Sen. Tim Scott Is Actually For Police Reform, Sides With Democrats
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) made an appearance on
Face The Nation where he explained why he should be leading the conversation about police reform instead of being the butt of all jokes.
In the summer of 2020, as the sponsor of the JUSTICE Act, which stands for Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere, and being the only Black Republican in the Senate, he leads the GOP effort to demand police departments become more accountable and transparent in response to George Floyd and Breonna Taylor deaths.
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Oakland Technical High Senior Slated to Become School First Black Male Valedictorian
Ahmed Muhammad is set to make history at Oakland Technical High School by becoming their first Black male valedictorian.
The 18-year-old straight-A’s student has obtained an impressive GPA of 4.73. Also, he received a score of 1540 on the SAT with a perfect 800 in the math section and a 740 in the evidence-based reading and writing section. Not to mention he’s a key player on his varsity basketball team. Yet the teen was still shocked to find that in the school’s over 100-year history he is the first Black male graduating with this honor.
A New York Police Department recently settled with a Black woman who sued the department after she was shackled while she gave birth in 2018.
The woman’s attorneys announced last month that a U.S. district magistrate judge approved a $750,000 settlement for the young mother of two.
NYPD cops bound the woman’s hands and ankles for hours at various points during her labor, and refused to unshackle her even after doctors pleaded for them to remove the cuffs. The officers claimed it was department policy to keep her restrained despite a state law on the books since 2009 that essentially outlawed pregnant women being shackled during childbirth.
April 26, 2021
On the same day Derek Chauvin, a white police officer in the US, was found guilty of murdering George Floyd, a black man, Gerald Ramdeen, attorney for suspended Inspector Mark Hernandez, head of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), defended the innocence of Hernandez, who was charged with misbehaviour in public office.
Ramdeen remarked: “Mark represents a true patriot of Trinidad and Tobago and was responsible for weeding out heinous criminals and monsters who plague society off the streets. If there were more patriots like him Trinidad and Tobago would not be in the situation it is today.” (
Express, April 20.)
April 26, 2021
On the same day Derek Chauvin, a white police officer in the US, was found guilty of murdering George Floyd, a black man, Gerald Ramdeen, attorney for suspended Inspector Mark Hernandez, head of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), defended the innocence of Hernandez, who was charged with misbehaviour in public office.
Ramdeen remarked: Mark represents a true patriot of Trinidad and Tobago and was responsible for weeding out heinous criminals and monsters who plague society off the streets. If there were more patriots like him Trinidad and Tobago would not be in the situation it is today. (
Express, April 20.)