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Speaker 1 (00:02):
BIA News this hour, I'm Terry McCready coming up a
cross political stunt. That's the assessment from the DOJ. Over
California Governor Gavin Newsom's legal challenge a proliferation of anti
ice protest nationwide. Mayor Karen Vass says it just hits
differently when ordinary working people are the targets. But first,
here's BIA News now.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Chicago's black Mayor Brandon Johnson is urging residents to resist
federal immigration rates, calling it a necessary fight. I am
calling on all of Chicago to resist in this moment
because whatever particular vulnerable group is being targeted today, another
group will be next. As federal agents prepared to deploy.
Johnson says, dissent matters. Survivors of the Sapello Island I

(00:42):
collapse in Georgia are suing the company that built it.
Seven died and dozens were injured last October during a
Gullageechee celebration. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing several victims' families,
and rapper Silento, known for the hit Watch Whip Watch
Me Nane, has been sentenced the thirty years in prison
for killing his cousin, Ricky Hawk plead guilty but mentally
ill demandslaughter and other charges in the twenty twenty one

(01:04):
shooting near Atlanta. Gebi in these Now on Demand twenty
four to seven on the iHeartRadio app Back to Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
The Department of Justice says California Governor Gavin Newsom's legal
challenge is a cross political stunt. This comes in response
to the lawsuit filed by Newsom and Attorney General Rob
Bonta contending that President Trump's actions to deploy thousands of
National Guardsmen to Los Angeles required the Governor's consent. Meanwhile,
more anti ice protests spreading to cities across the country.

(01:32):
It comes as an overnight curfew remains in place in
a one square mile area of downtown Los Angeles, where
authorities say most of the violence and vandalism has taken
place since protests were sparked last Friday. As ice raids
are spreading to several states. Black Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska,
John Ewing Junior, says there were dozens of detentions at
a food processing plant.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
What we really need is for the federal government to
do their job and create a comprehensive and ration plan
that will allow for some orderly addressing of these issues.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Ewing Junior, speaking on CNN. In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott
ordering the state's National Guard to be deployed to cities.
Demonstrations are also erupting in New York and Chicago, where
thousands are taking to the streets. The same story in
Denver and Washington, d C. Among the protesters are black
participants supporting Latino communities in Solidarity for Democracy and Justice.

(02:27):
Los Angeles Black mayor Karen bassays, it's one thing to
go after a dangerous people and criminals, but it's different
when everyday people just trying to support their families are
being targeted.

Speaker 4 (02:37):
These aren't the criminals the administration is allegedly targeting. These
are mothers and fathers, restaurant workers, seamstress, home care workers,
every day Angelino's trying to make a living, all right.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
Well, As unrest continues, charges are filed and more are expected.
In Southern California, authority say twenty seven year old Raggy
Kyogi was nabbed after tossing a Molotov cocktail at an
LA County sheriff's deputy. In a separate incident, the day before,
twenty three year old Emiliano Galbez was allegedly caught after
throwing a Molotov cocktail at officers. Both aren't charged with

(03:10):
possession of an unregistered destructive device. A black woman issuing
the Walt Disney Company in California over allegations that she
was willfully fired from her human resources job last year.
Michelle Brown says she complained about discrimination that she contends
included Disney having a hiring preference for Indian and Asian
candidates while blacks were being laid off disproportionately. The lawsuit,

(03:33):
filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, also alleges retaliation and
failure to prevent discrimination. Brown is seeking unspecified compensatory and
punitive damages, as well as an assessment of civil penalties
all right. Beginning on January first, organ Health Plan patients
with certain rare and severe diseases will be able to
access cell and gene therapies. They'll begin with sickle cell disease,

(03:56):
which is a painful blood disorder that can shorten the
lifespan by twenty years. The majority of patients are black,
African American or Hispanic. More than half of people with
Sickle Cell are enrolled in Medicaid. Stay informed, stay connected
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get your podcasts. I'm Terry McCready for the Black Information Network.