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past several months, a lot of attention has been focused on killer cops. Every other day, we seem to witness a case of police brutality that ends in murder. Although it is not a new phenomenon, it is one that is reaching epidemic proportions—a deeply troubling epidemic. But as we shout “Black Lives Matter!” in protest, we have lost of the other battle Rodney King insight Los Angeles. violence in our against people Several thousand communities. have come out into the streets there is no Althoughthe of Baltimore protesting comparison, killing of 25-year-old Freddieand some may you restart the battle say that Gray over the past fewifdays. crime, Black-on-Black stop Police arrested to Gray April 12, lose focus on the we incithen or without resistance their tactics that police dent, and he died fromand injuus. So where does areinkilling ries suffered while custody. us? His family said that leave his voice it leaves us box was crushed,Unfortunately, 80 percent two wars the middle—in of his spine wasin severed and be fought simultathat must his neck was snapped. Gray andaswiftly. In effect, neously eventually slipped into
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Again, MTA all realize “I realize it and we to address have d train. have promised is not where arrival of any weeken up rtaspeed to that service … it comes to transpo such issues and and not necto restore When we need it to be Andrew the time needed our cusin the state, Gov. far a malfunc- tion essarily meeting appears to be schedules after tions,” said rem- Cuomo in the tomers’ expecta those nately, in ed tion. Unfortu president of as fast more interest to LaCarmen Bianco, edies are not coming sym- cars and on their way Transit. This his New York City and we , evidenced by t of the as the fare hikes, on ers who Guardia is an understatemen d AirTrain expansi pathize with custom while conthe increase propose to spruce up the highest order, and want to know if plan the soul, it for and good is e services fession in fares will improv to the workTappan Zee Bridge. system. ngers, brings little relief in the century-old be the most So my dear strapha little of the ing poor, who will To be at the mercy after grin and bear it, dig a increase as d even impacted by the into your deplete 4, 5 and 6 lines often inadethey are by the have the ex- deeper for that extra quarter rush hour is to pockets ing—and it’s quate service. a sardine. The the next fare daily the more distress n perience of or two and hope commo ging as most Ask any of the regular the ble delays. According to challen distant the second ters on are ordeal is doubly who, by the hike is as slow and from the MTA, 6 million commu int—the trains elderly— compla and latest reports the train. for was next system ers the passeng ncing a January there city’s subway so jammed with of com- through way, are only experie of more than to wedge your you will hear a litany common an average a month. Even that you have delays plaints—the most intermina- 43,000 one being the regardless tacked unfairness, code. racial or region, because of my ZIP By AUTODID honorus I lived of a school’s by dividing ACT 17 allowho serve I grew up in the Bronx. Special en-the AmNews income mix, and are tall on to those cates on both sides in uniform. I underst on a block away from school, cations by district student to are all falling ably the corner By ASSEMBLYMAN g student are all passionate ideology, but we t and assessinTwo where I passed and re- that we rollmen lives tion BLAKE the and EL coopera pay. of ceremonies at side to days MICHA short on about improve on one need and local ability Harlem’s this is about how give them bodega Aid was fullyAbyssinian Baptist membering that slice of pizza on an- Sadly, Foundation Church my of our children and bought conlast 08 week allowed as2007-20 down, I knew that to success. But this the children. funded only in the sociates, if it’s other. Deep fascinating, paths is e comrades uctive what have Recesdialogu , family and unprod is n The didn’t Great fiscal year. The friends funding to versatio ration our schools of acclaimed Kemetafull funding because of inaderanging from school “either or” conside sion knocked thatphysician where we needed, . ance, tenure, an Dr. Yosef A.A. ben-Jothe inequithan a “both and” teacher perform tracks, and quate funding channanpoint versus char- rather l dispar- off the ledge that each side to the the opportunity to pay evaluation, public ged their In 1993, that financia parochi- we acknow on how light ties re-emer respects before he billion $4.9final ter and private versus rations has legitimate points mately reality came to greater ity approxi of nal was interred conside gn for Fiscal m our educatio al. All of these owed to publicat Ferncliff Cemestill tery timely to to transfor the better and de- when the Campai Friday afternoon. ed and CFE money t areas. for are necessary and Equity was establish k victo- schools in our needies ic, social, system “It’s close . honor to to be here and improve the academ setting termine a path forward hits an led to the landmar inequalitycelebrate l es invok- later this great life that of New York, This as my Assemb ly district mental and physica the tone We are sometim ry in C.F.E. v. State has been But amongst us for 97 successful- home, staggeri and images of savfor young people. ng $76 million g where the coalition owed a ly divi- ing terms years,” than any city’s school is become incredib colleague rather than pursuin more remarked ly argued that the education has CFE money— sides of agery in Dr. all mise. Leonard on current es compro woefully York The Advocat was ctive in New Jeffries, beginning has been el- sive. we are constru Thursday that finance system denied its stu- Assembly district evening’s wake, the debate in Albany discourse say that not the first time that funding and the is what to nded This need underfu not, Imagine the are capacity crowd right City. the word savage evated because of war.” Actually, we our kids? Smallererupting in aptheir constitutional logy I have heard state budget “at could do for plause, education. dents , drumming. n. and leave that termino pass a New York teachers morechants used to describe sound basic educatio m sizes, on advo- so let’s “We have to ities: Chil- of a ed the classroo be aware that Dr. by March 31. 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this is not an either/or dilemma, but a problem that requires a both/and solution. To be sure, fighting wars on two fronts is hard enough, but it gets even harder when we need one of the so-called enemies as an ally. Police-community relations have had their ups and downs. Whereas a segment of the pop-
