Los Angeles men refusing to wear masks at Target allegedly break employee’s arm

Earlier this month two men in Los Angeles were arrested for assaulting a Target security guard after they were asked to leave the store for refusing to wear face masks. Now it appears they may have broken the employee’s arm during the scuffle.

According to a press release Monday, on May 1st, two men, later identified as Phillip Hamilton, 31, and Paul Hamilton, 29 — entered a Target in the Van Nuys area shortly after 10 a.m. local time. They were immediately approached for failing to follow the statewide rule to wear a mask in retail stores.

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As the two men were being escorted out of the building one of the suspects “without provocation, turned and punched a store employee, causing him and the suspect to fall to the floor,” the release read.

Police have confirmed the guard broke his arm when hitting the ground and there is surveillance video from the store which shows the suspects being escorted out of the store just moments before unleashing their attack.

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The footage shows both the guard and his attacker hitting the ground as another member of the security team rushed to help, only to also be dragged down to the floor. Once the altercation escalated into a full out brawl, two more people rushed over to attempt to break up the fight.

The Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were ultimately called to the scene to take the injured guard to a local hospital. According to CNN, later that same day the two suspects were arrested on felony battery charges with their bail each set at $50,000. Both men have since made bail and been released.

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Ludacris and Mike Will Made-It Donate 3,000 Reusable Masks to MARTA Employees in Georgia

As the state of Georgia has taken the questionable steps to reopen amidst a pandemic, Ludacris and producer Mike Will Made-It have partnered up to ensure Atlanta’s public transit workers are protected.

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Retired Harvard Business School Professor: Black Businesses, Please Take The PPP Money!

In his latest podcast, retired Harvard Business Professor Steve Rogers encourages black business owners to apply for funds through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program, designed by the federal government to make forgivable loans available to small companies impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to keep workers on payrolls.

Retired Harvard Business School professor Steven Rogers

As Rogers shares with listeners, that money is still available and entrepreneurs should aggressively pursue that money. The first tranche of $350 billion funding initiated on April 3, he maintains, went to1.6 million businesses—many of which were large companies that met the requirement of having 500 employees or less. In the second tranche of capital—an additional $320 billion—in which firms submitted applications on April 27, some $30 billion was “carved out for financial institutions that are friendly to black business owners” that included 22 black-owned banks that have assets of less than $50 billion and community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, which have assets of $10 billion or under.

Rogers argues that this financing is “the best loans ever offered to black entrepreneurs”—77% of whom finance their businesses with their own money versus roughly 30% for white counterparts. Since black businesses employ about 3 million people—a majority of then African American workers—he says it is critical for these firms to participate. He said in a recent presentation to the Harvard Business School African American Alumni Association: “My concern is that we are not applying out of fear, myths, intimidation or misinformation. We need that money!”

In the following podcast, hosted by his daughter and fintech executive Ariel, Rogers makes the case that black firms should pursue that financing today or lose their best opportunity to weather the current crisis.

 

In addition to the PPP program, Rogers shares a number of public and private financing programs available to minority firms found on the chart below:

 

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Twitter Employees Can Now Work From Home Forever

Yes, you read that correctly.

While the world is wondering what the workplace will look like post-COVID-19, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey just might have set a new standard for leaders after giving his employees the option to work from home forever.

In early March, the leader was one of the first to implement a work from home policy that encouraged others to follow suit. And on Tuesday, Dorsey sent an email to his employees about his plan for the company, which affirmed that the workforce is everchanging and that people could expect to work from home as long as they desire. The only exception would be for those who need to come into the office to work on servers as needed.

BuzzFeed first broke the news of Dorsey’s decision and it is likely that other companies will follow Twitter’s lead.

To that point, a Twitter spokesperson told BuzzFeed, “We’ve been very thoughtful in how we’ve approached this from the time we were one of the first companies to move to a work-from-home model. We’ll continue to be, and we’ll continue to put the safety of our people and communities first.”

In Dorsey’s email, he also revealed that the company had plans to implement the indefinite work-from-home option prior to the state of emergency but the pandemic pushed up his timeline.

Related: 8 Tips To Work From Home Effectively During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Twitter human Resources Head Jennifer Christie told BuzzFeed News the company would “never probably be the same” in the structure of its work. “People who were reticent to work remotely will find that they really thrive that way,” Christie said. “Managers who didn’t think they could manage teams that were remote will have a different perspective. I do think we won’t go back.”

In addition to the new work policy, it has been reported that Dorsey has canceled all in-person events for the calendar year; suspended company travel; and has given all employees a $1,000 budget for supplies so that they can work remotely efficiently.

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Retired Harvard Business School Professor: Black Businesses, Please Take The PPP Money!

In his latest podcast, retired Harvard Business Professor Steve Rogers encourages black business owners to apply for funds through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program, designed by the federal government to make forgivable loans available to small companies impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to keep workers on payrolls.

Retired Harvard Business School professor Steven Rogers

As Rogers shares with listeners, that money is still available and entrepreneurs should aggressively pursue that money. The first tranche of $350 billion funding initiated on April 3, he maintains, went to1.6 million businesses—many of which were large companies that met the requirement of having 500 employees or less. In the second tranche of capital—an additional $320 billion—in which firms submitted applications on April 27, some $30 billion was “carved out for financial institutions that are friendly to black business owners” that included 22 black-owned banks that have assets of less than $50 billion and community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, which have assets of $10 billion or under.

Rogers argues that this financing is “the best loans ever offered to black entrepreneurs”—77% of whom finance their businesses with their own money versus roughly 30% for white counterparts. Since black businesses employ about 3 million people—a majority of then African American workers—he says it is critical for these firms to participate. He said in a recent presentation to the Harvard Business School African American Alumni Association: “My concern is that we are not applying out of fear, myths, intimidation or misinformation. We need that money!”

In the following podcast, hosted by his daughter and fintech executive Ariel, Rogers makes the case that black firms should pursue that financing today or lose their best opportunity to weather the current crisis.

 

In addition to the PPP program, Rogers shares a number of public and private financing programs available to minority firms found on the chart below:

 

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