Feb. 9-15, 2012 Your Neighborhood - Your News® FREE THE NEWSPAPER OF HOLLIS, ST. ALBANS, CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, ROSEDALE & RICHMOND HILL SE Qns tells task force redistricting won’t fl y Page 4 QGuide Page 21 Crowd cheers Family mourns S. Jamiaca dad athlete’s return Clinton Forde dies after shooting protecting family BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI from his brother Justin Thompson has shown exemplary strength and courage BY JOE ANUTA under the most difficult of cir- cumstances. A South Jamaica mother is That was not going to change, still reeling after her brother-in- as his father Donald pushed his law broke into her home last week wheelchair to center court at and attacked her family, slicing Archbishop Molloy’s Jack Curran her 1-year-old daughter and kill- Gymnasium. ing her fiancee, police said. “His courage and his posi- Joann Forde is focusing on tive attitude have been what’s her children after the bloody inci- helped keep us going,” Donald dent at 116-38 148th St., where she Thompson said. “The way Justin said Clinton Forde died protect- has been strong and not breaking ing the family. down, you can’t go in and break “My husband did the right down. It defeats the purpose.” thing,” she said. “He said nobody As Justin Thompson, para- was going to hurt us.” lyzed from the waist down, got a At about 7:20 a.m. last Thurs- standing ovation from a packed day, police received a 911 call and house, he simply flashed his sig- arrived at the house to find Clin- nature smile and put his finger in ton Forde, 29, bleeding from a stab the air. The crowd chanted “Jus- wound to his torso and his 1-year- tin Thompson” on the night dedi- A tear streams down Isaiah Forde’s (r.) face as he sits with his brother, Exavier, on a neighbor’s steps after his father, old daughter Ashley sliced on her cated to the soccer and basketball Clinton Forde, died from a fatal stab wound. Clinton Forde’s brother, Gideon, was charged with the murder, according to throat, according to the NYPD. Continued on Page 15 police. Photo by Christina Santucci Continued on Page 15 A CNG Publication • Vol. 18, No. 6 48 total pages FREE LAMINATES CARPET – 3 Rooms Any Room SHOP $ $ FREE PADDING! FREE INSTALLATION! 699 AT 1-800-RUGS-R-US 399(up to 288 sq ft) HOME 1-800 -784-7787 www.1800RugsRUs.net (up to 108 sq ft) 2 JT Man killed on Sutphin Blvd. Flushing mourns COM . No arrests made in shooting of Springfi eld Gardens resident: Cops pastor, MLK ally BY JOE ANUTA Upon his return, he TIMESLEDGER BY JOE ANUTA graduated from Queens After the longtime College with degrees in his- A 20-year-old man was pastor of Ebenezer Baptist tory and theology. shot and killed in South Church in Flushing died Later in life, he would Jamaica early Sunday late last month, his funeral go on to earn a master’s . 9-15, 2012 . 9-15, 2012 morning in what witnesses Friday served as a sombre degree in theology from EB , F described as a barrage of way to start off Black His- New York University and a gunfire. tory Month. He was 81. doctorate of divinity from EDGER L At about 1:15 a.m., po- The Rev. Timothy the New York Theological IMES lice received a call of shots Mitchell was not only a re- Seminary. T fired near the corner of Sut- ligious and civic leader in Mitchell married Ju- phin Boulevard and 123rd Queens, but also involved dith Emily Lawrence in Avenue and arrived to find with the civil rights move- 1957 and the two had four Cody Kahn, of 222-20 145th ment and marched with children. They remained Road in Springfield Gar- the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther together until her death in dens, shot in the chest, the King Jr., according to his 2006. NYPD said. son James Mitchell. After Mitchell began EMS also responded “He touched a lot of preaching at Ebenezer in and pronounced Kahn dead lives with his ministry and 1961, following in his fa- at the scene, according to his belief that all people ther’s footsteps, he also the NYPD. Helen Kahn speaks about her son, Cody Kahn (inset), who is shown with his niece. should have the same op- began to take on a greater One neighbor, who Photo by Christina Santucci, inset courtesy the Kahn family portunity and should be civic role by participating did not want to be named, treated equally,” he said. in the civil rights move- described hearing the phin Boulevard and also and family, we are holding smile. “He had to check on “He didn’t just preach about ment. shots and looking out her 122nd Avenue east of Sut- up,” his mother said. her all the time.” it, he rolled up his sleeves During that same year, window. She saw someone phin Boulevard to search Kahn was the youngest Within seconds she and worked at it as well.” he marched with Dr. Mar- pulling a man who was not for evidence. in his family. He had four produced a picture of Kahn Ebenezer Baptist Continued on Page 15 moving into a driveway, be- At Kahn’s home sisters and one brother. cradling the little girl in his Church, at 36-12 Prince St., tween a car and the steps to in Springfield Gardens He graduated from arms, while the girl herself was standing room-only a house. around the same time, his Springfield High School was sucking a bottle of milk as well-wishers packed the According to witness- family and friends were about two years ago and nearby. pews and any available es who spoke with police, devastated. had been doing mainte- Kahn’s mother said po- space to pay their respects. another man was also shot. “Cody was fun, re- nance on the custodial staff lice know who the shooter Two prominent civil Neighbors said they spectful and a happy per- at a junior high school in is, but this could not be con- rights activists from Har- heard at least five gunshots son,” said his mother Helen, the borough. He wanted to firmed with the NYPD. lem, the Revs. Al Sharp- ring out in a single volley, who was out of town with be a corrections officer, ac- As of press time Tues- ton and Calvin Butts, also although others put the her husband Derrick when cording to his mother. day evening, no arrests had spoke at the event to pay number at around eight. they received the news. Like many young men been made. their respects to Mitchell, A man working in a She spoke with barely out of their teens, he Kahn’s mother said who at times rose to promi- deli around the corner from TimesLedger Newspapers enjoyed video games and she knows she cannot bring nence on the national stage where Khan was found said in the home where Kahn hanging out with friends. back her son, but she hopes but could always be found the awning of his store was grew up. It was filled with He had a girlfriend named that his death might go to administering to his flock shot several times. friends and relatives. Many Bonnie. show how gun violence is back in Queens, where he Several holes that ap- of them were in tears or But above all else, he taking too many young was born and raised. peared to have been made appeared to be deep in doted on his niece Madi- lives in the city. Mitchell was born in The Rev. Timothy Mitchell by bullets could clearly be thought, just staring into son. “Tomorrow is not a 1930 and graduated from was a tireless advocate for seen from the sidewalk. space. Others were prepar- “His pride and joy promise to anyone,” she Flushing High School be- equality in the borough and The next morning po- ing food for everyone to was his niece, who was said. “But gun violence is fore enlisting in the U.S. a civil rights movement lead- lice had blocked off both eat. born three months ago,” too much. We need the guns Army and fighting in the er on a national level. 123rd Avenue west of Sut- “Thanks to our friends he mother recalled with a off the street.” Korean War. 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