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It may be a great disservice to mention the Rev. Al Sharpton and Rudy Giuliani in the same article, but they are two public figures with a long affair with the media—one longing for it to go away and the other courting it for coverage. This week they are both back in the news—again. Rumors are afloat that Sharpton’s “PoliticsNation” on MSNBC may be put on a weekend schedule. Other hosts on the network are also, as they say in the business world, scheduled for reassignment, including
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agree with many took happens to g In 1984, the Senate policies of the outgoin to do President of the That had as much general and the ona year to confirm ining the presinominee, attorney the rub. impresident. amazing with underm e authority as Ronald Reagan’s simply Several days after It’s attorney going be able panel, past a dent’s executivand we would Edwin Meese, for Yes, the Senate may was pressing a Senate that bills can get delay else, at the g that d but anythin general, hit that walk and chew gum Loretta Lynch appeare believe that the committee then messy busi- to but we all suffer succeed Re- be naive to based on Meese’s time, called at same not wall ble are to be a shoo-in to some gans implaca And if is stuck to their U.S. atnce. The same shenani confirmation. ness practices. way, when the gum are politically Eric Holder Jr. as publican repugna cans have their leave it Repub- play in Lynch’s and they r is right Republi the shoes (Bill Moore photo) torney general. But story here is that Sen. Chuck Schume will be tarred with meandon’t lized. to the mischievous, he noted that Lynch licans apparently the alleged immobi imcans to funds on point when same brush, given Two things are clearly and spirited Republi “can walk and mind gathering with drug At for the Senate —Lynch’s race dealings she had rain on her parade. from predators fined but chew gum at the same time,” launderers. mutable it! temSo get overand lords and money politics.ALLIMADI By MILTON accused of fathering several her difficult . a s least, we hope, only hogwash sex trafficking crimes, become is excuses. Confirm children with teenage secreAll of this be used but this BENJAMIN No more she COLIN considering porarily. this money can’t to problem is that process when seemed aborLynch! Lynch’s for she Special to the AmNews taries. The popular narrative pay PresLoretta to by Just when who partic- by the victims cans contend any action put forth is a strong Black woman was that Malcolm was killed be a lock for the post, Republi ident Barack Obama. prominent tions. Was the NYPD involved or by Muhammad loyalists after use of the money ularly with such Hatch that such Orrin Hyde as the did they merely know about he was expelled from the NOI. cans mise Republi compro of Arizo- would except the impending murder of But many people, especialof Utah, Jeff Flake Amendment, which, of tax South of Malcolm X and allow it to ly in the Black community, forbids use na, Lindsey Graham Collins of for rape, March 13, 2015 s. happen 50 years ago? Were never believed that version of abortion Carolina and Susan for to confirm dollars to do with some reporters, including events as being the complete Maine promising What has this got the famed scribe Jimmy Breslin, story. While there had been ell confirmation or her, there is a snag. Hon. Mitch McConn problem? Lynch’s tipped off that something was a clear rift between Malcolm China? This in So what’s the rice of Leader Majority Senate Ma- price about to go down? and Muhammad, it was also is very similar to The problem is United States Senate McCo- boondoggle nd The official story has been a period when the FBI was 20510 jority Leader Mitch ce to the impasse over Homela Washington, D.C. that Malcolm X was killed conducting its Counter Intelnnell and his reluctana hu- Security funding that includof Feb. 21, 1965, at the Audu- ligence Program, initially tarcall a vote because immigration attachHon. Harry Reid that in- ed an to see bon Ballroom in Harlem be- geting suspected communists man-trafficking bill We were pleased Minority Leader that would ment. cause of a Reid feud between him but later expanding it to disHarry cans capitulate on cludes a provision Senate Republi ll States the United Mitch McConne for victims the and his former allies in the rupt groups such as the Black 20510 establish a fund measure and allow service Washington, D.C. to publichad those con- that SeentMalcolm Nation of Islam. Panthers and other Black nacommitm ent of Homeland from fines paid by for the ent skills, ng crimes. Departm managem United States attorney York, a falling out with NOI leader tionalist organizations. and strong : victed of trafficki funding to go forward to serve Dear Mr. Leaders edguide District of New the Demo- curity her well-suit and his former spiritual Indeed, records revealed immigration make express Eastern These funds, as has developed a I write this letter to be used while tossing tion Ms. Lynch Elijah after Malcolm’s death show this position. who he’d cainMuhammad, ents, crats proposed, could limbo. a support for the nomina record of achievem therein lies into Our nation requires to become long for abortions, and reputation a advoenjoys of Loretta Lynch she effective and of the and evenhandedly pable Lynch the attorney general ent for fairly and cate such as Loretta United States Departm g the law. She dem- to head its chief law enforceattorney enforcin inary charreathese extraord of Justice. 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Joy Reid, Ronan Farrow, Ed Schultz, Chris Hayes and Lawrence O’Donnell. It sounds as if MSNBC is cleaning house and dissatisfied with its leftist orientation. And if we can believe Erica Snipes, Eric Garner’s daughter, Sharpton “is only in it for the money,” as she said to a right-wing mischief maker recording her comments on a concealed camera. She later recanted, indicating that Sharpton and the National Action Network had paid for her father’s funeral. Later, in a statement to NAN, she clarified her position on the matter. “It is unfortunate that the New York
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that the FBI had been actively monitoring him, as Malcolm’s files, available on the FBI’s website, confirm. Therefore, it isn’t beyond reason that the FBI, under the maniacal J. Edgar Hoover, could have played a role in the assassination by either fomenting, participating or at least turning a blind eye and allowing it to happen. Could it be that the NYPD also came to know from the FBI, or from its own investigations, that Malcolm would be killed by opponents on that fateful February date? Could it be that the NYPD and the FBI worked together to allow Malcolm to be killed by not warning him or by not
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