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The Other Man In The Van With Freddie Gray Breaks His Silence [Donta Allen, WJZ CBS, April 30, 2015]
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The Other Man In The Van With Freddie Gray Breaks His Silence [Donta Allen, WJZ CBS, April 30, 2015] The other prisoner inside the van with Freddie Gray gives an interview about what happened inside the van. BALTIMORE (WJZ ) — From the beginning, the investigation into what killed Freddie Gray has centered on what happened inside the police transport van. We knew there was another prisoner inside the van and tonight we hear from him. WJZ‘s Mike Schuh is the first to speak with Donta Allen about what he heard. “I am Donta Allen. I am the one who was in the van with Freddie Gray,” Allen said. The one who the police commissioner calls the second prisoner in the van. “The second prisoner who was picked up said that he didn’t see any harm done to Freddie at all,” Commissioner Anthony Batts said. “What he has said is that he heard Freddie thrashing about.” But Allen wants to set something straight. “All I did was go straight to the station, but I heard a little banging like he was banging his head,” he said. He tells WJZ he’s angry about an internal police report published in The Washington Post. “And they trying to make it seem like I told them that, I made it like Freddie Gray did that to hisself (sic),” Allen said. “Why the [expletive] would he do that to hisself (sic)?” Allen was in the van because he allegedly stole a cigarette from a store on North Avenue. He was never charged. Instead he was brought straight to the station. “I talked to homicide. I told homicide the same story.” Allen said. A story he says is being distorted and now he fears being killed. “I had two options today right, either come and talk to y’all and get my credibility straight with ya’ll and not get killed by these [expletive] or not tell a true story,” Allen added. “The only reason I’m doing this is because they put my name in a bad state.” His statements are included in a police report that was today turned over to the city state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby. Obama to Unveil Non-Profit in New York to Aid Minority Youth [Justin Sink, Bloomberg, April 30, 2015] President Barack Obama will help start a new non-profit organization intended to help minority boys and young men when he travels to New York City on Monday. President Barack Obama will help start a new non-profit organization intended to help minority boys and young men when he travels to New York City on Monday. The organization, called My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, will be unveiled during an event at Lehman College in the Bronx, the White House said in a statement. A White House program called My Brother’s Keeper has been part of the administration’s response to civil unrest following the recent deaths of black men in interactions with police officers. The announcement comes one week after rioters torched police cars and buildings in Baltimore after the funeral of Freddie Gray, 25, who died April 19 after suffering spinal-cord injuries while in police custody. The White House program, a partnership with local governments, foundations and businesses, has raised more than $200 million in private donations to benefit child development, school readiness, parental engagement, literacy and school discipline reform. White House officials and celebrities, including National Basketball Association stars Chris Paul and Magic Johnson, have participated in tutoring programs under My Brother’s Keeper. It’s not clear how the new organization will differ from the White House program. On Thursday, Obama told middle-school students at a public library in Washington’s low-income Anacostia neighborhood that he wanted to return to community organizing when his presidency ends. “I’ll be done being president in a couple of years and I’ll still be a pretty young man,” he said. “And so I’ll go back to doing the kinds of work I was doing before, just trying to find ways to help people.” Millennials don’t trust anyone. That’s a big deal. [Chris Cillizza, WaPo, April 30, 2015] Of 10 major societal institutions, just two — the military and scientists — garnered majority support from millennials on the question of whom they trust to do the right thing most of the time. Millennials aren't, it seems, the trusting type. Of 10 major societal institutions, just two — the military and scientists — garnered majority support from millennials on the question of whom they trust to do the right thing most of the time. Of 10 major societal institutions, just two — the military and scientists — garnered majority support from millennials on the question of whom they trust to do the right thing most of the time. That's according to new polling by Harvard University's Institute of Politics of this most-written-and-talked-about generation, which encompasses those ranging in age from 18 to 29. The lack of trust in longtime pillars of society among millennials is striking both for its depth and its breadth. No one is spared their side-eyed looks. The media gets its worst — with 88 percent of millennials saying they only "sometimes" or "never" trust the press. Wall Street doesn't fare much better, with 86 percent of millennials expressing distrust. Congress is at 82 percent. Three in four millennials (74 percent) sometimes or never trust the federal government to do the right thing, and two in three (63 percent) feel the same way about the president. The Supreme Court, once a beacon of trust societywide, isn't seen that way by millennials, with 58 percent saying they only sometimes or never trust the nation's highest court to do the right thing. Heck, even local police aren't spared; 50 percent say they trust the cops only sometimes or never to do the right thing, while 49 percent said they trust police "all" or "most" of the time. Now, it's easy if you are not a millennial to roll your eyes at these numbers. What could be more distinctly millennial (or just plain young) than not trusting institutions? After all, Jack Weinberg insisted not to trust anyone older than 30 in the mid-1960s, when the parents of today's millennials probably hadn't even met yet. But, to dismiss millennials' distrust in institutions is to miss something bigger at work here. 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