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November 27-31, 2014VOL. 4 NO. 12
Widespread demonstrations protest
Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Michael Brown on November 23, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Joshua Lott / Getty Images
Police license to killLocal residents speak out
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by Erin McClamA grand jury chose Monday not to
indict Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on a street in Ferguson, Missouri, in August. Violence, looting, fires and gunshots erupted as anger broke out immediately.
At Ferguson police headquarters, protesters pelted officers with bottles, officers reported shots fired, and a team in riot gear ordered a crowd of several hundred people to disperse. Nearby, St. Louis County police deployed tactical units and fired tear gas and smoke to break up unruly crowds.
A police car was set on fire, and an MSNBC reporter saw fire and looting in a cellphone store and a window that
had been smashed at a McDonald’s. A pizzeria and a storage facility were engulfed in flames, and police and protesters stared each other down on an interstate.
Scattered volleys of what report-ers described as gunfire could be heard more than two hours after the announcement. St. Louis police reported “heavy automatic gunfire” late into the night.
The protests were so volatile that arriving airplanes were diverted from the airport in St. Louis, and the Federal Aviation Administration ordered planes out of the airspace over Ferguson.
President Barack Obama, speaking late at night from the White House even as clashes were erupting in Ferguson, called on both sides to
exercise restraint.“We are a nation built on the rule of
law, so we have to accept this decision was the grand jury’s to make,” Obama said.
Referencing the racial strains exposed by the turmoil in Ferguson, the president said: “In too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and com-munities of color.” But he added: “There’s never an excuse for violence.”
People took to the streets across the country. More than 1,000 marched in Manhattan, and in Oakland, California, hundreds chanted, “No jus-tice! No peace!” A crowd of about 300 gathered at the White House. Protests also sprang up in Philadelphia and
by Vincent HobbsSocial media was abuzz with news
of the Ferguson’s grand jury decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of unarmed teenag-er Michael Brown. Many posts and tweets expressed dismay and disap-pointment at the decision -— and also at the resulting violence that broke out in Ferguson following the announcement.
CSRA residents also weighed in with strong opinions on the case:
“My 9-year-old is wondering wheth-er police are now officially allowed to shoot unarmed teenagers.” — Catherine Zickgraf, poet
“My heart and prayers go out to the Brown Family and the people of Ferguson. Though hopeful that the grand jury would come back with an indictment, I am not surprised with the outcome. The cover-up started August 9th, 2014. They say that “justice is blind” — I disagree. Justice should be not only blind, but color-blind. There are so many questions that come to mind about the announce-ment – and I also question the time of day they decided to share the decision. The “powers that be” have just set up the people of Ferguson and they don’t even realize it. They chose to share the decision at night knowing that mayhem would follow.” — Angel Fielding, self-employed
“I’m just speechless, really. I’m afraid of what this decision is teach-ing our children. Culturally, it seems to indicate that we value some lives more than others.” —Melanie Avita Rivera, instructor
“My issue is with the way in which Mike Brown was killed. I under-stand opening fire in self-defense, but I don’t understand the need for six shots to subdue a teenager, nor do I understand why a person with intention to make an arrest would shoot at the head region. Either there was malicious intent in this shooting,
Social media is in a Ferguson whirlwind
Ferguson grand jury fails to indict officer
or this officer is poorly trained at his profession. Neither explanation is out of the question.” — Earl Grey Summers, music artist/author
“Justice was definitely not served. I’m stunned but not surprised. I’m quite disappointed in the judicial system. There was surely enough
evidence to indict. It would be easy to understand more people losing faith. It’s important now for us to strategically and deliberately unite as one and demand changes.” — Travis “Brotha Trav” Wright, poet
“No indictment is just another mis-carriage of justice which seems to
be more common these days. But what disgusts me most is the reaction and mayhem of people rioting and destroying their own community! In no way are these actions alleviating the choice not to indict the officer.” — Ashley Black, GRU Augusta student
Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Michael Brown on November 23, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Joshua Lott / Getty Images
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“According to Webster, empower-ment means to enable someone to do something with authority,” said Housewives of Atlanta’s Phaedra Parks, who addressed nearly 100 business women as the keynote lun-cheon speaker for the Third Annual Women’s Empowerment Conference presented by A. B. Beverage of Augusta and CSRA Business League. Ms. Parks, who is not only an actress, but also an entertainment attor-ney, producer, author and philan-thropist, encouraged the group of minority entrepreneurs to not only be prepared, competent and empowered individually, but to also help one another. “Far too many times, we don’t uplift each other; we do more bashing than building,” said Parks. “It is very important for women to be validated, not only by their colleagues, but by other women.”
Parks, who is admittedly a strong woman, gave credit to her parents who are both Church of God in Christ (COGIC) pastors, for raising her with “old values”, which she said are still true values. “There is something to be said for respecting your elders. There is something to be said for honoring your father and
your mother. There is something to be said for taking the road less traveled. There is something to be said for going to school and gradu-ating and, there is something to be said for believing in hard work and values and knowing that whatever is for you is for you.
Parks, who was raised in Athens, and has family roots in Augusta, informed the group that when she was growing up in Georgia, she shared a similar background with many of the women present in the Kroc Center conference room, and like many of them, she also desired more from life. “I wanted nice things. I wanted to be better. I want-ed to be different,” Parks shared. “It is in our differences that we find out who we are as women.”
Parks reminded the predom-inantly Georgian assembly that Southern women can handle any-thing. “Southern Bells have a way of doing things with grace and tack-ling tough situations in a dignified, reserved manner,” said Parks. She exhorted the women to not give up: “No matter what—you don’t turn back, you don’t look back—you still make the attempt. It’s not always about who wins; it is also about who is still standing and if you can still stand in the rain.” Parks described failures as experiences
from which we are to learn, and she closed by sharing a quote that she found inspiring from author Beau Taplin that says: “She was unstop-pable, not because she did not have failures or doubts, but because she continued on despite them,” which she said she chose especially for the occasion to further encourage and empower the women.
