Local & State

Black lawyers nationwide are concerned about “prosecutor’s discretion” whether or not to file charges on police officers who shoot Blacks. The Cochran Firm, founded by late attorney Johnnie Cochran, earlier this summer released a “boiling point” timeline of police-related shootings of Blacks over a 12-month period from July 2014 to July 2015.

You commit a crime, do your time and, appropriately rehabilitated, having learned your lesson, you pick yourself up and move on. That’s how it goes in theory anyway, on the proverbial drawing board.

The University of Liberia Alumni Chorus (ULAC) was formed in 2009 by a group of Liberians who had decided to leave the country because of civil unrest, turmoil and war.

Dr. Chaunda L. Scott, a native of South Minneapolis, has received a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Award with Cape Peninsula University of Technology located in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Scott will leave for Cape Town, South Africa in October.

Stephanie Dilworth of St. Paul, Minnesota was installed as the 22nd National President of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. at the 86th National Convention in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island, which convened at the Marriott Frenchmen’s Reef and Morningstar Beach Resort July 14-20.

The term “Black-on-Black crime” is oft-referenced in reporting on violence in this country, often using the annual FBI crime reports. These reports show that the percentage of Black murder victims who have been murdered by Blacks in the U.S. has consistently hovered around 90 percent since 2009.

About 100 community members gathered in Fridley on Saturday, September 19 to search for a Mounds View man who disappeared without a trace almost two weeks ago. Members of the African community, families and coworkers gathered at the SuperAmerica station in Fridley to search for him.

Since February 2015, Rosa Bogar, a local educator, has used the phrase “Black Lives Matter” for a campaign that focuses on the vital importance of one’s cultural history.

Collateral consequences are the additional state and/or federal penalties offenders often face once they’ve completed their jail sentences.

Free your mind, it’s said, and the rest of you will follow. Accordingly, Face2Face works toward enlightening and inspiring individuals to realize their potential in empowering and uplifting the community as a whole.

Some 100,000 people from around the Midwest attended this year’s annual Wisconsin Sweet Corn Festival held August 20-23. The number of visitors to the Corn Festival hasn’t changed much over many years.

According to the Mayo Clinic and other medical experts, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is “a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety.”

This week Minneapolis will be the launching site for a series of conferences for Blacks seeking corporate leadership positions.