CELEBRATINGCELEBRATING 8787 YEARSYEARS OFOF SERVICE!SERVICE! Vol. 87, No.39 • 50¢ A NEWSPAPER OF RECORD Thursday, October 3, 2019 INSIDE Penn State Routs Maryland ACLU disputes PGPD Eubanks Resigns in handling of fatal District 4 Board of Education Member Patricia Eubanks an- nounced her resignation from her shooting in county position on Sept. 24 after serving cer holding the non-lethal shotgun, on the board for eight years. By José Umaña attempted to charge at the officer but @Jose_M_Umana Page 3 six members of police shot at him SEABROOK – The American during his sprint, killing him. Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of However, according to the non- Maryland are challenging the reports profit organization, PGPD’s claim of released by the Prince George’s using “less than lethal force” is not County Police Department (PGPD) the same as attempting to de-escala- and multiple local municipalities on tion the situation. the officer-involved shooting death During the 30-minute standoff of 49-year-old Leonard Shand. with Shand, police officials did not According to police officials, mention the use of a medical profes- Shand was holding onto two knives sional, which could have peacefully during a standoff with officers on talked down the suspect to end the Belcrest Road next to the Mall at situation, ACLU said. Prince George’s on Sept. 26. PGPD Police Chief Hank Staw- Over the course of 30 minutes, inski said during the press confer- ‘The Bodyguard: Hyattsville City Police officers, as- ence that Shand holding the knives sisted by members of the PGPD and made the situation more dangerous The Musical’ the Mount Rainier Police Depart- and forced officers to employ the ment, attempted to negotiate with tactics of using pepper spray and us- Check out Mark Dreison- him to put the weapons down. ing a taser. stok’s review this week. During the confrontation, offi- “It was a unique danger where cers say they attempted non-lethal he could defeat our body armor and Page 7 methods first. lead to serious injuries,” Stawinski That included deployed tasers said. “Their goal was to distract him on three separate occasions, pepper and to bring him under control and PHOTO BY MICHAEL SMITH spray, a flashbang and a non-lethal not to hurt him. That knife posed a A Maryland Terrapins fan wears a bag over his head during an NCAA shotgun firing four bean bag shots to unique challenge.” football match between the University of Maryland and Penn State subdue the suspect but they had no The ACLU also claimed that the University at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium in College Park on effect on Shand, Hyattsville Police Sept. 27. Penn State shutout the Terps 59-0. Story on Page 21. Chief Amal Awad said. Shand, who threatened the offi- See ACLU, Page 4 $250-million Hampton Park construction begins in Capitol Heights nity,” said Brandon Bellamy, CEO of on July 24, is envisioned as a mixed- Fresh Gourmet Grocer, the award- By Jessica Ricks Velocity Companies, a Maryland- use development project on the 25- winning Ivy City Smokehouse @jessica_ricks25 Wise Rolls based, minority-owned commercial acre site formerly known as Hamp- restaurant and four to five-story CAPITOL HEIGHTS — To real estate company and one of the ton Mall. It is expected to be com- apartments and townhomes. Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr.’s High celebrate the beginning of construc- lead developers of the site, at the be- pleted within 30 months. In addition to the Health and School football team dominated tion for the $250 million develop- ginning of the ceremony. It will feature multi-story apart- Human Services building, another Bowie High School on Sept. 27. ment project in Hampton Park, coun- “It took a long time to get it to ments, retail, offices, hotels and a staple of the area will be a Senior ty officials, developers and members come to fruition, and that’s probably $35 million Health and Human Ser- Day Center, a 17,000-square-foot Page 20 of The Sanctuary at Kingdom Square why there are so many people here, vices building. The new center will center to accommodate the educa- church held a ceremony which fea- and there is so much happy energy be part of a revitalization of the MD tional, recreational and social inter- tured a keynote speech by County because when you work on some- 214/Central Avenue corridor which action