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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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Reporters Discuss Civil Rights Era Convictions
March 14, 2011
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Not Enough Black Police Recruits, Says NAACP
August 16, 2011
The New Jersey State police department has come under criticism from the state chapter of the NAACP for not having enough black cadets in this year's recruit class. The first class of recruits in two years reports for training today ...
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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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MINORITY BANK SCAMMER GETS MAX
August 12, 2011
A federal judge has sentenced Jammie E. Harris to the maximum prison term for her role in fleecing Pittsburgh's only minority-owned bank of more than $3 million. "I regret a lot of the things I have done," said Harris in a rambling statement to Senior U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch. Judge Bloch interrupted Harris' plea for leniency citing her 36 prior convictions ...
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MAJOR NYC MINORITY HELP
August 04, 2011
Two well-known billionaires are helping to launch a new program designed to lift black and Latino men out of poverty. The Young Men’s Initiative is a bold new program that overhauls how government interacts with young black and Latino men by, among other things, establishing job recruitment centers and fatherhood classes in public housing. “This can be a game-changer,†said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “We can take ourselves to a new level ...
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Stunning Admissions In Katrina Shootings Case
June 29, 2011
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers allegedly fired on two black families on the Danziger Bridge. Two people died. Now the officers are on trial in a case that exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice ...
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CA Sheriff Criticized Over New Immigration Policy
May 31, 2011
The sheriff's new policy comes as the California Assembly approved a bill to revise the state's agreement on using the federal Secure Communities program. ...
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Hispanic Caucus Calls For Freeze On ICE Program
May 09, 2011
Lawmakers in Congress and in states throughout the country say ICE officials lied about program details and requirements at its early stages. ...
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Civil Rights Groups Question Changes To FL Voting Change
May 03, 2011
Under the proposed new rule, the clock automatically resets if an individual is arrested during this period, even if no charges are ultimately filed. ...
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Group Calls AZ Bill Signing "Misguided"
May 02, 2011
SB1406 would construct a state-sponsored border fence using private donations and inmate labor. "The law is prime for lawsuits." ...
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Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond To Keynote Wash. U. Reunion
March 31, 2011
We are fortunate to have Julian Bond as our conference keynote speaker, as his life is a testament to what is possible through hard work. ...
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Man Believes Race Played Role In His Conviction
March 30, 2011
"The stress of this wrongful conviction has dismantled my family, disgraced my ministry, demolished my reputation, credibility and business relationships." ...
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ACLU Calls For Swift Reform Of MS Drug Policy
March 28, 2011
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Fl Urged To Comply With Voting Rights Act
March 28, 2011
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Black Press Activist Recalls Rights Era Conviction
March 25, 2011
The Wilmington Ten were a group of civil rights activists who spent nearly a decade in jail after being convicted of arson and conspiracy in 1971. ...
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Native Amer Resistance Of 1800s Compared To "al Qaeda"
March 17, 2011
"It's intolerable that it the US would invoke and distort one of the darkest moments in American history to justify its failure." ...
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Rights Icon To Keynote Washington Univ. Alumni Reunion
March 15, 2011
"We are fortunate to have Julian Bond as our conference keynote speaker, as his life is a testament to what is possible through hard work." ...
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Mass Incarceration Labelled The New 'Jim Crow'
March 14, 2011
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FL Changes Clemency Rules
March 10, 2011
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Former Inmates Rally For Civil Rights
March 01, 2011
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Immigration Policy Hearing Held In DC
March 01, 2011
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Black History Museum Presents Harriet Tubman
February 23, 2011
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Civic Leaders Call For End To Haiti Deportations
February 08, 2011
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ACLU Calls For Suspension Of Haitian Deportations
January 27, 2011
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Fight Against Gun Violence
January 24, 2011
“The time has clearly come to finally fulfill the intent of the common sense gun law passed after the 1968 assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr." ...
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FBI Touts Successful Gang Enforcement
January 19, 2011
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Some Colleges Hold Past Against Student's Future
January 13, 2011
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7yr Sentence For Former Hip Hop Artist Of The Year
January 11, 2011
Nathan Burk a.k.a. "Kenny Mack" has recorded a number of albums and was named the Artist of the Year at the West Coast Hip Hop Awards in 2009. ...
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Groups Fight Deportations To Haiti
January 07, 2011
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