed down her face, indicating that it was still too soon. |
"I'm upset because my grandson was killed on the ground," Brandon's grandmother Calthonia Pearl said. "They wrestled him to the ground. They could have tazed him." |
The police who killed Jones, Tamir Rice and Tanisha Anderson are paid through Cleveland tax dollars, Pearl said. "We're paying them to kill us." |
She then asked young people in the crowd to reject a life of crime, stick together and intervene if they see their friends going down the wrong path. |
"If you see your friend going toward an argument, talk to them, hug them, bring them back," she said. |
Loretta Ferguson, a member of the activist group Peace Alliance, urged the young men in the crowd not to offer violence as a solution in the wake of Jones' death. |
"She doesn't need that kind of negativity right now," Ferguson said with her hand on Tanya Pearl's shoulder. |
Ferguson asked the young people in the crowd to join activist groups or organize their own to make politicians understand that deaths at the hands of police are unacceptable. |
This week sees the addition of Netflix's "The Dragon Prince" and DC Universe continues to stay strong. |
DC Universe continues to stay strong with viewers and give Netflix a run for its money. Its original series "Titans" and "Doom Patrol" (which made a big jump since last week) remain consistent regulars among the most in-demand streaming shows week-to-week. |
This week also sees the addition of Netflix's animated fantasy series, "The Dragon Prince," which debuted its second season last month. |
Description: "An extraordinary discovery inspires two human princes and an elven assassin to team up on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands." |
Season 2 premiered on Netflix February 15. |
Season 3 premiered on Netflix October 19. The show was canceled last year. |
E-fit of a man detectives would like speak to following a robbery in Wakefield. |
A woman suffered facial injuries after being attacked by a robber. |
The 29-year-old woman was walking along Back Hatfeild Street in College Grove, Wakefield, at around 1am on Tuesday, August 11. |
She was approached from behind by a man who asked her for the time. |
The victim then tried to walk away but the man grabbed her shoulder and took her mobile phone from her back pocket. |
As she tried to stop him the suspect then punched her in the face, causing her to fall to the floor. |
The woman was left with facial injuries as a result of the assault and detectives have now released an e-fit image of a man they would like speak to in connection with the incident. |
He was described as white, with tanned skin, in his mid 30s 6ft tall of average build, mid 30’s and as having short dark hair. |
He was wearing a dark coloured hooded top and dark bottoms, had the hood down and spoke with a local English accent. |
Det Con Mark Hargreaves, of Wakefield CID, said: “This was a serious incident in which the victim has been left with facial injuries after being followed and then assaulted by this man. |
Anyone with any information should contact Wakefield CID on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111. |
I wrote Tuesday about Donald Trump as a major source of negative tail risk— that is, while he might be likely to be a bad president, we should worry more about the possibility that he will be a very, very, very bad president, for example by defaulting on US government bonds or launching a nuclear strike. |
These low-probability, high-cost outcomes are the biggest reason to fear his presidency. |
Since Trump is a major source of uncertainty and risk, I've been especially mystified by the growing comfort that some Wall Street figures are showing with Trump. |
After all, the potential calamities associated with a badly failed Trump presidency wouldn't just hurt ordinary people. They would also be very bad for asset prices. |
I understand the potential for upside on Wall Street from Trump: He says he would undo Dodd-Frank (which many investors believe has tightened credit and reduced bank profits) and he says he would cut taxes (though sometimes he wavers on how committed he really is to his tax plan). |
But life isn't all about tax rates; shouldn't the possibility of a Trump-driven macroeconomic disaster be weighing against him? Aren't Wall Street investors exactly the sort of people who understand that risk is costly and requires compensation? |
In that vein, I want to share an interview Linette Lopez and I conducted last week with Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and CEO of SkyBridge Capital and one of Trump's biggest boosters on Wall Street. |
Scaramucci is the picture of calm about Trump. He assures us Trump will get everyone together and make good deals, and that what seems like his policy vagueness or inconsistency is really just a matter of putting lots of ideas on a "whiteboard," with good solutions eventually selected. |
"He's taking a whiteboard and he's writing down all the ideas to see how they work, or whether they would stick, or whether they're politically palatable, or whether they would turn into good policy," he said. |
Scaramucci also says Trump's plane uses gold and brass in "a very tasteful, subtle way" involving "great earth tones," so, you know. |
