United States Attorney General Merrick Garland released a Statement saying (April 21) that the Justice Department has started an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department’s “pattern or practice.” According to Garland, the investigation will ascertain whether the department has a pattern or practice of discriminatory policing.
The statement came one day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of George Floyd’s violent killing.
“Today, I am announcing that the Justice Department has launched a civil investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department to ascertain whether it engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional, unlawful policing,” Garland said Wednesday.
The investigation will now be spurred by “knowledgeable attorneys” from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, Garland clarified.
“The new civil investigation is distinct from and independent of the Justice Department’s originally scheduled federal criminal investigation into George Floyd’s death,” he added.
Together with the criminal investigation, Garland stated that the Justice Department “also has the authority to file a civil lawsuit.”
“Typically, when the Justice Department identifies illegal practices or patterns of conduct, the local police department enters into a proposed settlement or consent decree to guarantee that quick and appropriate action is taken to bring policing practices into compliance with the law,” he added.
Numerous representatives of the Minneapolis Police Department, both active and retired, testified against Chauvin during his trial, including Police Lt. Richard Zimmerman, Chief Medaria Arradondo, a use-of-force trainer, and a former sergeant. Arradondo stated last year that Floyd’s murder was not the result of a “lack of training.”
“Mr. George Floyd’s tragic demise was not the result of a lack of training; the training was present. Chauvin was aware of his actions,” he stated. “The officers were aware of what was occurring; one purposefully caused it, while the others failed to prevent it.”
On Sunday, April 11th, two officers In Virginia aimed their guns and pepper-sprayed a black army lieutenant. Due to this, the Town of Windsor, Virginia, fired both of the officers. The Town stated that officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker overstep Windsor Police Department’s use-of-force policy during their confrontation with Second Lt. Caron Nazario. Due to conflict, the Town terminated officer Gutierrez’s.
With the positive atmosphere of families and residents, The Town of Windsor prides itself in its charm and the community-wide respect of the Police Department. The statement said that the terrible event cast a negative light on our community. So rather than deflect blame, we have discussed the matter with our personnel. We are speaking directly to the community to explain to our community stakeholders.
After the termination of the officer by the Town of Windsor, the Virginia government follows the news. Due to this incident, governor Ralph Northam calls for an outside investigation into the Virginia state police.
Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam also stated on his disturbing event. ” Our Commonwealth has done important work on police reform, but we must keep working to ensure Virginians are safe during interactions with police, the enforcement of laws is fair and equitable and people are held accountable” The governor is calling this a terrible event in his tweet.
As per reporter, the confrontation started between police officers Gutierrez and Lt. Nazario and Crocker when they pulled over a Lieutenant’s car at a traffic stop in December. Lieutenant Nazario is black and Latino. He was traveling back home when the Police pulled over his vehicle. Both officers drew their guns after pulling Nazario and order him to get out of the car.
Lieutenant Nazario was genuinely afraid to exit from his car. Nazario was refusing to get out of his car. In the meantime, one officer shouted, “Yes, you should be,” and dragged Nazario out of his vehicle & sprayed him on the face with the pepper spray. A video reveals from Nazario’s cell phone and the officer’s body camera that also showed that one cop is striking the Lieutenant with his knee and can be saying and repeating, “This is fucked up.”
The Lieutenant took legal action and filed a lawsuit against the two police officers. The army officer says that the two cops illegally barricaded and claimed that cops violated his Fourth and Fifth Amendments rights. The Police say that the Army officer’s car was unregistered and also his rear license plate was missing, But the Army officer says that the vehicle was new and had a temporary tag in the rear window. Nazario believes that he was racially profiled because of his race.
This article was penned by Jonathan P. Wright 4 years ago. You can read more of Jonathan P. Wright’s work in the Editorial Picks section.
Alcohol consumed during this creative process: Effen Vodka & Effen Vodka Black Cherry (inspired by 50 Cent)
Headphones used during this process: SMS Audio Wireless Sports Headphones (Carmelo Anthony Edition) and SYNC by 50 Wireless Bluetooth Speaker
Location: “W” South Beach, 2201 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Current attire: Pushers Collective X-Label Tee Shirt, Pushers Collective Leather Snapback Hat, Ralph Lauren Tan Cargo Shorts, and my usual platinum dog tag
Music powered by G-Unit, 50 Cent, & Bryson Tiller (Ballin, Poppin Them Thangs, Wanna Get To Know You(My favorite), New Day, I’m The Man Remix featuring Chris Brown & Right My Wrongs by Bryson Tiller )
Streaming service equipped with TIDAL (High Definition)
Current Mood:
Actually pleased, corporate/Gansta mood, Get Rich or Die Trying type vibe, and hyper-focused on my new weight loss lifestyle.
