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COURT SAYS NYPD BIAS SUIT A GO
August 31, 2011
Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin has given the go ahead to a lawsuit that challenged the city's stop-and-frisk policies as biased, especially toward Blacks and Hispanics. Judge Scheindlin said the allegations in the lawsuit were supported well enough to justify a trial to decide if New York's stop-and-frisk policies are legal. She said the trial can determine whether quotas prompted officers to stop suspects without just cause. She said the trial can also decide whether police leadership has failed to adequately train officers. ...
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama Immigration Law
August 30, 2011
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked a controversial immigration law that was set to go into effect Thursday in the southern U.S. state of Alabama. The law would allow Alabama police to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally when that person is stopped for any other reason. It would also make it a crime to knowingly ...
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Hurricane Irene Threatens MLK Dedication
August 25, 2011
As the East Coast braces for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, Washington is preparing for the dedication of The Martin Luther King, Jr National Memorial on Sunday. Mayor Vincent Gray unveiled street signs designating “Martin Luther King Jr. Drive†today and told The Washington Times he and council member Marion Barry were undeterred by the inclement forecast ahead of a Saturday morning march for D.C. autonomy and a Sunday dedication that could draw 250,000 visitors. Mr. Barry noted the protesters of the 1960s ...
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Hearing On Alabama Immigration Law Begins
August 24, 2011
Alabama’s immigration law is in court today with attorneys from the Obama administration, civil rights groups and state churches arguing that the measure is an unconstitutional attack on civil liberties. The new immigration law requiring that police officers check immigrants’ legal status might lead to lawsuits for unlawful detention, a judge said in a hearing on challenges to the statute. ...
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White CA Cops Allege "Anti-White" Discrimination
August 23, 2011
In California, a white male cop claims he was passed over for a promotion in 2007 because of racial bias. "The city has a longstanding custom and practice in discriminating against white males," according to a lawsuit complaint filed by officers Heinz Hofmann and Thomas Buckley. "The reason plaintiffs were passed over for lower ...
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NAACP Rally For Black Man Convicted Of Killing White Trespasser
August 23, 2011
The North Carolina and Georgia State Conferences of the NAACP, in conjunction with the national NAACP, will hold press conference and a rally tomorrow to address the Georgia State Supreme Court’s wrongful conviction of John McNeil, a Black business owner and former resident of Cobb County, Georgia. In 2006, McNeil was sentenced to life in prison in the death of Brian Epp. Mr. McNeil was defending his family at his home from Mr. Epp, a trespasser on McNeil’s property. ...
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MINORITIES: END FINGERPRINTING
August 16, 2011
Activists are demonstrating outside the state Democratic Party's headquarters in Atlanta today calling on the Obama administration to scrap a federal fingerprint-sharing program aimed at deporting illegal immigrants. The demonstrators complained the “Secure Communities†program is tearing families apart and distracting local police from other crime-fighting priorities. They timed their demonstration to coincide with protests in Chicago and other cities across the nation. ...
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Crimes Against Latinos Up 46 Percent In CA
August 15, 2011
California Attorney General Kamala Harris' report on hate crimes showed that hate crimes against Latinos increased from 81 in 2009 to 119 in 2010, a 46.9-percent jump. "A crime that is motivated by hate is a crime against all people," Attorney General Harris said. "We will monitor and prosecute these cases to the fullest extent of the law." The Attorney General's report, "Hate Crime in California 2010" ...
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NAACP Wants Probe Into Race Attack
August 12, 2011
The white Mississippi teens who beat up and ran over a black man with a pickup truck may also be responsible for attacking homeless black men in the area. The head of Mississippi’s NAACP, Derrick Johnson said the civil rights group is trying to determine if the teens assaulted poor blacks based on an ...
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Union Head Blasts GOP Over Black Job Crisis
August 12, 2011
This summer, millions of working families got a front-row seat to the dysfunctional leadership of Republicans in Congress who proved once again that they just don’t get it. The national unemployment rate is 9.1%. For blacks, the unemployment rate is hovering around 16 percent. Instead of creating solutions for the jobs crisis, Republicans are killing jobs and destroying the American Dream. ...
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Travel Warning For Haiti
August 09, 2011
The Department of State strongly urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully all travel to Haiti. Travel fully supported by organizations with solid infrastructure, evacuation options, and medical support systems in place is recommended and preferable to travel in country without such support. U.S. citizens traveling to Haiti ...
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Convictions In Post-Katrina Bridge Shootings
August 08, 2011
A federal jury issued across-the-board guilty verdicts against five officers from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) on 25 counts in connection with the federal prosecution of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina and an extensive cover-up of those shootings The incident resulted ...
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Racial Violence Rocks Midwest State Fair
August 08, 2011
Wisconsin State Fair officials imposed heightened security measures after racial fighting between groups of youths on and around the midway and attacks on police officers resulted in 24 arrests. The violence began with fights between groups of African-American youths at the fair, located between Milwaukee and the suburb of West Allis, fair officials said. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said the fighting later ...
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16 Nations Ask To Federal Court To Join Immigration Lawsuit
August 05, 2011
Mexico and 15 Central American and South American countries have asked a federal court to consider their briefs in support of lawsuits seeking to overturn Alabama's new immigration law. According to Mexico's brief the law, which is slated to go into effect Sept. 1, undermines U.S.-Mexico relations. "Mexico seeks to ensure that its citizens present in the U.S. are accorded the human and civil rights granted under the U.S. Constitution," the brief states. Mexico goes on to ask that the federal court declare Alabama's law unconstitutional and prevent it from going into effect. ...
