Highway patrol sued over Calif. freeway beating
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for the Black woman beaten by a CHP officer have filed a federal civil lawsuit for unspecified damages. A video captured the brutal beating and drew national attention. Marlene Pinnock is suing for excessive force, conspiracy, assault, battery, due process violations and denial of medical care. Her complaint names California Highway Patrol officer...
Black man survives 120 shots from sheriffs
CHARLENEM Activists decry its open season again on the Black community LAPD kills Black teen; community pressures forge policy change (FCN, 0303-2005) COMPTON (FinalCall.com) - “I thought it was a war going on. It sounded like Iraq was here,” is Ruby Evans' description of the 120 shots that 10 Sheriff deputies fired at Black motorist Winston Hayes at around 4 a.m. on...
Activists say protests against war continues
2003: A year of US and Israeli defiance of International Law (Electronic Intifada) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Anti-war activists held a press conference on December 16, across the street from Madison Square Garden, the site of the 2004 Republican National Convention (RNC) to say that the mobilization to convince President George W. Bush to end the occupation of Iraq continues. "The...
Michigan repeals mandatory minimum drug sentence
FCNNEWSSOURCE LANSING, Mich.–A bipartisan majority of the Michigan Senate Dec. 12 passed a historic package of three sentencing reform bills–HB 5394 (H-3), HB 5395 (H-2) and HB 6510 (H-1)–that eliminates most of the state’s draconian mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses. The reform allows judges to impose sentences based on a range of factors in each case, rather than...
War intensifies as anti-war pressure grows
The United States entered deeper into military combat when American and British forces along with Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, and New Zealand launched a series of strikes on Ansar-Allah (Houthi) targets in Yemen in response to continuing attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The U.S. has accused Houthi militias of...
Armed Whites targeted Blacks in Kenosha
By Patrice Nkrumah, Special to The Final Call KENOSHA, Wisc.—Authorities in Kenosha County released the names and booking photos of some of the people arrested there during the unrest since the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Of the 252 arrested, over half are from outside of Kenosha County and most are White. The information contradicts the public perception that most of...
Live Event: Minister Farrakhan headlines Bev Smith Town Hall Meeting
FCNNEWSSOURCE Nation of Islam Leader Headlines Bev Smith Live Town Hall Meeting in Pittsburgh, March 11th - To air on 30 Radio Stations and Internet Audio (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will headline a live town hall meeting and broadcast of The Bev Smith Show entitled "The Disappearing Black Community and How We Can Get It Back." The...
We won’t be guinea pigs: Skeptical Blacks are balking at pressure to trust and join Covid-19 vaccine trials
Naba’a Muhammad and Charlene Muhammad Final Call Staffers @TheFinalCall Companies involved in Covid-19 vaccines and federal authorities bankrolling the research are running into a problem. Despite ads for the BET cable network, ads in some Black newspapers, Black surrogates saying the vaccine and trials will be safe, much of Black America isn’t drinking the Kool-Aid. They see Coivid-19 as serious, know...
Two groups sue to stop warrantless wiretaps
JIM.LOBE Revelations of Bush administration's spying chills the Capitol (FCN, 01-05-2006)FBI silent on reports that it watches the Web (FCN, 02-17-2005) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN)–Two major U.S. civil liberties groups filed lawsuits Jan. 17 calling on federal courts to order the Bush administration to halt a National Security Agency (NSA) program that has intercepted the overseas telephone and email communications of hundreds,...
Foodie’s Spot restaurant reopens Oct. 10 in Chicago
CHICAGO—The Foodies’s Spot is back! The Muslim-owned restaurant anchored in the community and serving delicious and nutritious food is set to reopen Oct. 10 in the Windy City. The two-year-old restaurant, located at 7350 South Stony Island Avenue, just across the street from the Nation of Islam’s flagship Mosque Maryam in the South Shore neighborhood, has undergone extensive renovation, and...