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Volume 22, NO. 14
LOCAL ACTIVIST GROUPS RALLYING SATURDAY AT SITE OF CHRIS BALLEW’S BEATING IN ALTADENA
Several groups to protest police actions against African Americans throughout the USA Story and photos Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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tephon Clark, a 23-year-old father of two, was murdered in the backyard of his grandmother’s house by two Sacramento police officers who fired 20 bullets at him, hitting him eight times, mostly in the back. The officers claimed he was holding a gun; he was, in fact, holding a
cell phone. The news, like all the other alleged police killings of young black men, added the proverbial salt to the deep wounds this nation is reeling from with the advent of so many police shootings in recent years of African American males.In Pasadena alone, police officers shot and killed Leroy Barnes in 2009, Kendrec McDade in 2012, JR Thomas in 2016 and Matthew Hurtado in 2017, and SEE GROUPS RALLYING PAGE 10
Beating victim Chris Ballew faces the media in his attorney’s office December 2017.
Evidence Connect Crime Scenes & Gang Members to 2016 Pasadena Shooting The last of four Pasadena Denver Lanes (PDL) gang members was sentenced last Tuesday for federal firearm offenses committed over a six-month period in 2016. The criminal possession of firearms by gang members involved in the case included a downtown Pasadena
shooting following a high school football game. Anthony Bingham, 27, of San Bernardino, was sentenced to three years of probation and six months of home detention yesterday by the Honorable Jesus G. SEE SHOOTING PAGE 11
COUNCIL APPROVES 92ND ‘AMERICAFEST’ FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION Gus HERRERA gherrera@beaconmedianews.com
For the 92nd consecutive year, the Rose Bowl will play host to “Americafest,” Pasadena’s annual Fourth of July extravaganza. Although the city council approved the festival without
opposition at their latest regular meeting, there was a brief discussion regarding the event’s finances. “We certainly feel it’s our community responsibility to keep the tradition alive,” said Darryl Dunn, CEO/general manager of the Rose Bowl SEE AMERICAFEST PAGE 11
FBI Turns to Social Media in Effort to Identify Cheesecake Factory Bomber FBI continues to look for a suspect wanted in connection with an improvised explosive attack at a crowded Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena’s Old Town last year. No one was hurt, and the business sustained only minor damage.
So with no leads to follow, the FBI has turned to social media in an effort to identify the suspect. The incident took place Feb. 2, 2017, at 2 W. Colorado. Here’s their Tweet: “Still seeking tips to SEE BOMBER PAGE 10