It’s my last night at the “W” Hotel on South Beach, and it’s bittersweet at the highest level! I love the Miami weather, food, tropical weather, and most of all, beaches! I think this is where God created the original Garden of Eden. LOL!
Until God calls for me, I’m keep ballin’, keep on ballin’ To my niggas and my bitches looking down on me I know y’all see me when I’m ballin’ You know I got to keep ballin’ Till the FEDs come we ballin’ out Y’all niggas y’all know what this about when I’m ballin’ That stash house, we in and out We ballin’, ballin’, ballin’, we shot callin’
These are the opening lyrics to the song “BALLIN” by G-Unit, and this verse represents some of the mental fabric of the hit original tv series “POWER.” I’m sitting on the couch staring at still images of Omari Hardwick, a.k.a. GHOST, and his “eyes” illuminate my suite. His voice reverberates throughout the suite echoing power, sex, control, calculated betrayal, and triumph.
Omari Hardwick follows God’s Plan for his life, and that’s why his character is so polarizing, mesmerizing, addictive, and inspirational for the general public. I’m watching episode “1” of the season “1”, 50 Cent, and Courtney Kemp Agboh created a multi-layered viewing experience that engages everyone from the modest to the hardcore gangsters in our society. Every move GHOST makes is ultra-calculated and intended to further cement his position of power.
It’s opening night at his nightclub “TRUTH,” it’s packed full of people, and his right-hand man Tommy approaches him to provide street justice on someone. This moment’s beauty is these vital points and creates the matchless aura of GHOST and his ability to blend, recreate, and dominate each scene.
He accesses the damage, current problem and ascertains the end result
He kills the guy who stole from their organization, cleans himself up, jumps back into the elevator, embraces the packed house of partygoers, and returns to James St. Patrick.
GHOST’s genius is that the general audience has no idea what he’s thinking, feeling, or most of all, his next move. GHOST succeeds where most “bad guys” fail in the area of “limitations.” GHOST understands where his power begins and ends in every situation and creates mistake-proof exit strategies to ensure complete exoneration. The emotional intelligence of GHOST provides a chilling and deep introspective into the mind of a “divided soul.” The character of GHOST provides the STARZ network with a lethal competitive advantage over any other show in its lane. GHOST’s natural skillset is immeasurable and allows him to become all things to everyone within his radius.
GHOST manages the perfect balance between commitment and infidelity with Tasha (His Wife) and Angela (His love from High School & Lead attorney on the Drug Task Force pursuing his organization). Naturally, a person’s heart is divided into many pieces, and they eventually identify the pieces that belong. GHOST is always moving parts around in his heart to make the right decision at the moment.
I’m taking my second shot of Black Cherry Effen Vodka, and I’m blaring “I’m The Man” Remix by 50 Cent & Chris Brown in my suite. I turn to Season 2 and watch the episode “Three Moves Ahead,” and my eyes are paralyzed on the scene where Tommy and Lobos enter the Carlton Hotel to conduct business, and the world knows that GHOST is in the hotel. As the moment collapses, Tommy, Lobos, and his partner are captured.
GHOST is not captured, and he re-appears in the adjoining hotel overlooking the chaos and watching Angela call him repeatedly (he switched his number). Again, the writers of POWER position GHOST ideally between anxiety and the unknown. GHOST symmetrically aligns all the personalities, weaknesses, strengths, and temptations of each person in his life. The mentality of GHOST represents the “lion-heart” of every man in America.
Possessing the mental propensity to protect, kill, and administer love towards people are psychotic, unflinching, and fearless characteristics most men desire to develop. The essence & character of GHOST depicts and reflects the culture of mankind in certain aspects. Even when I examine his fashion sense, it literally freezes my mind because he’s flawless in every moment, clean-shaven, and casket sharp. My father told me that the “walk” and “dress” of a man speaks volumes about his confidence, self-purpose, and respect amongst the people in the room.
Omari Hardwick plays the role of a lifetime, creating new boundaries, destroying over-evaluated stereotypes, and showing men of all ethnicities the blueprint in balancing the mind over “POWER.” The role of GHOST is shaking up Hollywood, and respect is something you can only run from for a certain period. POWER is one of the best original television programs, and the people are echoing this message louder each year.
Sometimes in life, your arrival of greatness is disruptive, unapologetic, and incomprehensible. Hollywood has a good problem with the show POWER, and they need to pick the brain of Courtney Kemp Agboh and create another original tv series that challenges consumers’ minds. Until that happens, “THE “THE SHADOW OF GHOST” will hover over Hollywood, and you can never outrun a shadow.
