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“Arming Black Millennials the New York With Information" ELECTION 2020: “Arming Black Millennials with Information" 75 Cents Vol. 28 No. 2 January 14 – January 20, 2021 website: NewYorkBeacon.com AS DR KING CELEBRATIONS ARE HELD VIRTUALLY ACROSS THE NATION Image source: Herlanzer/ Milan M/Shutterstock/Big Think WE REMEMBER THE PROPHETIC WORDS OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR 2 Trump golf course Twitter bans President stripped of 2022 US PGA Newyorkbeacon.com continue to lead and grow our Trump permanently game for decades to come.” By Joséphine Li rump National in The course in New Jersey, New York Beacon writer Bedminster has been one of 17 courses around the stripped of the US PGA world owned by Trump, was ate Friday evening, Twit- TChampionship in 2022 as its due to host the major in May ter said that after a close organisers felt using the course 2022. review of recent tweets as host would be “detrimen- Another of his properties, Lfrom the president’s account, tal”. Trump Turnberry in Ayrshire, it had suspended President The PGA of America voted Scotland, has not been selected Trump from its platform due to terminate the agreement on to host an Open Champion- to the risk of further incitement Sunday. ship by the R&A since Trump of violence. US President Donald bought the resort in 2014 – Twitter issued a statement Trump, who owns the course, with the host venues now last Wednesday warning has been accused by Demo- finalised up to 2024. Trump that additional viola- crats and some Republicans of Turnberry’s Ailsa course tions of Twitter’s rules would encouraging last Wednesday’s has hosted The Open on four potentially lead to a ban. Two riot in Congress. occasions since first staging days later, Twitter’s decision A representative for the the championship in 1977, followed two recent tweets Trump Organization said they most recently when Stewart by Trump encouraging his were “incredibly disappoint- Cink won in 2009. supporters and announcing ed” with the decision. R&A chief executive Mar- his intention not to attend Joe “It has become clear that tin Slumbers said there were Biden’s inauguration. Twitter conducting the PGA Champi- “no plans” to stage any of its said the tweet about Trump’s onship at Trump Bedminster championships at Turnberry supporters showed that “He would be detrimental to the and that the governing body plans to continue to support, PGA of America brand and would “not do so in the fore- empower, and shield those who would put at risk the PGA’s seeable future”. believe he won the election,” ability to deliver our many “We will not return until The tweet violated twitter’s programmes and sustain the we are convinced that the policy against glorification of longevity of our mission,” said focus will be on the cham- violence. PGA of America President Jim pionship, the players and the The other tweet concerning Richerson. course itself and we do not the inauguration could be seen of evading a ban, it will also acting on his behalf posted four “It was a decision made to believe that is achievable in as a further statement that be suspended.” tweets from the @POTUS ac- BEACON, January 14 – 20, 2021 newyorkbeacon.com ensure the PGA of America the current circumstances,” the election was illegitimate. For government accounts, count. The tweet was removed and PGA professionals can Slumbers said. Twitter also said that it could such as @POTUS and @ by Twitter almost immediately. be interpreted as Trump im- WhiteHouse, these accounts Twitter revealed that the plying that the inauguration will be transitioned over to account of Trump campaign would be a “safe” target for the new administration in due had also been permanently violence because he would not course. Twitter will not sus- banned. Before @TeamTrump be attending. pend those accounts but will was suspended, it was seen Twitter said in a state- take action to restrict their use. sharing the same tweets that ment that it will enforce its Twitter’s policy also does Trump attempted to post from policy against ban evasions not allow Trump from direct- the @POTUS account. to ensure that Trump does ing a third party to run a Twit- Twitter specifically ad- not circumvent his personal ter account on his behalf. Last dresses that the suspension account’s suspension. “If it is Friday evening, Trump sought of Trump’s account @real- clear that another account is to test Twitter’s ban evasion DonaldTrump was not against being used for the purposes policy, when he or someone Trump personally. Attorney Ben Crump wants White woman who attacked Black teen over cell phone prosecuted By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Manhattan District Attorney positive, but nothing about this Newswire Senior National Cy Vance, Jr., confirmed that video is positive.” Correspondent the office was investigating The hotel issued an apology the