Volume 96 Number 40 | MAY 22-28, 2019 | MiamiTimesOnline.com | Ninety-Three Cents Crime, gun violence to be tackled Sybrina Fulton sets sights on County Commission District 1 NYAMEKYE DANIEL ton told USA TODAY. "The only way we [email protected] can be part of the change is if we start with local government and we work our Sybrina Fulton made good on her way up.” promise to run for office on Saturday. That same year, she received a post- Sybrina Fulton Fulton announced that she will be run- humous degree for her son Tray- launched her ning for Miami-Dade County Commis- von Martin. Trayvon, an unarmed campaign sion in 2020. Black teenager was shot and killed by It was a vow that she made during a George Zimmerman, a neighborhood for a County USA TODAY interview in January 2017. watch volunteer, in 2012. Zimmerman Commission "Before I was just comfortable with my claimed he shot the boy in self-defense. average life, but now I feel like I'm just The pain from her’s son death made seat in 2020. obligated to be part of the change," Ful- SEE FULTON 6A Miami Times Photo/Carol Porter STYLE ICON BRANDED Rihanna Cache grows with historic Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton partnership STACY M. BROWN NNPA Newswire Correspondent ihanna has proven she makes more than just “Black Girl Mag- ic;” she epitomizes it. She’s set to launch a fashion label with French luxury goods Rihanna becomes group Moët Hennessy the first woman to Louis Vuitton (LVMH), create an original making her the first brand for Moët woman and first woman of color to lead a house under the Hennessy Louis LVMHR brand. Her luxury house will be based Vuitton and the in Paris. name of the line is called Fenty. Rihanna also becomes the first woman to create an original brand for the group and the name of the line is called Fenty. “I’ve been given a unique opportunity to de- velop a fashion house in the luxury sector, with no artistic limits,” Rihanna said in a statement. “I couldn’t imagine a better partner both cre- atively and business-wise, and I’m ready for the world to see what we have built together.” Fashion has been synonymous with Rihan- na’s name since the Grammy-winning superstar launched her music career in 2005. She has collaborated with brands like Armani, Puma, Dior and more to launch products and lines, and she debuted her lingerie line, Savage X Fenty, last year. Her Fenty Beauty collection disrupted the beauty industry when it launched in 2017, offering 40 foundation shades and bringing in more than $500 million by the end of last year. The success of it forced other cos- metic brands to be more inclusive and launch more foundation color shades, while Fenty even extended to 50 shades. 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Box 270200 Phone 305-694-6210 2.0 comes at a cost to legal rights. Hating no person, fearing 7 percent sales tax for Florida residents Buena Vista Station, Miami, FL no person, the Black Press strives to H.E. SIGISMUND REEVES Founder, 1923-1968 help every person in the firm belief that GARTH C. REEVES JR. Editor, 1972-1982 immigrants, the government GARTH C. REEVES SR. Publisher Emeritus all persons are hurt as long as anyone RACHEL J. REEVES Publisher and Chairman is held back. aving failed to effectuate migrant family separation on a mass scale last year, the Trump administration Hhas settled on a new scheme to torment struggling migrant families — this time by threatening to take children After her death, Sandra Bland speaks who are U.S. citizens from their parents who are not. The pro- DAHLEEN GLANTON, columnist, Chicago Tribune posal — call it Family Separation 2.0 — targets households of mixed-immigration-status families who receive federal housing Sandra Bland won't just go knew that she couldn't trust subsidies. Under a proposed rule pushed by the White House, away. She spent the final years authorities or their dashboard those families would be ineligible for housing assistance if just of her life as an outspoken cameras to tell the truth. one member, including a parent or guardian, lacked documents. civil rights activist, spread- That's why she refused to That would leave mixed-status families with the choice of ing the word about racial in- put her cellphone down, even breaking apart or becoming homeless. Legal residents could justice and police brutality. when the trooper demanded remain in their homes as undocumented members were evict- Even in death, she won't stop it. ed. More likely, according to an analysis by the Department of talking. Four years after her death, Housing and Urban Development, families would opt to vacate When it appeared that we know that she was right to — and in many cases be left homeless. Ironically, HUD Secretary suspicions surrounding her keep recording. Ben Carson, whose mission includes combating homelessness, alleged suicidal hanging in A grand jury failed to indict signed off on the proposal, even as his own department warned a Texas jail cell in 2015 had Encinia on criminal charged of the effects. been put to rest, she forced related to Bland's death. According to a study by the Migration Policy Institute, there us to reconsider and ask more Photo courtesy of Scott Heins The trooper was fired and were 5.1 million children under 18 living in the United States questions. Protests against police brutality and racial injustice for eventually, the charges were with at least one undocumented parent during 2009 to 2013. Police dashboard camera Sandra Bland led to a flurry of arrests in the middle of dropped in exchange for an About 4.1 million of them, nearly 80 percent, were U.S. citizens, video released four years ago agreement that he never work showed us what happened 34th Street. in law enforcement again. and many were in economically disadvantaged households. that afternoon in southeast yelling, "Get out of the car. dra Bland. Every Black woman Bland's family has never In targeting them, the proposed policy dovetails with the ad- Texas, when state Trooper I will light you up. Get out. is. bought the suicide claims. ministration’s crusade of cruelty toward immigrants, legal and Brian Encinia pulled over the Now." And while Black men most They insist that there is more illegal. In the name of ridding assisted housing units of undoc- 28-year-old Black woman for There is no indication that often are the targets, there have to Bland's death than what umented immigrants, President Trump and his policy adviser failing to signal a lane change. the trooper feared for his been enough cases in recent they have been told. Stephen Miller would threaten about 25,000 households, with a The footage authorities re- life, as he contended. There's years to know that Black wom- The family's attorneys said combined population of 108,000 people. Of those, about 70 per- leased in the weeks follow- no reason to think that Bland en can face the same fate. the cellphone video was nev- cent, or 76,000 residents, most of them children, are U.S. citizens ing Bland's arrest and death posed a threat to him. The cell- Rekia Boyd was hanging out er turned over to them for use and others legally eligible for benefits. documented how the routine phone was already in her hand with friends when Chicago po- in the federal lawsuit. Bland’s Under existing policy, those households can receive federal traffic stop escalated after she when he swung opened the car lice killed her. Charleena Lyles, family wants the investigation subsidies, prorated to include only citizens and legal residents refused the trooper's demand door, contradicting his claim of Seattle, was pregnant with into her arrest and death to be and exclude unauthorized immigrants; the subsidies amount to to put out her cigarette. that she was reaching for some- her fourth child when police reopened. They want to know $8,400 annually on average for a family. If, under the proposed Until now, the story had thing. shot her to death after she if there was a cover-up and rule, those mixed-status families were evicted and replaced been told entirely from the of- If anything, the new footage summoned them to her home if other evidence has been with households in which every member is eligible for federal ficer's vantage point. Recent- raises more questions about for a burglary.