The boat ramp at Hobie Point is hundreds of yards away from the water with levels dropping drastically at Folsom Lake, as seen on Thurs. December 3, 2015, in Folsom, Calif. |
California lake levels are rising as fast as the stock market is falling, with Folsom Lake east of Sacramento rising an astonishing 44 feet in just over a month and Lake Oroville, the second most expansive water storage facility in the state rising another 20 feet. |
Early December saw Folsom Lake, just off Highway 50 on the way up to South Lake Tahoe, dwindle to the hydrological equivalent of a mud puddle. |
It reached its lowest levels since they started filling it up after building the dam of around 349 feet above sea level. |
By today, it has risen over 44 feet to just under 393 feet above sea level. |
Folsom Lake water levels. Current data is the thick blue line. |
The worst year previously was 1976-1977. Then, in fall of 1977, it began filling up again, following a trajectory that looks rather similar to what's happening right now. |
And, to be clear, as you can see in the shaded aqua area in the graph above, the lake ALWAYS rises a hundred feet or much more every winter or spring. The difference is it was on a track similar to 1976-1977 of flatlining over the past years, and now it's getting the hoped-for rocket-like rise. |
The real answers will be found by checking back in a month to see if the chart is still going upward, toward that normal trend line. |
The gallery above shows the lake through a dry December, and then photos of Lake Oroville dry, then significantly higher in new photos this week. |
State transportation officials are planning two ventures that could ease congestion on and around Interstate 495. |
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has begun a $7 million project to add a lane to the eastbound and westbound on-ramps from I-495 to the turnpike. More than two miles of the turnpike, and all the ramps connecting it to I-495, are being resurfaced. |
The widening will increase capacity and provide a safer merging zone for traffic, Turnpike Authority spokesman Mac Daniel said. The project is expected to be complete by Labor Day, but until then, drivers will have to put up with temporary lane closings during the week. |
Meanwhile, the state Highway Department has filed a $31 million proposal to reconstruct the interchange of I-495 and Interstate 290 on the Marlboro-Hudson line, according to the 495 / MetroWest Corridor Partnership, a public-private advocacy group. The project is still in its initial design phase and a long way from fi... |
The state Highway Department is also planning to replace bridge decks in the vicinity of the interchange, according to a spokesman, Adam Hurtubise. |
Two public planning agencies, the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, recently launched a $50,000 study to determine how to handle growth projected for the I-495 corridor � especially where it intersects I-290, the Mass Pike and Route 9. The study will cover Be... |
Paul F. Matthews, executive director of the 495 / MetroWest Corridor Partnership � also known as the Arc of Innovation � credits the planned highway improvements to the group�s advocacy. |
At the group�s annual meeting at the Sheraton hotel in Milford yesterday, business and political leaders said the MetroWest region is home to an impressive list of companies that employ a large, well-educated work force, but retaining and expanding that commercial base will be a major challenge. |
The companies along I-495, from Harvard and Bolton to Milford and Hopkinton, account for one in 11 jobs in Massachusetts. And the region�s $16.4 billion payroll represents one in 10 of the state�s payroll dollars, Mr. Matthews said. |
He said the partnership�s mission is to foster sustainable growth, which includes ensuring the region�s highways are well-maintained and can accommodate significant traffic. |
He said the region�s senators and representatives have been supportive of the partnership�s goals. |
House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston, was scheduled to address the group yesterday, but could not attend because of a sudden death in the family. State Rep. Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Fall River, spoke in his place, drawing attention to the challenges faced by the MetroWest region in convincing companies to stay an... |
�There are many other countries, other states, that want what we have and go to great lengths to (get it),� he said. |
Massachusetts must hold onto its population of young professionals, ages 25 to 34, who are leaving for more affordable housing in states such as California, North Carolina and South Carolina, and the metropolis of Las Vegas, he said. |
GARDAÍ POLICING the protest about Shell's Corrib gas project have enlisted the help of Interpol following an influx of eco-protesters into Mayo from the UK and continental Europe. |
Interpol, the international police intelligence co-operation agency, is helping to identify some of the foreign national eco-protesters, whose number has significantly increased in recent weeks, according to Garda sources. |
While there is no suggestion the protesters have been involved in criminal activity, The Irish Timesunderstands photographs of any protesters local gardaí do not recognise will be circulated to Interpol's member states in a bid to identify them and establish if they have been involved in similar international protests ... |
