President’s Wife Of The Cardinals Volunteers To Pay For Jamyla Bolden’s Funeral
The people of Ferguson have gathered together to mourn the tragic death of nine-year-old Jamyla Bolden. Bolden died Tuesday night after she was shot by a perpetrator standing outside of her home. Bolden was lying on her bed doing her homework at the time of the shooting.
Yesterday, Ira DeWitt, the wife of Bill DeWitt III, the president of the St. Louis Cardinals, announced that she will pay for Bolden’s funeral to help her family at this time. Bolden’s father, James Bolden, thanks the DeWitt family for their generosity and is urging anyone with information to come forward. Jamyla leaves behind her father, mother and a brother. Read more at The Root.
Up Next: Shaun King Debunks Claims That He Has Lied About Being Black
Shaun King Brushes Off Accusations That He Has Lied About His Race
Shaun King has spoken out strongly against the accusations from conservative media personalities that he’s been appropriating a Black identity and lying about an racially motivated assault he sustained as a teenager.
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Through an extensive series of Tweets, King stated: “Every single person who knows me BEYOND Twitter, beyond trending topics and HIT PIECES, knows I have never lied about my race…Sadly, several popular conservative websites are saying I made the whole thing up in an attempt to discredit my work to end police brutality in our country…My life may be your trending topic but I live this…Done addressing it.”
King is biracial and backs up his story of being attacked as a teen by saying that he had witnesses to corroborate his account. He missed over a year of school getting treatment for his injuries and resultant mental health problems. King has grown an impressive following on Twitter of approximately 170,000 users, has started several philanthropic organizations and has written for publications including Vox, The Guardian, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Read more at the NY Times.
Up Next: Hillary Clinton Gets Called Out By Judge For Botching Private Email Use
Judge Slams Hillary Clinton For Not Following Government Protocols On Email Usage
“We wouldn’t be here today if this employee had followed government policy,” said U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in a hearing. The judge is presiding over the many Freedom of Information Act lawsuits pursuing Hillary Clinton’s email records from her tenure as secretary of state. The Sullivan’s statements have added major fuel to the fire in the concerns over Clinton’s integrity in handling classified government issue—an increasingly apparent problem amid her campaign for president. Read more on the hearing at Politico.
Up Next: It’s Wartime For North Korea
North Korea Goes Into ‘Semi-War State’
Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, has enlisted his front-line military troops to go into “semi-war state” now that his country has been exchanging fire with South Korea. The warfare was prompted by Kim Jong Un’s hit on a South Korean speaker spreading propaganda against North Korea.
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