Grand Jury Selection Process Could Be a Key to Finding Judicial Equality
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Volume XXVII, Number XXVII August 4-10, 2016 Grambling and Prairie View game is fast approaching! Check out NDGTV’s interview of Al Walsh from last year’s event! Look for NDGTV at NorthDallasGazette.com State to help fight onset of Visit Us Online at www.NorthDallasGazette.com Zika virus Grand Jury selection -See Page 4 Police, firemen process could be a key to looking for pay finding judicial equality increase By David Wilfong -See Page 11 NDG Contributing Writer There is much criticism of the UniverSoul American legal system when it comes to the way it deals with mem - Circus hits bers of the minority community. Particularly in recent months, the Big D way it deals with young black men. On two sides of the issue, many -See Page 9 condemn the lack of indictments in cases where white police officers Y R Support for shooting shoot and kill unarmed black men. TA N Additionally, there has long been E M victims and cops are contention that minorities, being ac - M O cused of the same crimes as whites, The failure to indict police officers in the wake of shootings of unarmed blacks has led to C not mutually exclusive are more likely to be indicted and criticism and massive protests across the country. Changes in the grand jury selection convicted. Black citizens are cur - process in Texas is seen by some as a step toward a solution. (Photo: Amir Aziz / Flickr) NDG’s View headlines showing White rently incarcerated in the country’s for jury selection in individual crim - and will feature former Dallas police officers take shoot jails at a much higher rate per inal cases. The opening of the County First Assistant District At - When there is an injus - first, ask questions later to capita, which only seems to solidify statute reads, “The district judge torney Heath Harris and other local tice, justice must always the next level. The com - this contention made by the African shall direct that 20 to 125 prospec - officials. be met on both sides. Un - munity continues to watch American community. tive grand jurors be selected and In the past, grand jurors have fortunately, in the Black unarmed Black boys and Part of the equation as to whether summoned, with return on sum - been appointed by commissioners, community, justice is only men gunned down. or not indictments are brought mons, in the same manner as for the which led many to believe that such seemingly delivered when Public outcry, civil un - against police, minorities or anyone selection and summons of panels for juries did not reflect the community a police officer is in - rest, and protest became else, is who is sitting on the grand the trial of civil cases in the district at large, only the friends of the de - volved. Over the past the moniker of the com - jury which hears the case. In Texas, courts.” cision-makers. three years, the real iden - munity, even across the the last legislative session intro - A special town hall forum on the “The new law mimics what I did tity of America has been world. However, police duced changes to the process that changes to the grand jury selection for years and years,” said John revealed to the world. departments remained might help alleviate the disparity. process will be held on Wednesday, Creuzot, a former state district judge Leaving Black communi - silent. Until on a Thursday House Bill 2150 dictates that in Aug. 10 at the Bill J. Priest Institute in Dallas. “I decided to stop doing ties across America night in downtown Dallas Texas the grand jury process will (1402 Corinth St., Room 2200). The rocked to their cores. Re - See SUPPORT, Page 3 begin to look more like the process event will run from 6;30 to 9 p.m. See JURY, Page 12 peatedly, videos and news INSIDE... 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As first runner USA 2017, Genesis stagram post that Gravitt Miss Florida on July 16 save my reputation.” up, she represented Puerto Davila, who was stripped cited as a violation of pag - after competing against 64 According to the law - Rico at Miss Interconti - of her crown by pageant eant rules. other women but she was suit, Gravitt also accused nental 2012 in Germany officials was joined by her The photo Wolfe dethroned six days later. Davila of lying about her where she finished as 1st attorney Richard Wolfe showed in a Monday press “I would first like every - US citizenship forcing her Runner-Up and won the during a press conference conference was dated for one to know that I am in - to hire a lawyer to prove title of Miss North Amer - to declare her innocence July 9, 2016, eight days nocent,” said Davila dur - that she was indeed a citi - ica Intercontinental. and to announce a $15 before the contest, accord - ing the press conference. zen of the US. Davila won Miss World million lawsuit against the ing to the lawsuit. Wolfe “All of these false allega - Davila was born in Ar - Puerto Rico in 2014. She pageant owners and exec - said that Gravitt had tions have taken me com - royo, Puerto Rico and is of represented Puerto Rico at utive producer Grant cropped out the date on the pletely by surprise. I have Afro-Puerto Rican her - the Miss World 2014 in Instagram post to falsely face many challenges in itage. During her pageant Gravitt. evidence was the posting a London, making her the smear Davila's name. my life, but nothing like career, she has competed Gravitt accused Davila, photo on her social media. first woman of predomi - “This is the smoking this. I am honest and a in and earned several pres - 24, of breaking pageant Wolfe filed a lawsuit in nately African heritage to rules by getting her hair gun,” said Wolfe. “No one hard worker who was tigious international titles. 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