By Ronald J. Freeman, Sr., Esq. “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass We have the POWER. Amadou Diallo, February 1999 (New York City) –Eric Garner, July 2014 (New York) – unarmed; Michael Brown, August, 2014 (Ferguson ) – unarmed; Walter Scott, April 2015 (North Charleston) – unarmed; Philando Castile, July 2016 (Minneapolis) – unarmed; Breonna Taylor, May, 2020 (Louisville) – unarmed George Floyd, May, 2020 (Minneapolis) – unarmed; 39 UNARMED African Americans were killed by the police in 2016. By…
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In response the latest three deaths of unarmed Black Americans in our country, protests, both peaceful and riots, have erupted throughout the country. Citizens of many cultures unite to protest the seemingly unwarranted deaths and the vile law system that allows such deaths to happen and to carry on unpunished. Already a tense time due to the stressful COVID-19 pandemic, many citizens truly feel that law enforcement and racists are deliberately targeting and killing Blacks. “Blacks are being hunted.” In downtown Atlanta, peaceful protests tend to begin in the early…
CVS Health Expands Statewide COVID-19 Response By Opening 23 Additional New Drive-Thru Test Sites in Georgia Brings to 46 the total number of drive-thru test sites across the state Completes the company’s commitment to establish 1,000 test sites across the country by end of May Woonsocket, Rhode Island – Thursday, May 28, 2020 — Building on the company’s comprehensive efforts to help slow the spread of the virus, CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today expanded its COVID-19 testing program by announcing 23 additional test sites at select CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations…
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Inquirer Mourns the Loss of Friend, Coach Joseph Fitzhugh October 26, 1926 – May 7, 2020 By Kandace Carty and John B. Smith, Jr. Joseph Fitzhugh was born to Ella Mae Deans McGinty and King David Fitzhugh on October 26, 1926 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the youngest of two children. Joseph Fitzhugh graduated from Booker T. Washington High School, Atlanta, Georgia in 1947 after being drafted into the U. S. Army in 1945. In 1948, he enrolled at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University). After two…
Washington, D. C. – Congressman David Scott, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, applauded the introduction of H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, in the House of Representatives as the next coronavirus relief package. Scott welcomed the inclusion of his legislative proposal to establish a $75 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund to offer relief to consumers and prevent foreclosure. This measure reflects H.R. 6729, which Congressman Scott introduced last week as an updated and expanded version of a proposal he originally introduced…
