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Speaker 1 (00:02):
B I N Newsisauer. I'm Andrea Coleman, coming up more
on the President's plan for the homeless in DC, bidding
farewell to one of the last surviving members of Haarlem's
old Guard, and a call for increased support as a
new leader takes over in Haiti. But first, here's bin
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
Black Washington, d C. Mayor Muria Bowser says she's working
with President Trump as National Guard troops deployed to the
city for his crime crackdown. The executive order is pretty clear,
and so is the law. Bowser, who earlier called Trump's
actions unsettling, now says she wants the Guard well used
to help drive down crime. Shawn Didy Colmmes has doubled
his defamation lawsuit against Courtney Burgess from fifty million dollars

(00:40):
to one hundred million dollars, accusing him of lying about
alleged sexual assault videos. During a twenty twenty three News
Nation interview, colmb says the claims were false and damaging,
and he's also suing News Nation for airing the interview.
And Washington, DC's historic Metropolitan Ami Church is suing the
Hudson Valley Proud Boys to stop them from using the
group's name, logo and colors. The church gained control of

(01:02):
the Prowdboys trademark after the group failed to pay nearly
three million dollars in damages, and now uses the yellow
and black scheme for its own merchandise, with slogans like
stay Proud, Stay Black, I'm Amber, paytent with bi in news,
now back to you, Andrea Thanks Amber.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
A part of the president's plan for federalizing the DC
Police Department apparently also includes removing homeless people from the
city's parks. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Lovitt said US
park Police will work with DC Police to remove homeless encampments.
As for the homeless, these are the choices, Levitt said,
they will be given when asked to leave.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
So homeless individuals will be given the option to leave
their encampment to be taken to a homeless shelter, to
be offered addiction or mental health services, and if they refuse,
they will be susceptible to fines or to jail time. Again,
these are pre existing laws that are already on the books.
They have not been enforced, which is part of the

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reason for this nationalizing of the federalizing of the National
Guard to bring in this assistance for law enforcement. While
we are targeting criminals and trying to remove criminals off
of the streets, we also want to make TCS safe
and beautiful, and that involved removing mentally disturbed individuals and

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homeless encampments as well.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Levitt said the US Park Police have already removed seventy
homeless encampments in the city's parks and will remove the
last two encampments this weekend. No word on where they
placed the homeless people who were removed and his remarks
this weekend, the President encouraged unsheltered individuals to move out
immediately and said they would give them places to stay
that are far from the nation's capital and are briefing today.

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Levitt said those far away places are being explored. The
man who founded Harlem Week has passed away. Lloyd Williams,
the former president and CEO of the Harlem Chamber of Commerce,
passed away last Wednesday at the age of eighty. According
to The New York Times, Williams is credited with leading
Harlem through its modern day renaissance. The Times points out
mister william having never held political office, but still being

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grouped with the Harlem Holguard, which included the late Representative
Charles Wrangel, New York Mayor David Dinkins, Manhattan Borough President
Percy Sutton, and State Senator Basil Patterson. He reportedly died
in his Manhattan home from prostate cancer.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
Well.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
Haiti's new president lawss and Seer is calling on allies
around the world to increase their support of the country.
Sunseer took over leadership of Haiti's Transitional Leadership Council RCPT
late last week, and as inaugural speech, Sunseer said he
invites all international partners to increase their support, send more soldiers,
provide more training. He said, is asking the security forces

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to intensify their operations. Sunseer's scheduled to be the last
leader of the CPT, as an election for a permanent
leader's scheduled to take place later this year. His term
is set to end in February of next year. Routers
is reporting that at least one major gang leader has
threatened to disrupt Sunseer's transition into power, causing concerns that
his leadership could be short term. Gangs have overrun the

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country over the past few years, making for living conditions
there that are deplorable. A'll stay informed, stay connected, and
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your podcast, I'm Andrea Coleman. The Black Information Network means
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