“We want to make sure that people understand that this is not just a one-off,” Graham Washington said. “This is indicative of the kind of systemic racism that, unfortunately, our village, our city, our state and our country has been wrestling with and struggling with.”
The glass did not shatter, but the damage was done.
The cafe serves as a meeting place for several Oak Park residents who are running for office. Two African American candidates for village trustee said they were the targets of the brick’s message. By no means should a racist be comfortable enough to come across this business and try to throw a brick through the window with what they wrote on that brick, said trustee candidate Anthony Clark. We should be the ones that feel welcomed here. We should be the ones that feel empowered because we’re the ones that are truly invested in making this community better.
19 brick kiln owners booked
Eight cases were reported with Shujabad city police station, three with Shujabad Saddar
APP
January 06, 2021
MULTAN:
Environment department got registered as many as 19 kiln owners for producing bricks through conventional old system during crackdown on Tuesday.
Environment department officials said that cases were registered on report of Deputy Director Zafar Iqbal with different police stations across the district.
Eight cases were registered with Shujabad city police station (PS), three with Shujabad Saddar (PS) and two were filed at Rajaram police station.
Five other cases of similar violation were registered with Jalalpur police station and one with Alapa Multan PS. Moreover, the process of shifting brick kilns on zigzag technology got momentum with each passing day, it was said.
Brick Police make arrests from Monday shooting incident
Brick Police made quick work of an investigation into a shooting incident that occurred between Creek Road and Sawmill Road on Monday afternoon, around 1:00 pm, with the arrest of two residents.
Nasir Williams is being charged with Obstructing the Administration of Justice and remains in the Ocean County Jail.
Chief James Riccio also announced the arrest Tuesday of a juvenile who is being charged with Obstruction, Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of a firearm, Possession of a firearm by a juvenile and Hindering Apprehension.
The juvenile has been turned over to the Juvenile Detention Center.
Resistance if authorities disrupt brick kilns’ function
National
December 31, 2020
MULTAN: Brick kiln owners Wednesday announced restarting their brick kilns from January 1, 2021, and warned if authorities interfered, they would resist. Addressing a press conference, All Pakistan Kiln Association central president Amjad Jagwal said the whole world had rejected Zigzag technology but it was being imposed on them forcibly.
He said brick kiln owners and workers were not affiliated with any political party and the functioning of brick kilns was a matter of life and death and they would fight for their right, come what may. Jagwal said all kiln owners were ready to move to better environmentally-friendly alternative technology instead of zigzag one.