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A father wants to shine a spotlight one judicial problems in Caddo Parish. Mel King is the father of Heather Jose who was murdered on November 8, 2018. Heather and her husband, Kelly Jose were allegedly killed by Dewayne Watkins who is suspected of stalking them while they were in Mall St. Vincent with their children.
Watkins approached them outside asking to use a phone. Heather let him use her phone. She also agreed to give him a ride to another location. Their children got in another car to go home, not knowing that would be the last time they would see their parents alive. Watkins allegedly shot Kelly and then forced Heather to drive to an ATM to unload her bank.
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‘Turning point’: Women of color increasingly leading Boston
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
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By Steve LeBlanc | The Associated Press
For the better part of a century, the iconic image of a Boston mayor typically conjured up the figure of James Michael Curley the real-life Irish-American city boss elected four times as mayor between 1914 and 1946. Think Spencer Tracy in “The Last Hurrah.”
That stereotype may soon be going the way of Boston baked beans and tri-corner hats.
The city is on the cusp of having its first woman and person of color as mayor when current Mayor Marty Walsh becomes President Joe Biden’s labor secretary. Walsh is the latest in a string of largely Irish-American (and one Italian-American) mayors all men going back the better part of a century.