Other conference presenters included Angela C. Harden, senior pastor of New Destiny Ministries (No Walls), who opened the con-ference in prayer; Yvonne Gentry, director of the Augusta-Richmond County Disadvantaged Business Enterprise department, who gave the greeting and informed the group about possible opportuni-ties through the Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) projects; Constance Woods, Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) for MorganStanley, who explained the benefits of hav-
ing a sound retirement strategy; State Representative Gloria Frazier, who educated the entrepreneurs about Georgia’s future as a top national importer and empha-sized learning the procurement process; Terry Denison, district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, who talked about government contract opportuni-ties; and others who covered taxes, marketing, small business develop-ment and turn-key business oppor-tunities.
After the presentations, there was a panel discussion led by Shanta Johnson of the Essential Cleansing Center, Deanna Brown, founder of the James Brown Academy of Musik Pupils and Dr. Christine Crawford, director of operations/owner of seven McDonald’s franchises. CSRA Business League, Incorporated Board Chair Veronica Shareef closed the conference by thanking all of the participants and attendees.
Phaedra Parks challenges women to succeed HAPPENINGSCOMMUNITY
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Chicago.Bob McCulloch, the St. Louis County
prosecutor, described the death of Brown as a tragedy, but he said that the grand jury had found no probable cause for any of the charges it con-sidered against Wilson, which includ-ed first-degree murder and the lesser charge of manslaughter.
The officer, 28, testified to the grand jury that he was sitting in his patrol car on Aug. 9 when Brown approached and punched him, McCulloch said. In the encounter that followed, Wilson fired 12 shots — two inside the car and 10 on the street, the prosecutor said.
Some witnesses had said publicly that Brown, 18, was shot and killed with his hands up. But the prosecutor said that some witnesses had changed their statements, or later admitted that they had not seen anything directly.
McCulloch said that the grand jury
investigation found that some witness statements were “completely refuted by the physical evidence.” He said that the biggest challenge to the investi-gation was rumors on social media and “the 24-hour news cycle and its appetite for something, anything, to talk about.”
Speaking for almost an hour, the prosecutor said that he knew some people would be disappointed, but he said decisions in the justice system could not be based on “public outcry or for political expediency.”
The Brown family said in a state-ment: “We are profoundly disappoint-ed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions.” The family repeated its calls that pro-testers remain peaceful.
The NAACP expressed outrage and said on Twitter that “police brutality and militarization” must end.
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“It’s a difficult time to gather my thoughts...I feel there is so much power in having that badge, it’s like a shield, and I wish there was more discrimination regarding who gets to carry one. It shouldn’t be so easy for anyone to gun someone else down, especially an unarmed person. But it’s too complicated — I don’t know how to make my
thoughts clear right now.” — Kelly Fey-Anderson, Family Y fitness instructor
“I trust that the jury had the evi-dence and heard things we have no access to. What I hate the most is how the citizens feel they have to riot and tear up their own city to make a point. This is senseless.” — Jimi Mae Brooker, AAFES retiree
Social media response from page 3 “I don’t think justice was served at all. I just feel like they’re saying that you can get away with mur-der if you’re a cop and it’s sad that we’re called ‘AmeriKKKa’. It really reminds me of the Trayvon Martin case. I don’t like how violent it’s getting. This has been happening for so long and to me it’s really unfair. I feel like if the races were switched, the cop would have got-ten punishment.” — Kimberly, high school senior
“I want to be surprised at the no bill/no indictment - but I am not. I want to believe that the grand jury understood ‘probable cause’, as com-pared to ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’. More importantly, I want to believe that probable cause for law enforce-ment officers is the same probable cause applied to the masses. I want to believe that. I will continue to pray for the Brown family, Ferguson, Missouri and for us all.” — Inga Hicks, attorney-at-law
Wilson’s lawyers said in a statement that he had followed his training and the law.
“Law enforcement personnel must frequently make split-second and dif-ficult decisions,” the statement said. It added: “Officer Wilson would like to thank those who have stood by his side throughout this process.”
In a 31-minute police interview, taken soon after the shooting and released Monday after the grand jury decision, Wilson described encoun-tering Brown and a friend on the afternoon of Aug. 9 and suggesting that they move from the street to the sidewalk.
He said that one of the young men hurled an expletive at him, and that Brown then approached his police SUV and “started swinging and punch-ing at me from outside the vehicle.” He said that they wrestled for the officer’s gun, with Brown grabbing around Wilson’s hand and pointing the gun
into the officer’s hip.“At that point, I was guaranteed he
was going to shoot me,” Wilson told a detective. The officer said he angled himself into a different position, then pulled the trigger and fired at Brown.
Wilson said that Brown ran away and he chased. He said Brown turned, “had the most intense aggressive face I’ve ever seen on a person,” and charged, with his hand under his shirt and inside his waistband. He said that he ordered Brown to get on the ground, and when he did not, he fired at Brown.
He said that Brown charged at him, “still running at me, hadn’t slowed down, hands still in his waistband.” Wilson said that Brown was 8 to 10 feet away when the officer fired more shots and Brown fell.
“His right hand was still under his body, looked like it was still in his waistband,” Wilson told the detective. “I never touched him.”
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Arthur Holmes, ASU alum-ni and Paine College pro-fessor of History/Political Science, passed away on Nov. 20. He was the hus-band of GRU faculty Dr. Paulette Harris.
He was also the professor most instrumental the past few years with the Cedar Grove Cemetery tour in February or March. He taught and guided his students to do research on the residents.
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