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NNPA to Honor Martin Luther King III with 2017 Lifetime Legacy Tupac Shakur Biopic “All Eyez on Award at Annual Conference Me” Receives Mixed Reviews (See page A-4) (See page D-2) SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 VOL.VOL. LXXVV, LXXXI NO. NO49 • 25 $1.00 $1.00 + CA. +CA Sales. Sales Tax Tax“For Over “For Eighty Over Eighty Years YearsThe Voice The Voice of Our of CommunityOur Community Speaking Speaking for for Itself Itself” THURSDAY THURSDAY,, DECEMBER JUNE 12 22, - 18, 2017 2013 BY SHANNEN HILL Contributing Writer Kia Patterson, 36, is showing her community that hard work pays off. After working in the gro- cery store industry for 17 years, she is now the owner of Grocery Outlet in the city of Compton. Patterson started a training process with Grocery Outlet in June of 2016. After training, she AP FILE gathered her investments Rapper and entrepreneur Dr. Dre and set up a business plan leading her to own the BY KIMBERLEE BUCK the rapper announced a 10 Compton Grocery Outlet Staff Writer million dollar donation on April 1, 2017. toward a performing arts “I made the decision In 1988, one of Black center for Compton High to own a Grocery Outlet America’s most influential School. so that I could have the hip-hop groups, N.W.A. “My goal is to pro- freedom to be able to do let the world know that vide kids with the kind of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas what I want to do and not they were “Straight Out- tools and learning they de- be pigeon-holed to any- ta Compton.” Over the serve,” Dre said in a state- thing,” said Patterson. years, N.W.A. member Dr. ment. “The performing “Now I have the ability to Dre never forgot where he arts center will be a place set my own destiny.” came from and has made for young people to be There were many continued efforts to give creative in a way that will COURTESY PHOTO back to his city. Last week, {See DR. DRE B-2} Kia Paterson takes on ownership of Grocery Outlet in Compton. {See PATTERSON A-8} VALERIE GOODLOE PHOTO AP PHOTO/MATT ROURKE RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII/STAR TRIBUNE VIA AP Andrew Wyatt raises his fist as Bill Cosby Protesters seek justice after officer acquitted exits the Montgomery County Courthouse af- of manslaughter charges. ter a mistrial was declared in Norristown, Pa., POOL PHOTO Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby’s trial ended Cosby arrives to the Montgomery County Court- BY STEVE KARNOWSKI St. Paul suburb. Jurors de- without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a house in Norristown, Pa., alongside his wife, Camille AND AMY FORLITI liberated for about 29 hours unanimous decision. on June 13. Associated press over five days before reach- ing the verdict in the death BY STACY M. BROWN “The legacy remains where, it’s intact, [Bill times previously denied A Minnesota police of- of Castile, who was shot NNPA Newswire intact,” said Andrew Wy- Cosby] feels vindicated.” mistrial requests made by ficer was acquitted of man- just seconds after informing Contributor att, the longtime spokes- Jurors deliberated for the defense, finally gave in slaughter Friday in the fatal Yanez that he was carrying man for the legendary more than 53 hours, sev- and declared the mistrial. shooting of Philando Cas- a gun. Saturday morning, entertainer. “For Gloria eral times asking to have Cosby, 79, had main- tile, a Black motorist whose Castile’s family mem- Montgomery County Allred and all those other testimony re-read, before tained his innocence even girlfriend streamed the af- bers reacted angrily, with Judge Steven T. O’Neill lawyers, tell them to go declaring a second time rejecting a friendly plea termath live on Facebook. his mother, Valerie, standing finally bent to the will of back to law school and that they were hopelessly deal offered by prosecutors Jeronimo Yanez was also and swearing as the verdict the jury and declared a take another class.” deadlocked. just before the trial started cleared of two lesser charges mistrial in Bill Cosby’s Wyatt continued: “The The judge, who seven in the July traffic stop in a {See JUSTICE A-8} sexual assault case. legacy hasn’t gone any- {See COSBY C-2} BY KIMBERLEE BUCK BY AMANDA SCURLOCK Staff Writer Sports Writer With NFL OTAs and minicamps coming to a close, veteran quarter- back Colin Kaepernick still awaits to be signed with a team. One could argue that his abilities are no longer of NFL quality. However, there are clues that Kaepernick is getting AP PHOTO/MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, FILE the silent treatment from Colin Kaepernick owners due to his contro- COURTESY PHOTO versial national anthem fugitive slave badge. he would get a contract. protest. “A system that perpetu- However, Seattle offered a During his free agency, ally condones the killing contract to 6-year veteran