A small number of foreign national protesters who have already been identified are believed to have taken part in a major demonstration in Kent in recent months. That protest has opposed plans for two new coal units at a power station run by German group EON. Most recently, protesters there breached security and entere... |
Many of the newly-arrived protesters in Co Mayo are from the UK and Germany. However, others have not yet been identified by nationality. |
The increase in the number of protesters has also prompted senior Garda management in the area to request reinforcements of personnel from surrounding Garda districts. |
The move to add personnel to the policing operation comes at a time when the overall cost to the Garda of policing the protest is well over €10 million. The security operation around the controversial project is now the single biggest ongoing policing operation in the country. |
The cost of the Garda's operation looks set to exceed €15 million by the end of the year. This compares with the €20 million available for Garda overtime under Operation Anvil, which targets organised crime gangs across the country. |
Gardaí in Mayo have also requested the presence of a naval vessel to assist in the security operation. The LE Orla moved into Broadhaven Bay on Friday lunchtime and remained there over the weekend. |
Ten days ago eight protesters in wetsuits were arrested on public order grounds in the waters off the beach. Around 15 protesters were trying to stop work on the project when gardaí moved in and arrested the eight. |
In a statement released yesterday, the Shell to Sea protest group said a "squadron" of its kayaks had paddled out to the LE Orlaon Saturday in an unsuccessful effort to speak to the ship's captain and crew. |
"Shell to Sea marine activists are experienced in dealing with the Spanish, German, Dutch, Royal and US navies. This fresh threat from the Irish Navy is totally disproportionate to the legitimate protest, which will continue against the Shell Corrib gas project in spite of this unprecedented development." |
Midlands State University was forced to postpone its Student Representative Council Elections after hackers breached the security system. |
This communication serves to inform you that the SRC elections which were scheduled for Thursday, 9 November 2018 and Thursday, 15 November 2018 have been postponed until further notice. |
The postponement is as a result of a serious and massive security breach which has been detected by our Information and Technology experts. |
Please note that the University has a duty to ensure that the SRC elections are conducted in a credible, professional and transparent manner so that the results thereof, truly reflect the will of all the students. |
Any inconvenience caused by the postponement of the said elections is sincerely regretted. |
Commenting on the incident Former Zimbabwe National Students Union leader Tererai Obey Sithole said, "Today I am reminded of the day I was arrested by some overzealous police officers in the great hall at MSU in 2014. The arrest came after we had made concerted efforts with like minded Comrades to reject the use of Onl... |
"I remember Cde Mlondolozi and Cde Wilton stood with me when the officers harassed me and Advocate Brian Dube swiftly stepped up to offer his legal services. Our concerns were equally rejected by the MSU administration but some years down the line, the same administration postpones an election citing some security brea... |
"There is nothing for the students without the students. To my Brothers and Sisters in ZINASU, keep your heads high. You deserve nothing short of victory, now and forever!" |
Check it out! Want a little space without the expense of a well and septic system? Almost 1.5 acres (2 lots) at the end of a lane of newer homes, just might be the way! City water and sewer nearby. |
Russian arms manufacturers are willing to comply with NATO standards for equipment manufacturing. This agreement is needed so that Russian firms can compete for contracts to upgrade Russian military equipment to meet NATO standards. East European countries that just joined NATO still have a lot of Russian equipment, an... |
The Lely High School baseball team beat Naples 9-1 on Saturday. |
The Trojans scored at least one run in five of the seven innings. Lely finished the game with 12 hits. |
Robert Rosetti picked up the win on the mound. |
FLORIDA RELAYS: On Saturday for the boys, Barron Collier finished 17th of 44 teams in the 4x800-meter relay in 8:26.57. On Friday, Naples finished 13th of 35 teams in the 4x200 relay (1:30.92). Naples also finished 10th of 46 in the distance medley relay (11:02.20). The Golden Eagles’ Jett Su finished 12th of 19 in the... |
On Saturday for the girls, Gulf Coast finished 23 of 42 in the 4x800 relay in 10:18.59. On Friday, Gulf Coast finished 21st of 36 in the 4x200 relay (1:49.84). Naples finished 10th of 40 in the distance medley relay (12:56.84). |
discussions between the two countries. |
bit of extra food, in case it gets beset [by ice],” says Chiang. |
trek from Mirny (This Week, 13 January, p 10). |
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