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Bernard Williams was 17 years old when he was convicted of murder for a 1996 killing. He spent 23 years in prison for a crime he claims he didn’t commit.
Now Williams is suing the city of Chicago and several of the Chicago police investigators who helped wrongfully convict him, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month.
The complaint alleges that detectives with the Chicago Police Department’s Area Four suppressed evidence, manipulated witnesses and fabricated things like a confession to seal Williams’ fate. It claims officers also beat and psychologically abused his co-defendant DeAngelo Johnson during interrogation, coercing Johnson to make a false confession that implicated Williams as his accomplice in the murder.
Who’s Who in Judas and the Black Messiah: A Character Guide Vulture.com 2/13/2021 Nick Allen
Judas and the Black Messiah has the all the trappings of a genre movie it’s a gritty crime thriller that unfolds on the tense stage of an anti-police revolution but it shouldn’t be underestimated as a history lesson. In its true story of how informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) infiltrated the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s, director Shaka King’s film highlights historical details and lives that have rarely been given mainstream focus. Along with reckoning with the horrific assassination of party chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) by Chicago Police, the FBI, and the State’s Attorney’s Office, the film also celebrates Hampton’s power as an orator and man of the people, as well as the impact of his organization on the city of Chicago: the breakfast programs, the free healthcare, the Rainbow Coalition, and more
By Patrice Nkrumah
The number of African-American women filling important positions in the sports landscape has been increasing in the past few years. Former Chicago Sky player Swin Cash is now the vice-president of basketball operations for the New Orleans Pelicans.
In February, Ohio native Blake Bolden became a pro scout for the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, becoming the first woman of any race to be employed in that capacity. Lindsey Harding is an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76’ers.
Black women are also making inroads in the college ranks as well. In May, Vanderbilt University in Nashville made headlines when they named Candice Storey Lee their athletic director, making her the first African American to lead a Power Five conference’s athletic program. Lee’s selection shows just how far Black women have come in sports administration and how the opportunities are there for those who are prepared.
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