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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bia News this hour, though davis coming at ma'am Downey's
primary upset in New York City has ignited concerns among Democrats,
like New York's African American Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, that
the party may be facing a growing credibility problem. Also,
did he six crimes trial is wrapping up as lawyers
on both sides made their final pitches to the jury,
and a hefty reward is being offered for a missing

(00:23):
Black openand woman who the FBI believes has caught up
in a human trafficking ring. But first, here's Bin news now.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Memphis Mayor Paul Young has addressed the arrest of an
alleged stalker at his East Memphis home for the first time,
calling it a troubling reminder of the city's mental health challenges.
Police say twenty five year old Trenton Apstin showed up
with rope, duct tape and a taser and is now
charged with attempted kidnapping, stalking, and trespassing. Absence attorney Jahari Dowdy,

(00:51):
I don't think that the kyle.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Of case traditionally that the FBI will be truly interested in,
but we won't know anything.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
On actually Balan and Dowdy, who, like her client and
Mayor Young, is African American. In a news update, the
Supreme Court says states can now cut off Planned parenthoods
medicaid funds. The High Court blocked at the organization today
from suing South Carolina over the matter. The state cut
the funding because of the abortion care Planned Parenthood provides.

(01:20):
I'm Mike Island on the Black Information Network and now
back to you, Doug.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
All right.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
Thanks.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
After Zoe Raman Downey's surprising primary victory in New York City,
a race many Democrats believe were their favorite former Governor
Andrew Cromo, Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, who is black and
plans to run for governor next year, has raised concerns
that the party may be facing a deeper credibility challenge
among voters. Here's what he had to say about it
on MSNBC.

Speaker 4 (01:45):
I think that part of the challenge that we face
right now, and part of why new voices and fresh
voices are very, very compelling for the electorate across the
political spectrum is because a lot of people feel like
a lot of political accuracy, but in polics for a
very long time concerned with protecting themselves and protecting the party,
then they ultimately are with protecting the people. And we've
got to get beyond that. People do not want to

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feel like they're just pawns in a larger game. They
want to feel like you're actually here to serve. And
so I do think that what we're seeing here is
a reckoning and it's a moment of accountability.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
The Lieutenant Governor warns that if Democratic leaders aren't serious
about uplifting every voice in a way that feels honest
and real to voters, the party will keep falling short.
And while the streets are watching as a Manhattan courtroom
was on fire today as John de decom sex crimes
trial hit its final stretch. Closing arguments are underway, and
while prosecutors dropped a few charges like attempted kidnapping in Arson,

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the hip hop icon still faces some pretty serious charges
like racketeering, sex trafficking, and transporting women for prostitution. CNN
Sarah Chrissoff explains more, I think.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
The defense is certainly going to argue this was not racketeering,
there's no elements of racketeering. Then they were going to
argue that this sex trafficking as alleged by the government
just didn't happen. These were violent, toxic, you know, horrific
in many cases relationships, but this wasn't sex trafficking. And
then the defense is going to say the government has

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tried to fit the peg in the wrong hole here
and characterize this as federal crimes.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
Which they are not.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
Jury deliberations will likely begin this Friday or Monday. Combs
is holding firm who is not guilty plead and could
spend years in a federal prison if convicted of rico
and sex trafficking charges. And finally, in a world where
black girls too often go missing without headlines, the case
of Oakland, California, is heaven McGee as a painful reminder.
The African American twenty one year old disappeared in January

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and now the FBI believe she may be a victim
of human trafficking. She was last seen in Stockton, California.
Her mother, Tamisha, is pleading for the public for help
to those.

Speaker 3 (03:43):
Who spend time would have and she relied on you,
and you relied on her to be that someone to
help me in those who love having find her a.

Speaker 1 (03:52):
Ten thousand dollars reward is being offered as Oakland Police
and the FBI continue the search for McGee. She's five
feet tall with black hair, round eyes, tattoos reading Aaron
Pryor Darius the Third, and butterflies across her chest. If
you have any information, call eight hundred, call FBI, well
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I'm Doug Davis put the Black Information Network