WEST CHESTER â A group of five local residents is working together for racial justice.
The informal group, known as the âElders,â was sparked into action after the June 4 rally following the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by a white police officer, in Minneapolis. All of the Elders participated in the event at the Historic Chester County Courthouse attended by 5,000 people.
âWe donât take ourselves seriously, but we are doing serious work,â said Elders member and Funeral Director Lillian DeBaptiste. âWe had a protest and now we have a purpose.â
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DeBaptiste and the other Elders wanted the positive momentum from the event to continue and not just âsit on a shelf.â The tightly-knit group of friends came together to decide how to become effective.
WEST CHESTERÂ â The Delaware County automobile dealership that had sought payment for an SUV used by the Chester County Sheriffâs Office K-9 unit it maintained had been improperly transferred to the department has lost its bid to recover the money it says it was owed.
Chester County Common Pleas Judge Edward Griffith has ruled against Videon Chrysler Dodge Jeep in the lawsuit it filed to recover the $30,000 price of the 2014 Dodge Durango and almost $23,000 on repairs and âupfitsâ to the vehicle, although he did so on narrow technical grounds and not specifically on the claims of the suit.
Videon, and owner Steve Videon, had simply failed to charge the correct entity when it filed the lawsuit seeking repayment in 2016. It named as the defendant the Sheriffâs Office, when as a matter of law it should have sued the county, Griffith ruled in dismissing the case.
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