International14 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 delivers emotional defense of charitable work

NEW YORK: Bill Clinton delivered an emotional defense of his ing CGI regardless of the outcome of the election. family’s charitable foundation Wednesday, applauding con- Trump’s campaign renewed its criticism ahead of the for- tributors for having “validated hope and possibilities.” mer president’s speech, saying the Clinton Foundation pres- The former president spoke at the close of the final meet- ents “an unprecedented conflict of interest that would badly ing of the Clinton Global Initiative, an arm of the broader compromise a White House.” Clinton Foundation. The annual CGI gathering in has The Associated Press found that more than half the people brought together an unusual blend of political leaders, philan- outside the government who met or spoke by telephone with thropists and celebrities, with participants expected to make Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state had given mon- specific commitments for projects around the world. ey - either personally or through companies or groups - to the This week’s event was held under a cloud of election year Clinton Foundation. questions fueled by , who is locked in a close The AP’s analysis focused on people with private interests race against Hillary Clinton. The Republican has accused the and excluded her meetings or calls with US federal employees Clintons of using their charity to enrich themselves and to give or foreign government representatives. foundation donors greater access to Hillary Clinton as secre- AP’s report was based on Clinton’s formal calendars and tary of state. Bill Clinton did not directly address those accusa- daily schedules, the latter of which covered only about half her tions Wednesday, but aides said he viewed his hour-long NEW YORK: Former US President Bill Clinton holds his tenure as secretary. The AP sued the State Department in fed- address touting CGI’s work as an implicit rebuke to critics. He hand to his chest to acknowledge applause as he makes eral court to obtain the detailed schedules, and the State said the initiative had marked a “profound advance” in global departing remarks on the final day of the Clinton Global Department so far has only released half of them. philanthropic efforts and had helped 435 million people in 180 Initiative on Wednesday. —AP Trump’s own charitable foundation has also faced scrutiny. countries. Clinton spent much of his address recalling specific access to clean drinking water. Clinton has pledged to step reported this week that Trump spent people who have been helped by CGI commitments, including down from the foundation’s board if his wife is elected presi- more than a quarter-million dollars from the foundation to set- making life-saving drugs more widely available and expanding dent, a decision he says is as painful as a root canal. He’s end- tle lawsuits that involved his for-profit businesses. —AP Chicago’s mayor to deliver major speech on city crime

CHICAGO: Chicago Mayor Rahm of the use of body cameras and manda- Wednesday that the approach to crime Emanuel will deliver his new, more com- tory de-escalation training for all offi- in the city has to be comprehensive. prehensive public safety plan for the cers. Emanuel, in his second term as Chicago has seen a dramatic rise in nation’s third-largest city, drawing a mayor, has been trying to rebuild trust the number of shootings and homicides spotlight on his leadership amid a trou- in his leadership, particularly after the this year. In August alone, there were 90 bling spike in street violence and an 2014 death of Laquan McDonald, a homicides, marking the first time in two ongoing Department of Justice investi- black teenager shot 16 times by a white decades there have been that many in a gation of his police department. police officer. The officer was charged single month. Overall, the city has The agenda is expected to include with murder, but only after a judge recorded more than 500 homicides this MIAMI: In this Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, file photo, Jean- more support and mentorship of youth, ordered the public release of the graph- year - higher than all of 2015 - and is on Robert Lafortune, left foreground, talks to a reporter as a key theme he’s expected to address in ic squad car video last year. Circulation pace to climb past the 600-homicide Haitian-Americans protest against the deportation of the evening speech at a community col- of the video prompted frequent mark for the first time since 2003. Haitians, in the Little Haiti section. —AP lege campus. “You give the kids of the protests, allegations of a cover-up and Emanuel said the violence spike was city of Chicago a positive alternative repeated calls for Emanuel to step new, noting the number of homicides in US toughens stance with a caring adult, they’ll go the posi- down. The Justice Department has since 2014 was among the lowest on record. tive route,” Emanuel told reporters launched a systemic probe of depart- That year closed with roughly 400 mur- on Haitians seeking Wednesday. “The gangs are out there ment practices. ders. “What happened this year is new,” trying to be both role models, mentors In the interim, Emanuel has tried to Emanuel said Wednesday, the day entry from Brazil and a family for these kids.” make his own changes, ousting his Chicago police announced the addition- police chief, abolishing the agency that al jobs. “So we’re meeting it with a new SAN DIEGO: The US Department of Homeland Security said New cops handles police investigations and pitch- response, which is more police, more yesterday that it was widening efforts to deport Haitians, a In recent days, Emanuel’s administra- ing a new system for reviewing police technology, greater investment in men- response to thousands of immigrants from the Caribbean tion has announced plans to add nearly misconduct and department audits. The toring, our summer jobs and our after- nation who have overwhelmed California border crossings with 1,000 new police officers, an expansion former White House chief of staff said school.” Mexico in recent months. The move lifts special protections that Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson shielded Haitians from deportation after their nation’s 2010 said he asked for additional officers and earthquake. Since 2011, US authorities have avoided deporting Emanuel “delivered.” The plan, which Haitians unless they were convicted of serious crimes or posed a will start in January 2017, is to add 516 national security threat. new officers, 92 field-training officers, Now they will be treated like people from other coun- 200 detectives, 112 sergeants and 50 tries. Secretary Jeh Johnson said the new posture doesn’t lieutenants. The changes will increase apply to Haitians who got temporary status to live and work the number of sworn officers from in the US after the earthquake and have remained in the about 12,500 to about 13,500. country since January 2011. The change may dramatically What’s missing is how the cash- affect Haitians who have been showing up at US border strapped city will fund the officers. crossings in California, claiming they lived in Brazil for sever- Emanuel declined to detail where the al years, left for economic reasons, and traveled through money will come from. Already his Central America and Mexico. tenure has seen a property tax hike and Homeland Security officials say about 5,000 Haitians the council approved new water and have been stopped at San Diego’s San Ysidro port of sewer tax increases earlier this month. entry since October, compared to only 339 for the 2015 “We will have the resources in the fiscal year. Large numbers have also turned themselves in budget to pay for this,” Emanuel said. to US inspectors in Calexico, California, 120 miles east of Activists who’ve called for additional San Diego. community resources and leadership changes criticized the plan to add so Influx many officers. The influx is so heavy that inspectors at San Ysidro, the “The causes of crime and intra- nation’s busiest border crossing, are turning back Haitians communal violence exist because of with appointments to come at a later date, leaving hundreds the conditions of poverty that Rahm waiting in Tijuana, Mexico. Many stay at one of the Mexican Emanuel has exacerbated for border city’s five migrant shelters that volunteered in May to Chicago,” Black Lives Matter Chicago help. The Rev. Pat Murphy, director of Casa del Migrante in said in a statement. “What more Tijuana, said Haitians arriving at the San Diego crossing on policing will accomplish is more vio- Wednesday wouldn’t get an appointment until Oct. 12. His lence, more lock ups and more trau- shelter now houses 1,000 people a month, up from 600 before CHICAGO: Chicago mayor , left, points out the city’s architecture ma for our already suffering commu- the Haitians began arriving. About half who stay there are to London mayor Sadiq Khan during a boat ride Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. —AP nities.” —AP Haitians. — AP