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Speaker 1 (00:02):
The Iron News this hour Doug Davis. Coming up, we
have the latest from Philadelphia as official search for motives,
suspects and weapons behind the Memorial Day mass shooting that
left two people dead. Will wrap up today's statements made
by witnesses and the Shawn Didtycum sex crimes trial and
the Dream Vacation turned into horror as a black woman's
legs are severed in a Bahama accident. But first, here's

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Bin News Now.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
South African President Rama Posa is brushing off a tense
moment from his visit to the White House earlier this month.
During the visit, President Trump played a video that he
claimed supported claims of genocide against white South Africans.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
The being executed and they happened to be white, and
most of them happened to be farmers. And that's a
tough situation. I don't know how you explained that. How
do you explain.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
That, Rama Posas that the video Trump showed bemused him
and noted most crime victims in South Africa are black,
not white. Court is a journ for the day in
Shawn didty COM's sex trafficking trial. Copricorn Clark, Didty's former
assistant testified he chased rapper kid cutting in a car
after breaking into his home. Did he face his life
in prison if convicted? And the Texas House is approving
Senate Bill twelve to ban DEI initiatives in public school

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hiring and training. The bill strengthens parental consent for sex
ed and family planning, mirroring the twenty twenty three DEI
ban in Texas universities. I'm Amber Payton with BI in
News Now back to you.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Doug Well World Day at Philadelphia's Fairmount Park a day
for gathering for remembrance, but as the sunset, gunfire shattered
the peace. Two adults died, a man and a woman.
Nine others were wounded, including three teenagers, all suspected to
be black. Philadelphia mayor African American CHRL Parker answered questions
from reporters at city Hall today, responding to reports from
Black police Commissioner Kevin Bethel that he made about cambing

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through social media for any clues about the tragic shooting
before it actually went down.

Speaker 4 (01:47):
Bishner Bethel talked about sort of the strategies that we
employed where we have planned large scale events. There is
no other place that does it better than the city
of Philadelphia. When you talk about these gatherings where where
folks converge as a result of a social media message.
This is when we ex the parents and the caregivers

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in the homes to monitor the social media accounts of
the young people they are responsible for.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
The joyful holiday transformed into a chaotic scene with people
scattering as shots rang out. Now the park is quiet,
cording off with the yellow tape. The investigation is underway,
search for answers. No weapons have been recovered and no
arrests made. This Memorial Day will forever be marked by tragedy,
a stark reminder that violence can irrupt even in the
most peaceful settings. Once again, the Manhattan courtroom fell silent

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as a judge signaled the end of another dramatic day
in the Sewan didtycom sex crimes trial. And we SE
reporter Chloe Mallis, who's been following the case closely fills
us in on what transpire today.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
Well, I was inside the courthouse listening to this riveting
testimony from capercorn Clark. They were initially friends and then
she helped various roles work looking for Seawan Colmes. She
worked for him on and off for about fourteen years,
and she took us to a time in December of
twenty eleven. And we heard musician Kid Cutty talk about
this last week when Shawn Colmes learned that his girlfriend

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Cassie Ventur at the time was cheating on him with
Kid Cutty, and that Colmes was so incensed that he
actually allegedly showed up to Capricorn Clark's apartment with a
gun and he told her, you have to come with
me right now. We're going to kill Kid Cuddy.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Clark is expected to continue her testimony tomorrow. So far,
the all female prosecution team has called sixteen witnesses to
the stand since the high profile trial began. Did he
face his life in prison if convicted? And finally, African
American had a Smith's dream vacation turned tragic in a
matter of seconds. The twenty two year old native of Memphis,
Tennessee and recent Sumacumwae graduate from HPCU Miles College was

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ready to sail off to the Bahamas when she was
struck by a ferry at Nasau Cruz Port. She fell
into the warm blue water and was pulled under the
boat's propeller. Her legs were mostly cut off from her body.
Authorities report she may have had one too many drinks
or her family denies to claim. Smith is fighting for
her life as police investigate. Stay informed, stay connected, and subscribed.

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I'm Doug Davis for the Black Information Network.