needs of the seniors in the sur- rounding Capitol Heights area. Executive Angela Alsobrooks, a thing that’s meaningful and can real- has been designated as a Life Sci- The area was also designated as dance performance and a building ly improve the lives of many people, ences and Health corridor. an Opportunity Zone. Established in demolition to kick off the construc- people just get inspired by it.” The Hampton Park develop- 2017, as part of the federal Tax Cut tion on Sept. 27. The project, which was initially ment will include a 120-room busi- “This is a community project, announced by County Councilmem- ness hotel, 100,000 square feet of re- this project has been for the commu- ber Derrick Leon Davis (District 6) tail which will consist of Market See Hampton Park, Page 4 2 THE PRINCE GEORGE’S SENTINEL OCTOBER 3, 2019 OPINION The Prince George’s Sentinel, published weekly by Berlyn Inc., is a The smoking gun? community newspaper covering Prince George’s County, Maryland. It is a newspaper of record. Our offices at its most heated. That smoking gun are located at 9458 Lanham-Severn By Paul K. Schwartz Road, Suite 203, Seabrook, MD 20706. @PKSpaul is the president’s attempt to coerce Sold for 50¢ per single copy, subscrip- Volodymyr Zelensky, the newly tions to The Prince George’s Sentinel can be obtained at these rates: $31.50 Despite the findings of the elected president of Ukraine, to in- per year, $26.20 for senior citizens. 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Schwartz cutor, I might add, who was not di- [email protected] rectly involved in any investigation COURTESY PHOTO of Biden’s son’s role with a Ukrainian President of the United States Donald Trump. Despite his continued violation gas company under investigation. EDITORIAL of the Constitution’s emoluments Here are the facts as we know clause by profiting from foreign enti- them so far as of this writing: need a favor” to Zelensky. Coming dent Zelensky to investigate the Daniel Kucin Jr. ties, currying favor through frequent- • In July, Trump put a freeze from a U.S. president who has held Bidens because corruption concerns EXECUTIVE EDITOR ing his hotels and golf clubs, Trump on nearly $400 million in military aid back military aid from the nation and the request had nothing to do [email protected] faced no consequences. for Ukraine, a country currently from which the favor is being sought with Biden being the front-runner to José Umaña Despite being the most divisive threatened on its eastern border by constitutes an implied quid pro quo. oppose him in 2020? CITY EDITOR president in recent history (no, Mr. Russia. Remember the testimony of If there was any truth to that, you President, there were not some “very • Also in July, Trump called both Jim Comey and Michael Cohen. think Trump might have sought the [email protected] fine people on both sides, on both Zelensky and asked him to launch a They both testified that Trump makes investigation a bit earlier in his ad- Jessica Ricks sides”; there were no very fine people baseless investigation into Biden’s clear what he expects you to do with- ministration and not wait until cam- STAFF WRITER on the side carrying tiki torches son, Hunter Biden. out stating it outright. The way paign season? [email protected] chanting “the Jews will not replace • Finally, a whistleblower Michael Cohen described it, “Mr. To cover all bases, just in case us”), Trump continues leading the filed a complaint which Trump’s own Trump talks in code.” I suspect Ze- this nonsense of an explanation does Tabatha Yeatts county. inspector general said was urgent and lensky interpreted the “favor” in the not catch on, Trump also claims to CALENDAR EDITOR Despite a continued effort to ob- credible, triggering a requirement same way. Vito Corleone lives on. have held back the military aid from [email protected] struct Congress’ constitutional over- that Congress see the complaint. Since Trump himself has openly Ukraine because Europe was not pay- CALL 301-306-9500 sight responsibilities by preventing • The White House released admitted much of this, and thanks to ing its fair share. This is also a falsity EDITORIAL FAX 301- 306-0134 witnesses from testifying and despite the complaint after Trump has re- tremendous grassroots pressure, the since, as it turns out, Europe provided the results of the 2018 midterm elec- fused to hand over.