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Out of Control Policeman
at Texas Pool Party
Targets Young Black Teens
Texas cop on leave after
video raises questions
By Ashely Fantz
June 7, 2015
CNN law enforcement analyst
and former FBI assistant director Tom Fuentes watched the YouTube video
and harshly criticized the officer who wrestled the girl.
The officer appeared to be "running around escalating" a situation that should have quickly calmed, he said.
Fuentes said there appeared to be "no justification" for the way the juveniles, particularly the girl, were treated.
The fact that she was wearing a bikini indicated that she was "clearly not armed," he said.
The officer appeared to be
"running around almost like a one-man band," he said, and other officers
appeared to distance themselves from him. "The other officers that are
there don't really come right to him to give him a hand. I'm wondering
what's going through their minds, 'Get me away from this guy. He's out
of control.'
"He's out of control. He clearly has no self-discipline. He lost control of his temper. Nothing good can happen at that point.
Thankfully he didn't shoot somebody."
Click Here to See out of Control Policeman at Pool Party in McKinney, Texas
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Can
a person be convicted of successfully educating Black students in
America? The verdict of the Atlanta Public Schools 12 gets very close!
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Black Educators Under Attack
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A Dream Team
of some of the top attorneys in America represented the Atlanta Public
Schools 12 (APS12) including Gerald Griggs and Teresa Mann (below), both
of whom will talk about defending the APS 12, the RICO charges against
them, and how successfully educating Black children with Black teachers
was put on trial in Atlanta, Georgia.
(Other attorneys on this Dream Team
included Akil Secret, Kevin Franks, Robert Rubin, Keith Adams, George
Lawson, Annette Green, Benjamin Davis, Angela Johnson and Sanford
Wallack.)
Join hosts Dr. Eric Cooper, Dr. Nicole McZeal-Walters and NCEBC
Executive Director Mrs. Diana Daniels on June 8 at 10AM ET for part two
of a special two-part series. Click on "LISTEN LIVE" or dial 714-242-5228 to listen or participate via phone.
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Click Here to Listen Live Monday, June 8, 2015 at 10:00 am Eastern, 9:00 am Central, 8:00 am Mountain and 7:00 am Pacific.
Click Here to See a Powerpoint Presentation on National Assessment of Educational Progress results for Atlanta.
Click Here to See Twenty Facts About the Great Atlanta Massacre of Black Educators That Incriminate the American Justice System
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A Proposal:
A Black American
Public School System
By Michael Holzman
June 5, 2015
The American education
system has failed the descendants of enslaved Africans. Only 16% read
at grade level in middle school (and only 12% of male African-Americans
do so). Just over half of male Black students graduate from high school
in four years (as compared to more than three-quarters of male White
students).
21% of young Black women
graduate from college, but only 16% of young Black men (compared to 31%
and 30% for White women and men, respectively). As a result of this
failure of the public schools to educate Black children, lifetime
earnings are reduced on average by over a million dollars, or a total of
$5 trillion for this generation of the descendents of enslaved Africans
as a whole.
This $1 million individual
reduction in lifetime earnings is a quantifiable, continuing, harm
resulting from centuries of slavery and an additional 150 years of Jim
Crow and its lingering effects. As such it can be taken as one
component of the calculation of the figures for restitution.
While the average per
student expenditure for Black students is less than $12,000, the amount
spent on White students whose families are in the upper 20% of incomes
can easily reach $30,000. Adding to that the amounts spent by those
families on education activities outside of school hours-private lessons
of various kinds, tutoring, educational travel-we can estimate the
annual monetary educational disadvantage of Blacks students as at least
$25,000. Given k-12 Black enrollment of seven million, the total annual
shortfall is on the range of $175 billion.
If this $175 billion were
available for the education of Black American children, how could it be
used to eliminate the educational penalty for studying while Black?
One idea would be to
utilize the existing legal framework underpinning the charter school
movement to create a national charter school network for the American
descendents of enslaved Africans: The Black American Public School System.
Click Here to Purchase The Chains of Black America: The Hammer of the Police; The Anvil of the Schools by Michael Holzman
Click Here to Purchase Minority Students and Public Education: Black and American Indian Students and Public Education (Volume 1) by Michael Holzman
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On
Saturday, June 13, 2015, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, at 3509 South King Drive,
Chicago, Illinois, The Black Star Project is sponsoring
The Great Black Male Read-Off
Top Prizes for 9th- to 12th-grade Black male readers
$250.00 for 1st Place
$175.00 for 2nd Place
$125.00 for 3rd Place
Top Prizes for 5th- to 8th-grade Black male readers
$200.00 for 1st Place
$150.00 for 2nd Place
$100.00 for 3rd Place
Top Prizes for 1st- to 4th-grade Black male readers
$100 for 1st Place
$75.00 for 2nd Place
$50.00 for 3rd Place
Young men will read passages from Frederick Douglass, Booker T.
Washington, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Marcus Garvey, Dr. Martin Luther
King,Jr., Vincent G. Harding or other great Black heroes from history.
You must register to participate in this event. Registration is limited. This competition is only open to young Black males.You must bring proof of grade level to enter this contest. Awards will not be given without proof of grade level.
Readers will be judged by a panel of educators, mentors and community members.
Selected winners will read to all of Chicago on The Parent Revolution Radio Show on WVON1690AM and at The Mass Black Male Graduation on June 20, 2015. 
All
prizes will be awarded at The Mass Black Male Graduation Ceremony on
June 20, 2015, 10:30 am, Metropolitan Apostolic Church, 4100 South King
Drive, Chicago, Illinois.
Please call 773.285.9600 to register your young Black male reader for this competition of courage, skill and excellence. This event is open to the public.
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Recommend a Black Male Elementary School Graduate, High School Graduate or College Graduate for The
Mass Black Male Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, June 20, 2015 with
Keynote Speakers Attorney James Montgomery and Hip Hop Artist Jasiri X.
Call 773.285.9600 to register the young Black men at your school and in
your life.
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The Black Star Learning Center Word of the Day
foibel
[foi-bel] noun - 1. a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character. 2.
weakness, failing, shortcoming, flaw, imperfection, blemish, fault,
defect, limitation, quirk, kink, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, peculiarity. 3. the weaker part of a sword blade, from the middle to the point. Example of use - "We tolerate each others foibels."
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Will You Invest in Teaching Black Boys to Read?
In 2014, The Black Star Project
received very little government or foundation funding for our programs
to improve the lives of Black men and boys. But that did not stop us
from being one of the leading organizations in the country working to
nurture, save, educate and empower Black males.
Our programs over the past few years include the Million
Father March, Daddy Daughter Dances, MLK Mentor Day for Young Black
Men, Black Male Reading Academies, Math Boot Camps for Young Black Men,
Mass Black Male Graduation Ceremony, College Fairs for Young Black Men,
Take A Young Black Male To Worship and our Young Black Men of Honor Mentor Program.
Please become part of the solution to improve the lives of young Black males by investing in the work of The Black Star Project.
Just click the orange DONATE NOW button (or CLICK HERE) to make a positive difference in the lives of Black children, and children of all ethnicities that we serve.
or send a check or money order to:
The Black Star Project
3509 South King Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60653
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