assault on Kenyon Harrold and called the Harrolds’ expe- ivil Rights Attorney Ben Jr., the son of jazz trumpeter rience “inexcusable” before Crump said, “enough is Kenyon Harrold. offering that “more could have enough.” The famed The incident, which the been done to de-escalate the Clawyer has demanded that senior Harrold captured on dispute.” New York prosecutors bring cellphone video, occurred on Crump remained furious. charges against a white wom- December 26 at the Arlo Hotel, “Compounding the injus- an who viciously attacked a boutique four-star hotel in tice, the hotel manager default- a young African American New York’s Soho section. ed to calling on 14-year-old teen in a hotel lobby after she While the Harrold’s were Keyon to prove his innocence, falsely claimed the youth stole grabbing breakfast, the still-un- documenting that we have two her iPhone. identified white woman lashed justice systems in America and “As this year of racial out, tackled, and scratched the that Black people are treated as awareness is drawing to a innocent teen, accusing him of On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, a spokesperson for Manhattan guilty until proven innocent,” close, it’s deeply troubling stealing her phone. District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr., confirmed that the office was Crump exclaimed. that incidents like this one, When the elder Harrold investigating the assault on Kenyon Harrold Jr., the son of jazz “We strongly urge Manhat- in which a Black child is stepped in with his camera trumpeter Kenyon Harrold. tan District Attorney Cy Vance viewed as and treated like a recording the incident, the Jr. to bring assault and battery criminal, continue to happen,” woman allegedly assaulted the in the video. “Literally, get “I am furious!!!” the elder charges against this woman to stated Crump, who in 2020 Grammy-winner as well. it back,” she demands of the Harrold, who counts Prince, send the message that hateful, has represented the families She then confronts a hotel hotel manager. Common, and Dr. Dre as in- racially motivated behavior is of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna manager and accused Harrold, A few minutes later, the fluences, wrote on Instagram. unacceptable. This is what it Taylor, George Floyd, and Jr., of stealing her phone and woman’s missing phone was “We see this crap happen- will take to drive change. We Jacob Blake. again lunges at the youth. returned by an Uber driver, ing all the time, but it hits also call for a civil rights inves- On Tuesday, December “Take the case off, that’s who noted that she mistakenly different when it hits home!!! tigation into the Arlo Hotel for 29, 2020, a spokesperson for mine,” the angry woman yells left it in the car. I typically try to keep things its implicit bias in its New York Beacon(USPA 011-156) serving metropolitan New York is published weekly by SmithHaj Group,Inc at 405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10174. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY. POSTMASTER; send address changes to The New York Beacon 405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10174. , Web Site: www.newyorkbeacon.com, Email: [email protected] for the newspaper, [email protected] for the web site. Subscription rate: $35.00 per year. In first act of new Congress, Rep. RECAP: Rev. Raphael 3 Sheila Jackson Lee introduces Warnock’s historic win Reparations Bill in Georgia senate race By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA (R-Kentucky) and Republicans By Lauren Victoria Loeffler who was appointed to Newswire Senior National in the Senate have indicated Burke, NNPA Newswire the Senate by Georgia Gover- Correspondent strong opposition to taking the Contributor nor Brian Kemp in December measure up in that Chamber, 2019. The U.S. Senate race ith the start of the the Georgia runoff elections ev. Raphael Warnock, cost over $200 million with BEACON, January 14 – 20, 2021 newyorkbeacon.com 117th Congress this count as a huge step toward who is the pastor of soon-to-be Senate Minority week, Congress- getting the bill passed. Ebenezer Baptist Leader Mitch McConnell do- Wwoman Sheila Jackson Lee “The impact of slavery and RChurch, the Atlanta church nating over $60 million from (D-Texas), a senior member of its vestiges continues to affect where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther his PAC. the House Committees on Ju- African Americans and indeed King Jr. was pastor during the By late Tuesday night and diciary, Budget, and Homeland all Americans in communities civil rights movement, is now into Wednesday morning af- Security, has reaffirmed her throughout our nation,” Jack- nation. While we have focused the first Black Democrat to be ter Election Day in Georgia, quest for legislation that could son Lee remarked. on the social effects of slavery elected to the U.S.

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