Sandusky Register | Larry D. Zimmerman Sandusky Register Larry is survived by his wife, the former Jerri Korenke, to whom he was married for 30 years; his father, George Zimmerman of Vermilion; three daughters, Angela (Tim) Everson of Castalia, Heather (Jeffery) Turner of Bellevue and Toni (Rob Hendricks ... |
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What a year its been. In Part One of this article I covered about a half dozen of the events and news making stories of 2013, such as the Boston Marathon Bombing, the unsteady and continual disappointment of Obamacare, and the official welcoming into the Vatican of the new Pope, Pope Francis, the 266th Pope. Well, that was only half the story. Read on, and realize that you have witnessed some very powerful, tragic, uplifting and historic events. Lets ring in 2014 on a positive note!
The Death Of Nelson Mandela Weve lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this Earth, President Barack Obama said following the Dec. 5 death of former South African prisoner-turned-president Nelson Mandela. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years after trying to challenge the countrys apartheid government. He was finally released from prison on Feb. 11, 1990, vowing to help change South Africa. About 4 years later, Nelson Mandela became South Africas first black president, serving from 1994 to 1999. The 95-year-old leader was known to many as a freedom fighter and compassionate man that fought for the rights for all races.
Failure of the Gun Control Bill. The massacre of 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December brought the issue of gun control to the forefront of the United States as Americans took sides between gun control and gun advocacy. This attack and other incidents led President Barack Obama to call for gun control legislation that would, if enacted, lead to more rigorous and stringent background checks for purchasing guns and firearms, particularly online and at gun shows. In April, the Senate defeated a bipartisan background check measure in a 54-46 vote. Obama referred to the decision as a pretty shameful day for Washington.
George Zimmerman Trial - On July 13, neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges that had been brought against him following an altercation that resulted in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Though many experts were not surprised by the verdict, all the same it sparked protests and vigils throughout the country, and opened up national discourse on issues ranging from racial profiling to Floridas Stand Your Ground statute. Since the verdict, Zimmerman has not been able to stay out of the spotlight. In September, he was accused by his estranged wife Shellie Zimmerman of smashing an iPad at their home. And just last month, George Zimmermans current girlfriend accused him of pointing a shotgun at her face and throwing her out of her house. Zimmerman was not charged.
The Miracle in Cincinnati Help me. Im Amanda Berry. It was the first time Berrys voice was heard in a decade after she called 911 in May when she, along with Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus, escaped from the house of Ariel Castro. The three girls were held captive for a decade after being kidnapped by Castro, a former school bus driver. To say their lives were a living hell is an understatement, after authorities found chains where Castro kept them. Shortly after being sentenced to life in prison, Castro took his own life in his cell
And on a positive note, all the world waited for the birth of Prince George of Cambridge, son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. Just recently the couple brought their son to his Christening at Chapel Royal in St Jamess Palace in central London. Just a few months before, the world watched on in awe and anticipation for the birth of the future king of England and finally, on July 22, Prince William and Princess Kates royal baby, George Alexander Louis, was born. Paparazzi met Kate and William outside the day they left St. Marys Hospital to show the world their son. William didnt even hire a driver to leave the hospital, but drove his wife and their newest addition home. The little prince is now third in line to the throne.
As we say farewell to 2013, we all have our own personal memories, goals that were met, dear friends passing away, and the world around us changing every day. But we made it through 2013, and we forward, in anticipation, to 2014. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all!
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Have you ever wondered what life would be like inside prison? A new San Quentin State PrisonpodcastEar Hustleputs you there. Andthe topics highlighted byinmatesand podcast creators Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, along with community volunteer Nigel Poor, offer a dose of the expected (cellmates argue)and some of the unexpected (inmates care about fashion, who knew?). Poor, who is a visual artist, brings a "softer touch to the show," according to Woods and Williams. She helpsthe men record and edit all ofwhich is done inside the prison's media lab. Their first episode? "Cellies: Finding a roommate can be tough. Finding someone to share a 4' x 9' space with is a whole 'nother story."
The Chicago Police Board, an independent council that oversees the city's police department,is stayingthe disciplinary cases of the five officers connected to the shooting of Laquan McDonald, including Jason Van Dyke, the white officer who fired the 16 shots that killed the black teen. The board fears disciplinary action may jeopardize the officers' constitutional rights during criminal and grand jury proceedings. Van Dyke, who killed McDonaldin 2014as the young man was crossing the street,has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder, one count of official misconduct and 16 counts of aggravated battery.The other officers, who witnessed Van Dyke kill the 17 year old and were suspended without pay, are now back on police payroll.
Alicia Garza, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter(Photo: Christopher Wiggins)
The Sydney Peace Foundation is awarding a Peace Prize to the social justice movementBlack Lives Matter. The prize highlights the work offoundersPatrise Cullors, Alicia Garzaand Opal Tometi who created the movement backin 2013 after the shootingdeath of black teen Trayvon Martin by Florida neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. In the past, the award has been given to South African civil rights activists. "This is the first time," the Sydney Peace Foundation said in announcing the award, "a movement and not a person has been awarded a Peace Prize a timely choice." The award is set to be presented to the chapter-based movement in November 2017.
