The trouble began when a car driven by a Hasidic Jew, part of the entourage of the Lubavitcher grand rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson, struck and killed Gavin Cato, a Black 7-year-old. Hours later, in apparent retaliation, a mob of Black teenagers surrounded Yankel Rosenbaum, a 29-year-old Hasidic scholar from Australia, who was fatally stabbed. Rioting and fights flared over four days. Stores were looted and dozens of residents and police officers were injured. The outbreak ended only after Dinkins acknowledged police failures and ordered more effective tactics to quell the violence. … [Read more...] about David N. Dinkins, New York’s first Black mayor, dies at 93
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Philadelphia Fitness Coalition creates petition to reopen gyms amid pandemic
As of Nov. 25, more than 3,300 people have signed a petition by the Philadelphia Fitness Coalition, which requested that name gyms and fitness studios be classified as essential health service businesses. It also wished that they be allowed to "reopen immediately under agreed-upon restrictions and safety protocols." … [Read more...] about Philadelphia Fitness Coalition creates petition to reopen gyms amid pandemic
