Dec 17, 2020
As restrictions on social gatherings tighten and people are asked to shelter-in-place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, it’s easy to get caught up in the bad news these days.
But amid the pandemic, people are sharing their random acts of kindness.
Dafny Irizarry is the founder and president of the Long Island Latino Teachers Association in New York. When schools closed in March, she gathered a group of teachers and parents to raise funds to purchase laptops to assist students with distance learning.
“We gave our first 20 computers to students in the Central Islip community and Brentwood community,” she says. “We then joined forces with the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement Organization. They helped us purchase 20 more computers.”
armed with a gun, opened fire on the victim, the male victim inside the car, and they took off with the car. the victim managed to walk several blocks up to 16th and good hope road. we have two scenes, the police trying to piece this together. the suspect got away with the car, neighbors say they heard gunshots, and they say this really does not happen in this particular neighborhood of anacostia where i am right now. the police consider the man to be armed and dangerous, looking for him across the city. he took the 1997 ford taurus, license plate number dc, dl55- 6500. more breaking news, this time about 40 miles south of phoenix, ariz., where a sheriff s deputy has been shot with an ak-47 assault rifle. officers are searching for five suspected illegal immigrants. the area where this happened is used by drug in human smugglers. the shooting comes one week after arizona s governor signed the toughest illegal immigration law, and this could fuel the debate over the issue.