Hit and Run

Apr 23 2013

Mother of four

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors today offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the hit-and-run motorist whose car fatally struck a 34-year-old mother of four in Lancaster.

At about 7:45 p.m. March 19, Simone Walker was walking across Avenue L near the intersection of 32nd Street East when a car being driven east hit her.

The speed limit in the area is 50 mph and a sheriff’s spokesman told the Daily News that the car was likely driving at least that fast.

Mar 14 2013

Aspiring teacher, Keith Conception, killed

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the hit-and-run incident that killed 26-year-old Keith Conception of Los Angeles, an aspiring teacher.

On Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, Conception was on the northbound 110 Harbor Freeway, south of Florence Avenue in Los Angeles, at approximately 3:30 a.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, he had been in a minor traffic accident and was struck by another vehicle when he exited his car.

Sep 6 2011

John Hines

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Long Beach fire captain pleaded guilty today to drunken driving and other charges stemming from a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a bicyclist.

John David Hines, 38, of Huntington Beach, was sent to a state prison for 90 days for a “diagnostic evaluation” program that provides treatment and recommends prison time or probation, Deputy District Attorney Andrew Katz said.

Aug 23 2011

Elderly Black woman

PALMDALE, Calif.—The body of a woman killed by a hit-and-run driver was discovered at a Palmdale intersection today.

The body was found on 50th Street E just south of Avenue M about 12:05 a.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer Anthony Martin.

According to a CHP preliminary accident report, an “elderly Black female was struck by an unknown vehicle on 50th Street East, south of Avenue M. Following the collision the unknown suspect vehicle fled the scene.”

Aug 23 2011

Left Louis Brown with brain damage

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles City Councilwoman Jan Perry and police announced a $50,000 reward today for information leading to the conviction of the driver who struck a South Los Angeles man June 5, leaving him brain damaged.

A Jeep Grand Cherokee, variously described as tan, brown and silver, struck Louis Brown, 61, who was walking north as he crossed East 43rd Street near South Central Avenue about 4 p.m. that Sunday.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.