New York City Police Department officers are being directed to swap out criminal summons for civil tickets for petty offenses. These misdemeanor offenses include spitting, littering, public urination, carrying an open container of alcohol, excessive noise and violations of park rules. In order to receive a civil ticket, a person must provide identification, have no more than twounanswered civil summonsesin the past eight years, and not have two or more felony arrests in the last two years. They also must not be on parole or probation.
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The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement began in 2013 the moment a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of Trayvon Martins murder. Yet, the movement symbolizes far more than the moment of Martins death. It inaugurated a new moment of opposition and insurgency against white supremacys expansive obscenities, most notably against the backdrop of the Obama era, the tenure of Attorney General Eric Holder at the DOJ, and the vast expansion of the surveillance state, a long-standing tool of anti-black repression. BLM demands recognition of the dignity of black life while it mobilizes political actions of protest and policy change, including the reorganization of resources for a more just and equitable world. It requires the apprehension of police brutality, and insists on justice for state actors who perpetuate, fund, and support anti-black violence.
BLMs genesis as a hashtag by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi marks the historical moment of its creation in the digital era. At the same time, BLM has deep roots in the Black Freedom Struggle and can especially be seen as an extension of the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s BLM, like its predecessor movements, embodies flesh and blood through local organizing, national and global protests, hunger strikes, and numerous acts of civil disobedience. Chants like All night! All day! Were gonna fight for Freddie Gray! and No justice, no fear! Sandra Bland is marching here! give voice simultaneously to the rage, truth, and hope that sustains BLM.
Commentators, journalists, and scholars such as Jelani Cobb, Angela Davis, Eddie Glaude, Marc Lamont Hill, Christopher Lebron, Wesley Lowery, Barbara Ransby, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor have offered incisive political coverage of BLMs past and present. Theologians and religious studies scholars, in venues such as the Journal of Africana Religions, online forums at Immanent Frame and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and in books like Kelly Brown Douglass Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God and Leah Gunning Franciss Ferguson & Faith: Sparking Leadership & Awakening Community have started to probe where and how religion figures into BLM from the standpoint of Christianity, humanism, atheism, and politics, among other topics.
In concert with, and building upon existing scholarship, Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter seeks to expand and extend social, cultural, and historical analysis of the movement and its meaning in local, national, and international contexts. This volume of peer-reviewed scholarly essays adopts a capacious rendering of religion, which includes everything from subjects that address religious ideas, religions in practice, music and/or visual art, to topics of irreligion, humanism, atheism, and beyond, in its multidisciplinary assessments of BLM. Potential papers could focus on religion and BLMs intersection with: gender and sexuality; space and place; cultural production; social media; police surveillance; theology and more. We also invite papers exploring the historical foundations of BLM. Please email a 300-500 word proposal and a short CV (up to 2 pages) by August 1, 2017 to both Dr. Chris Cameron (ccamer17@uncc.edu) and Dr. Phil Sinitiere (philliplukesinitiere@gmail.com) with Race, Religion, and BLM in the subject line. The editors will select and notify contributors on or around September 1, 2017, with the expectation of full essays by January 15, 2018.
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State Attorney Bill Eddins office has announced it will likely have a second go at seeing Shawn Rogers sentenced to die for the 2012 murder of Ricky Martin.
The First Judicial Circuit had been pursuing a death sentence in its case against Rogers since 2015, when he pleaded guilty to the headline-grabbing murder. Eddins office abandoned the effort in January, though, after court rulings nullified the death penalty in Florida.
Eddins said at the time that Rogers case was rather unique in that the inmate was already serving a life sentence in prison without possibility of parole for a 2002 Volusia County armed robbery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The state had the luxury in Rogers case of waiting for death penalty sentencing procedures to be straightened out through legislation rather than seeking a new indictment against him.
There is no downside to dismissing the case and waiting to file it again, Eddins said at the time the original indictment was nullified. We did this in this death penalty case because the sentencing procedure is muddled, and we want it to be crystal clear.
The Florida Legislature this year voted to change a law that had required at least a 10-2 jury majority in order to impose the death penalty. Juries must now be unanimous in favor of death for the sentence to be handed down.
The new standard meets requirements established by rulings at the U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court levels.
New indictments charging Rogers with murder and kidnapping in the Martin case were handed down in May, according to State Attorney's Office spokesman Greg Marcille. He was booked on the charges June 12.
Hes been reindicted and now well go through the process of reviewing the case to see if the death penalty is appropriate, Marcille said. We do expect we will seek the death penalty.
Rogers pleaded guilty in September 2015 to murdering Martin, who was his cell mate at Santa Rosa Correctional Institution.
Martin was found March 20, 2012, inside his cell, tied down with bedding material and stripped of his clothing. He had been bludgeoned with a sock full of batteries and died three weeks later at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
Martins killing occurred after word had filtered into the prison about the death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Rogers was reported to have made comments along the lines of this is for TrayvonMartin as he beat Martin, a white man, unconscious.
The Miami Herald wrote an in-depth article about Martins death as part of a series that called into question a Florida correctional system that allowed the much smallerMartin, a non-violent offender, to be placed in a cell with Rogers, who had a history of committing acts of violence on other inmates.
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