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A Lil Positivity: $50K Trayvon Martin Scholarship Offered To High School Seniors In Florida

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Benny Hollywood

Trayvon ‘s death was not in vain… Trayon Martin Scholarship Offered In Florida Via HuffPo reports: An Orlando auto group, law firm and black fraternity are among those offering $50,000 as a scholarship to four graduating seniors from Trayvon Martin’s high school in Dade County. The donors, including the Boyland Auto Group and Invictus Law Group, are to present the money to the Trayvon Martin Foundation and his parents tomorrow in Isleworth. The donors also include Delta Xi Lambda, a black fraternity based in Orlando, and Boyz-4-Lyfe, a group of long-time friends. The money goes to the foundation, which will divide it between four 2014 graduating seniors of Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami, where Trayvon was enrolled at the time of his death, according to a news release announcing the gift. Its purpose is to help minority teenagers, donors wrote. “We are doing what we can to make the world a better place by not being divisive but by uplifting our community through educational opportunities for kids who otherwise would not have the same opportunity,” the donors said in their announcement. Trayvon, an unarmed black 17-year-old, was killed Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford by George Zimmerman, a light-skinned Neighborhood Watch volunteer who had earlier called police, describing the Miami Gardens teenager as suspicious. So proud of the Martin family! They have turned their tragedy into triumph for the black community and now someone’s kid has a chance for a greater future. You will never be forgotten Trayvon! Continue reading →

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Brutality: 12 and 14-Year-Old Muslim Sisters Beaten By Cops Who Ripped Off Their Hijabs!

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Benny Hollywood

One time is on that BS again. Via NY Daily News reports : Lamis Chapman, 12, and Khalia Wilson, 14, were playing handball at 9:30 p.m. in a park near their home in the Lester Patterson Houses in Mott Haven. The girls said police approached them, and told them to leave because the park was closed. Police followed them out, the girls said, and one grabbed Khalia from behind in a chokehold, wrestling her to the ground. “They said they asked for ID. I didn’t hear them,” Khalia said. Lamis said she told the cop to get off her sister, and the officer’s female partner threw Lamis to the ground. As they lay on the ground, the girls, who are Muslim, said the cops ripped off their hijabs, a Muslim headscarf. “They didn’t say anything,” Khalia added. “I kept saying, ‘I’m 14! What are you doing? We’re not bad kids.’” A crowd quickly gathered, with many pleading with police to let the girls go, the sisters said. Police called for backup, and within moments, dozens of cops swarmed the scene. The girls’ brother, Shytike Wilson, 15, saw the cops straddling his sisters from his window and raced downstairs. “I asked them why my sisters were in handcuffs,” Shytike said. “They charged me, picked me up, and slammed me on the floor.” Jonathan Harris, an 18-year-old college student, said he heard the girls’ screams and ran to the park. He said he told the cops to leave the girls alone, then took out his cell phone to record the female officer atop Lamis. “Come here, you little motherf—er,” the cop said, according to Harris. “You like recording?” Harris said he sprinted towards a nearby building, but an officer caught him and tackled him, pushing his face in the dirt, and wrenching his arm behind his back. He said one officer punched him in his eye while he was down. “Where’s the phone?” the officer screamed, Harris said. “I’ll break your arm.” Harris said he was also pepper-sprayed during the melee. Police claim that cops were in the process of escorting the kids out of the park when their brother grabbed one of the girls away from the officers. Harris was charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental function. Police claim two cops were hospitalized for scrapes, bruises and sprains. This case is currently under investigation by Internal Affairs, but it definitely sounds like some isht we wouldn’t put past police. Shady azz pigs! Shutterstock Continue reading →

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