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N U L C A L L S FOR P O L I C E R E V I E W FOR The Black Stars News 2015 Annual honorD MayorW A L K E R J Awards A YDinner L AwillN SHOOTING David Dinkins, Rep. Charles

The National League Rangel,Urban Rep. Yvette Clarke, R. Donahue President and CEOPeebles, Marc H. Barbara Inez Barron, Sabrina MorialArnwine, and Akron Urban League Lamb, Rudy Crew, Stephen President andDr.CEO Teresa LeGrair Alia Jones, and the Central issuedByrd, the following statement survivors of gross injustice after aPark jury Five chose not to indict on December 18 from 6:00pm – the officers for shooting Jayland 10:00pm at MIST Harlem, 46 West Walker: 116th Street.

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York and a former chancellor of the New York public schools system. Pioneering producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones, through their company Front Row Production, brought “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” with a multi-ethnic cast to Broadway. In 2016 they bring “Eclipsed” with Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong ’O to Broadway.

Honorees, the so-called Central Park 5, are collectively and individually heroes. They are survivors of one of the ugliest David Dinkins Charles Rangel miscarriage of justice in New York’s history; having been railroaded majority. She now leads The was a member of the New York and unjustly convicted for a crime Transformative Justice Coalition. City Council, representing the th they did not commit and for which Arnwine was for 26 years executive 40 council district in Brooklyn, they served long prison sentences director of the Lawyers’ Committee succeeding her mother, Una S. th ranging from seven years to 13 years for Civil Rights Under the Law. T. Clarke. In the current 114 Photo Source: National Urban League before being exonerated when the Congress Clarke serves on Inez Barron, honoree, formerly a actual rapist confessed. They are: the Energy and Commerce State Assembly member, is now Yusef Abdus Salaam; Raymond Committee, responsible for “A routine traffic stop should not ajury New York City council “ I a m grand decision on the fatalmemberoften. Santana We understand the impact The gala starts at 6:00pm with a Jr., Antron McCray, Kevin consumer protection, food be a death sentence for Black andofa Jayland champion of education for systemic racism has on the Black d i s a p p o i n t e d shooting Walker by to be said followed by the Richardson, and Kharey Wise. safety, energy development, public peoplecocktail in thishour country,” Marc youth. Akron our police officers. We continue community and our promise has - d ihealth, s a pcommunications, p o i n t e dthe dinner and awards ceremonies. There H. Morial, President and CEO of The Black Star News, which focuses together with theGary Walker t h a t t h e and interstate and to stand Honoree Imhotep Byrd is and will always be to fight for will be musical the National Urban entertainment League. “I by o f fenvironment, on investigative journalism, has family,a and we also recognize i c e r s commerce. legendary radio talk show host justice, stand with our community opera singer Cassandra Douglas international been as to a result of some if am disappointed - disappointed the Akron community's hurt radio DJ,in a time of featured need, and provide and executive producer, and from harmonica phenomenoni n v o l v e d its news scoops, on CNN, The New that the officers involved won’t be R. Donahue Peebles, honoree, is and outrage around themusic killingrecordingsupport and safe spaces to those poet, songwriter, William Galison. David Dinkins is w o n ’ t b e h e l d York Daily News, The New York held accountable, disappointed a leading developer and founder ofof Jayland The Akron artist Walker. and producer, rapper, writerthat need to process this tragedy. honored for Lifetime Achievement a c c o u n t a b l e , Post, The Village Voice, and Brill’s The Peebles Co., the nation’s largest that Jayland wasNew killed so brutally, community activist.toHe began Urbanand League will continue — he was York City’s first d i s a p p o i n t e d Content magazine. African American-owned real advocate and disappointed that our black his career as a radio DJ intoBuffalo“We will take the necessary steps for systemic change African American mayor and alsot h a t J a y l a n d estate firm with $3.5 billion worth alongside ourNews community lives do not matter. There is no Past Black Star honorees at future age 15.tragedies For over like 30 years, welcomed Nelson Mandela to thew a s k i l l e d s o prevent this he’s to work of properties under development to implement an effective citizen’s question that eight Akron Police have included: Gil Noble (Like It been a talk host at WBLS and city after his release in 1990. in show our community," b r uortmanagement a l l y , a—nhedwas one from occurring oversight police board that will Officers used disproportionate Is), Rep. Maxine Waters, Soledad WLIB radio in NewPresident York City. He said Teresa R. LeGrair, Rep. Charles Rangel, also honored developerswho a the p ppioneering ointe d an additional layer of Cosby, force against Jayland and while we d i s of O’Brien (CNN), Ms. Camille alsoAkron has a Friday night radio talk provide and CEO, Urban League. for Lifetime Achievement, has t h ahelped turn around and revitalize t o u r b l a c k transparency to continue to build Voza Rivers (New Heritage Theatre), are pleased to see the community show on WBAI. served in Congress since 1971. He l is i v the once-blighted Anacostia e s d o n o t Errol Louis (NY1 News), Amel "For too long, there has been has formed its own civilian review Honoree Sabrina Lamb,afoundertrust between the community and a recipient of The Bronze medal for m a tneighborhood t e r . ” in Washington, D.C. Larrieux (Entertainer), Dr. William sense that police officers the Akron Police Department board,helping this is save only soldiers the firstbehind step. We of World of Money,are is a champion enemy A champion of African-American Pollard (Medgar Evers College), immune to consequences demand thethe Department of financial literacy forfor youth-- she(APD). Our goal is to dismantle  T e reconomic e s a R . empowerment LeGrair linethat during Korean War. Peebles’ their is Herm Edwards (NY Jets), actions, even when they practices ofNayaba of Justice conduct a thorough President & CEO, a possible run for NYC teaches knowledge about handlingthe long-standing contemplating Rep. Yvette Clarke is a Democratic Arinde (Amsterdam News), La-Verna result money, in injurybudgeting or death.and Jayland investigation into the murder of planning. institutional racism within police Akronmayor UrbaninLeague 2017. member of the US House of Fountain (Columbia University), Walker should still be alive, departments and build a bridge Jayland Walker and urge national Rudy Crew,other honoree, is one ofbetween Representatives fromcreating New Lillian (DC37), Desiree Honoree Barbara Arnwine, civil along Dr. “Our hearts are heavy and filled with countless Black theRoberts community and APD Dancy leaders to pass legislation th the nation’s leading educators. He’s York whose 9 district covers (New York Times), Greg Floyd rights lawyer, is a champion with mourning surrounding the of lives taken too soon and too to reimagine public safety for Black(Local an accountability standard for much of central Brooklyn. Before 237), Rev. Al Sharpton (National president of Medgar Evers College protecting voting rights of ethnic and Brown people.” police officers into law.” entering Congress in 2007, she Action Network), and many others. of The City University of New minority groups — the emerging “Each honoree “ A rchosen o u tfori n e recognition t r a fhas f demonstrated i c sto p and s hexceptional o u l d leadership not b e vision a in her or his respective profession d e a t h s e n t e n c e or endeavor f and o inrsome B lsignificant ack measure has contributed towards p e o p l e i n t his creating a more just society in this c oBlack u nStar t rNews y. ” country,” says Milton  M a founder r c H . Mand o r ipublisher al, Allimadi. “Obviously much work President & CEO of the needs to be done here and National Urban League. around the world.”

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