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• Vol. 10 • May 25 - May 31, 2023
MY TRUTH By Cheryl Smith
Remembering George Floyd
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To Text or Not to Text Dear Loyal Readers: We are reprinting last week's MY TRUTH because of an unacceptable oversight. The font and type size were hard on the eyes and we know this because we listen to you and you have expressed the need for a type size that is not a strain on the eyes. You are very important to us and we will continue to work to earn and keep your support. If you have other concerns, please let me know at editor@texasmetronews.com.
Have you ever had serious regrets? Wondered if you could just have another chance? You have all the answers, don’t you? After all, hindsight is 20-20 and oh what you would do if you had a chance for a do over. Now some may ask why I didn't write this column a week or two ago, and that is a very good question. My answer is, better late than never because hopefully you will get a chance for a do over as Father’s Day approaches. Which brings me to my truth. Sometimes I just really don’t have a good feeling about texting. Back in the day at Paul Quinn College I would tell my students that they couldn’t text me because I knew I would be editing their messages instead of paying attention to the message. Then too, I told them there were special times they could text, but don’t waste time with messages telling me you’re going to be late for class, especially when you are already 15, See MY TRUTH, page 11
Jim Brown
The African American Subcommittee of South Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (SSW ATTC) team with former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. See ADVOCACY COMMITTEE ADDRESSES, page 2
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See CHARGES AGAINST GILLUM, page 10
See JIM BROWN DIES, page 10
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of classmate-onlookers dispersed. After school, you met and exchanged fist punches
until cooler heads prevailed. You both went home, bearing a few bruises, but less angry. Soon, you were friends again. Like Demosthenes, the 4th Century BC Greek orator, you lived to fight another day – to find a different, silly beef to fight about, then make up and be friends yet again. The beat goes on. Well, that was then. This is now. Today, weapons trump fists. Beefs are fatal. There is no See LOST ART OF FIGHTING, page 7
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Gillum The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Less than two weeks after a mistrial, federal prosecutors on Monday filed a motion to dismiss conspiracy and fraud charges Andrew Gillum, shown against former Democratic gu- here campaigning for bernatorial nominee Andrew governor in 2018. Gillum. The move to drop the charges against Gillum, a former Tallahassee mayor, comes after jurors on
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May 4 acquitted him of lying to federal investigators but were unable to reach a verdict on charges that he and his political mentor, Sharon Lettman-Hicks, bilked political contributors out of money and illegally steered it to Gillum for his personal use. Monday’s one-sentence motion by prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor to “dismiss the indictment against” Gillum and Lettman-Hicks, as allowed under federal rules. Gillum’s legal team hailed the move. “Andrew Gillum had the courage to stand up and
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By Stacy M. Brown Jim Brown, the superstar Cleveland Browns running back who quit football at the very height of his Hall of Fame career, has died at 87. He was also one of the legendary acting trio, dubbed Three the Hard Way, after the 1974 movie featuring Brown with two others, martial arts pro Jim Kelly and former NFL/AFLer Fred Williamson. Perhaps the greatest running back ever, Brown quit football to pursue an acting career at 30. From 1957 to 1965, the perennial All-Pro helped lead a Cleveland Browns ground game that won an NFL championship in 1964. Voted pro football’s greatest player of the 20th century, Brown earned induction into the Hall of Fame in 1971. Football wasn’t the only sport in which he excelled. He played basketball, track, and lacrosse at high levels. He was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1984. But the gridiron is where he chiefly left his mark. Notably, in 1965, Cleveland Brown’s owner Art Modell issued an ultimatum to the superstar, telling him that if he continued filming the hit movie “The Dirty
Lost art of fighting – with hands
Remember when you got mad at Pooky during recess on the playground? “Meet me in the alley after school,” you whispered menacingly. As the teacher approached, suspecting some mischief underway, the gathered crowd
Jim Brown, 87, Football Great, Movie Star and Activist, Dies