Tracy Jerome Kubish better known as Ryze an up and coming hip-hop artist from a small town called Bristol, Pa. Ryze started his musical journey when he was just 12 years old writing raps not knowing this was something he wanted to go all the way with it. Ryze always knew how to sing from back watching the box on TV in his room from ages 4 to 9. Hearing some of his favorite music from Jay Z, DMX, Sisqo, Aaliyah, Nelly, NSYNC, Usher and more. His mother was into the legends of Hip-hop, R&B and Soul from Bone Thugs n Harmony, UGK, NWA, Notorious B.I.G. 2 Pac, Toni Braxton, Mary J. Blidge, Jill Scott and a plethora of different music that he inevitably took in through the years.
Once Ryze turned 15 he became apart of a group named LSME (Less Sleep More Energy) that later renamed themselves City Lightz. This is when Ryze began to record his music and took it a step further from writing. Ryze eventually went solo at the age of 19 when he refused to compromise the sound of his music and conform.
In 2016 he team up with the sensational rap crew 3rdLane founded by long time friend Reem Nice back in 2011. Ryze immediately began taking his town by storm becoming an instant sensation around his area racking in thousands and thousands of views and plays organically with minimal promotion.
Ryze lost his grandmother in 2020 to a brain aneurysm sadly, His grandmother is who raised him and a big reason why he was making music. The poverty Ryze wanted to deliver his grandmother and his family from he feels will be gifted through his musical talent. While suffering, Ryze’s grandmother couldn’t speak due to the tubes in her throat but he could still read her lips. When Ryze told her he was going to quit music, she told him to “NEVER QUIT” and to make sure to take care of her grandchildren. After the passing of his grandmother Ryze immediately flew to LA to do exactly what she told him.
Now here we are in 2021 and Ryze just dropped his new single “Catipult” and it’s being received very well. Ryze plans on building his career into superstardom highly motivated on behalf of his grandmother. Ryze plans on making enough money to help orphans, the homeless and widows all around the world. The levels of wealth he seeks to achieve Ryze feels he can solely begin to change every ghetto across America.
On Wednesday March 31, New York became the 15th state to permit recreational marijuana use, which preceded Oregon and Washington State by a day later in going this month. The legislation was signed the day after the bill was passed in Albany by the New York governor Andrew Cuomo on the eve of its effective date. According to Governor Cuomo, this bill will result in an estimated of to have the addition of approximately 60,000 jobs and a total of $350 million of annual tax revenue.
As for the new rules on this issue, the maximum amount of cannabis adults that can legally possess, the allowable limit of three ounces of marijuana is raised while the use of it is allowed in places where it is permitted, while it is a man’s home has been submitted.
A maximum of three plants is permitted while it is being grown. Funds to benefit that is provided for new bills for the cities affected by the war on drugs are making commitments to put money back into neighborhoods formerly devastated by the war on marijuana.
Of which class, roughly 40% of new tax revenues from drug sales will be used to benefit African-American, and minority communities will be erased, and previous marijuana convictions would be removed.
The media has reported that JAY-Z, who has recently started his own Monogram brand, seems to be high on the stories He told The Grio, “It is incredibly exciting that (to him) for the Empire State of Mind that the state is considering legalizing marijuana.
JAY heralded that it is a long-overdue opportunity for New Yorkers, the cannabis industry, and a very important opportunity for social equity and social justice.
“I’ve seen first-hand the harm that has been done to the black and minority communities because of the drug war in the streets of New York, which are littered with generations. Today, I am delighted to see that my home state is helping pave the way for a new and fair cannabis market in a profitable and healthy direction.”
The business opportunities for medical marijuana businesses in the state are virtually endless. Hov has created a parent company that has become one of the most notable American marijuana players to help narrow the distribution gap between the haves and have-haves by adopting a comprehensive strategy. This will be Mr. Carter’s new position as CEO of The Parent Company and will call for him to push forward an ambitious initiative that has already committed to invest $10 million into Black and other minority business leaders of social equity. two percent of the parent company’s profits will also be allocated for diversity purposes
Steve Allan, CEO of The Parent Company, said, “JAY-Z has been extremely helpful to us in getting us started.” He says Jay-Z gets it in his conversation with Jay, and Allan supplied additional information to The Grio about Jay’s awareness that he comprehends the mission of addressing his viewers. Of course, this is only to say, JAY-Z is making the most of it in our social venture.
After reading about the JAY’s experience with regard to the War on Drugs, a quote from Jay is above the application form on Parent Company Social Ventures’ site says, “We were the ones most negatively affected by it, and America has built a successful billion-dollar business from our misfortune. I want to do something in a concrete way, so I decided to expand the concept to something more substantial. Individuals who are considering investment opportunities with The Parent Company can apply online directly here.
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