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Radio Talk Host, Larry Young began his radio career in 1998 on WOLB 1010 AM with The Larry Young Morning Show Monday thru Friday, 7am to 10am. The Larry Young Morning Show is rated the # 1 Black Talk Show in Maryland and also ranked by Talkers Magazine as one of the top 100 Talk Shows in the country 2007 # 99, and 2008 # 86,2009 #63, 2010 #63, 2011 #63 and 2012 #53,2013 #54, 2014 #52, 2015 #50,
2016 #47, 2017 #45, 2018 #45 and 2019 #41.
The Larry Young Morning Show was also named “Best Radio Station” by Baltimore City Paper in 2007, 2008, 2009 and in 2010. He also has been awarded by the community with such awards as the 2007 Pinnacle Award given by American Development Consortium, 2009 Ed Bradley Award given by Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2011 Unsung Hero Award given by Grace Outreach Fundraising Committee, 2012 Whitney M.Young Jr. Award given by Greater Baltimore Urban League and recipient of TALKERS Magazine Humanitarian Award in June 2015.
The family of a West African immigrant killed in his Harlem apartment by NYPD officers is suing the city for $20 million, hoping the suit encourages other officers to follow proper protocol when dealing with the mentally ill, The New York Daily News reports.
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On September 21st, officers knocked on the door of Mohamed Bah (pictured), after his mother called 911, saying he was “depressed.” An apparent brawl ensued, ending with the officers tasering and shooting Bah with a rubber bullet inside his Morningside Avenue apartment. Bah then fell across the officers and tried stabbing them before one of the officers delivered the fatal shot.
While the officers claimed they shot in self-defense, Bah’s mother believes they failed to follow departmental guidelines in approaching and treating the mentally challenged.
“Putting a monetary figure on this case lets the city know that they can’t get away with this,” said Franciscus Diaba, the lawyer representing Bah’s family. “His life was taken away from him.”
Hawa Bah (pictured) called for an ambulance to pick up her son after Mohamed began acting abnormally and refused to leave his apartment. Instead of an EMT squad responding, officers arrived. Bah says she tried convincing the officers to allow her to speak with her son in their native Guinean language, but they told her to stay outside the apartment.
Soon after, her son was dead.
The killing has angered many African community leaders throughout the city and left Bah’s family with questions. His sister had a hard time believing her brother to be capable of such violence.
“It doesn’t make sense,” said Bah’s sister,
Oumou. “He didn’t have drugs or alcohol in his system…. They killed one person, but destroyed an entire family.”
Family Sues NYPD After ‘Depressed’ African Immigrant Killed In Manhattan Apartment
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