Juneteenth, the old- observance celebrated in Kaepernick has still been of people, without conse- Austin Davis. The statis- est known celebration ac- the U.S. from state-to-state, vocal about the injustices quence, doesn’t need to tics between the two play- knowledging the ending Black people celebrate with of the American justice be revised, it needs to be ers are staggering; Davis of physical slavery in the cookouts, parties, family system. Upon hearing the dismantled!” Kaepernick only played 13 games in United States. This month gatherings, comedy shows verdict of the Philando posted on Twitter with the his NFL career and did not marks 152 years since Black and parades. Castile case, the free agent photo. see a snap during the 2016 America received its own But for some, this year’s posted a photo on Twitter The Seattle Seahawk’s season. Independence Day. Today, festivities were put on hold that compared a modern interest in Kaepernick was However, Kaepernick www.lasentinel.net Juneteenthis a holiday or {See JUNETEENTH A-8} police officer badge with a a glimmer of hope that {See NFL C-2} A-2A-6 LASENTINEL.NETLOS ANGELES SENTINEL NEWSNEWS THURSDAY,JANUARYTHURSDAY, JUNE 22, 9, 2017 2014 (courtesy photo) The “Book of Black Heroes” Interview Gil Robertson COURTESY PHOTO completed those bios, my LAS: What message do tions. publisher felt we should in- you want children to take LAS: What advice do clude leaders from the past away from the book? you have for anyone who as well to provide readers GR: I want them to wants to follow in your with the full scope of ac- understand that being a footsteps? complishments that have leader is something that is GR: The best advice been made by Black elect- attainable. I hope the book that I can give others is to ed officials. provides readers with an be truthful to themselves LAS: Did you include appreciation for African- about their abilities and to Supreme Court Justice American political lead- also live their lives with Clarence Thomas? I know ers and motivates them to purpose. that some people have do their part in harvesting LAS: Thanks again for complained that he doesn’t their skill sets to improve the time, Gil, and best of BY KAM WILLIAMS and NAACP Image Award Book of Black Heroes? have an exhibit in the Na- the lives of others. luck with the book. Contributing Writer nominations for “Not in Gil Robertson (GR): tional Museum of African- LAS: Ling-Ju Yen asks: GR: My pleasure, Kam. My Family” and “Family Following Obama’s elec- American History and Cul- What is your earliest child- For nearly three de- Affair”. tion, I was astonished to ture in Washington, DC. hood memory? For more information cades, writer/author Gil L. His latest offering is discover how little most GR: No Clarence GR: The love and gen- about Gil Robertson, visit Robertson, IV has used the “Book of Black Heroes: people knew about the Thomas, but not for the erosity of my parents. www.robertsontreatment. written word to enlighten, Political Leaders Past & contributions of African- reasons you might think. KW: Who loved you com empower and uplift. The Present” from Just Us Americans in politics. The book only includes unconditionally during To purchase a copy of one-time political organizer Books. The opus represents When most people think elected officials, and Jus- your formative years? “Book of Black Heroes,” initially made his mark in a full-circle moment for Gil of blacks in U.S. politics, tice Thomas was appointed GR: Throughout their visit www.amazon.com entertainment journalism, who began the first phase of they usually fall back on to his seat on the Supreme lives, my parents loved me penning over 50 national his career in politics. This the same group of leaders Court. completely with no condi- magazine covers and con- collection of biographies who came into prominence tributing bylines to a wide on game-changing elected during the Civil Rights range of publications that political leaders like former Movement. So, I wanted include the Los Angeles President Barack Obama, to do my part in expanding Times, the Atlanta Journal- pioneering Los Angeles people’s level of awareness Constitution, USA Today, mayor Tom Bradley, cur- of black people who have Billboard, Fortune, Es- rent U.S. Senator Kamala been active participants in sence and Ebony. Harris and Reconstruction national politics since Re- Gil is also the founder era governor Pinckney construction, and that their and creator of the nation- Benton Stewart Pinchbank contributions continue to ally-syndicated Arts & is intended to introduce this day. Black political Lifestyle column, The Rob- young readers especially to leaders make enormous ertson Treatment, which not only dynamic person- contributions to the quality began a couple of decades alities but to the concept of our lives, and I simply ago with an interview with of individual and political wanted to provide read- Samuel L.