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Katrina Bridge Killing Case Goes To Jury
August 03, 2011
After nearly seven hours of closing arguments, the landmark case of several current or former New Orleans police officers accused of shooting unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina has been placed in a jury's hands. A federal jury began their deliberations Wednesday after U.S. District Judge ...
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In Arizona Aftermath, States Steer Clear Of Immigration Fight
August 02, 2011
A year after SB 1070 took effect, states nationwide are turning away from similar bills, fearing the financial and political fallout seen in Arizona and the consequences that anti-immigrant legislation could have in their own backyards, according to a New America Media report. “Arizona was a wake up call for other states,†said Elena Lacayo, field coordinator with the Immigration Policy Project at the National Council ...
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Feds Sue To Block State Immigration Law
August 02, 2011
An Alabama immigration law that is widely considered the toughest in the nation is being challenged in court by the Obama administration, which contends that the state is overstepping its authority on border enforcement. The Department of Justice challenged the state of Alabama’s recently passed immigration law ...
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Lawsuit To Block Alabama Immigration Law
July 22, 2011
The Southern Poverty Law Center and a coalition of other civil rights groups filed a motion today asking a federal judge to block Alabama’s anti-immigrant law from taking effect Sept. 1. The motion for preliminary injunction, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, follows a federal lawsuit the groups filed earlier this month that charged the law is unconstitutional on multiple grounds. ...
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New Orleans PD Under Fire In Corruption Case
July 18, 2011
In New Orleans’ federal courthouse, five police officers are currently facing charges of killing unarmed black civilians who were escaping floods from the failed levees that buckled during Hurricane Katrina. The police are also charged with conspiring to cover up their crimes. Local sources say, ...
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Chicago Minority Students Demand Changes
July 15, 2011
Students packed Chicago Public Schools headquarters to deliver a report on school discipline policies that contends the district spends more than 14 times as much on school security as it does on student counseling. The report, produced by Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE), a minority student-led “education justice†advocacy group, claims that CPS’ approach to discipline and disproportionate security and guidance budgets hurts graduation rates and deprives the cash-strapped district of revenue. VOYCE’s report, “Failed Policies, Broken Futures: The True Cost of Zero Tolerance,†...
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Feds Focus On Protecting Native American Women
July 15, 2011
In testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Associate U.S. Attorney General Tom Perrelli has recommended legal reforms to improve the safety of women in tribal communities and allow Federal and tribal law-enforcement agencies to hold more perpetrators of domestic violence accountable for their crimes. ...
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Alabama Lawmakers Compared To KKK
July 15, 2011
It seems the new Ku Klux Klan members in Alabama are the state’s lawmakers and its target – no longer blacks – but undocumented migrants who have called the state home and kept the economic engines of small businesses running, reports CaribPR Wire founder Felicia Persaud. A new immigration law in the state ...
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Has Cornel West Gone Too Far?
July 14, 2011
As President Obama is gearing up for his 2012 campaign and election, Dr. Cornel West has created a name calling and mudslinging crusade attacking the president. An editorial in The Westside Gazette, Broward County’s Oldest and Largest African American Owned and Operated Newspaper says, there is nothing wrong ...
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White Cops Walk While Black Cop Held
July 14, 2011
The Black Law Enforcement Association of Washington is criticizing prosecutors for filing an assault charge against an black Seattle police officer involved in an off-duty brawl while not charging two white Seattle officers who stomped on a prone Latino suspect in another incident. The decision by the City Attorney's ...
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Blacks Top NY Hate Crimes Victims
July 14, 2011
New York State experienced a slight increase in the number of reported hate crimes last year, according to a report released today by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). The Hate Crime in New York State 2010 Annual Reportoffers a comprehensive, statewide look at reported hate crime ...
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Black Firefighters Fight Entrance Exam Fee Increase
July 13, 2011
The Vulcan Society, an organization of black firefighters, and The City of New York were back in court this week when the city wanted to charge $54 for the new Fire Department entrance exam, a whopping 80% increase over the last time the exam was given just four years ago. The judge said no, and also found a way to ...
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Illegals Staying Away From Arizona
July 11, 2011
People on both sides of the immigration debate in Arizona are skeptical of new research that shows a national decrease in the flow of illegal immigration from Mexico into the United States. But there is one thing they are certain of: ...
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Obama Admin. Accused Of Misleading Congress On Deportation Cases
July 08, 2011
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Obama Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showing that DHS officials misled Congress and the public about the scope of an immigration enforcement ...
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Black Activist Gets Kudos For Helping Immigrants
July 06, 2011
Lumumba was recognized for serving a different community. He is one of this year’s recipients of the Freedom from Fear Award, produced by the nonprofit group, Public Interest Projects. The honor recognized accomplishments made on behalf of immigrants and refugees. Among other accomplishments, Lumumba’s citation notes that last summer he introduced a Jackson City Council measure preventing the city’s police from making “unwarranted inquiries into a person’s immigration status.†...
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MINORITY WOMEN TARGETED FOR RAPE
July 06, 2011
Minority Rights Group International says in its 2011 annual report released today, women from minority and indigenous communities are targeted for rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and killings specifically because of their ethnic ...
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New Tribal Justice Center Project Reaches Milestone
June 30, 2011
The Oglala Sioux Tribe, Department of Public Safety (OST-DPS) today announced that designs for a new free-standing justice center in Pine Ridge, South Dakota are nearly 50 percent complete. Marking the first major construction ...
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