A lawsuit filed by the ACLU against the city of Yakima on behalf of Hispanic voters is working its way through a federal court. The Seattle Times reported when the lawsuit was filed in 2012 that “Yakima has more than 91,000 residents, and its population is 41 percent Hispanic. No Latino has ev[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
September 28th, 2014 - 10:19 pm § in America
South Carolina: Cop Shoots Man for Seatbelt Violation
South Carolina state trooper Sean Groubert asked Levar Jones, an unarmed black man, for his license. When Jones reached for the very thing the officer asked for, Groubert opened fire on him.[...]
September 18th, 2014 - 10:25 am § in Hypocrisy
How To Avoid Being Shot By Police
It’s easy. Don’t be black. Be white, and preferably rich, too. From a Sept. 6 news report: “A 19-year-old former high school field hockey star plowed her BMW into three cars, left the scene of the accidents and kicked a police officer in the head before being apprehended in B[...]
September 14th, 2014 - 2:47 pm § in Misc.
Even celebrities get profiled and harassed by L.A.’s racist cops
Actress Danielle Watts, who is black, kissed her boyfriend — celebrity chef Brian Lucas aka Cheffy Be*Live — in public. It got them arrested by Los Angeles cops who assumed any black woman who kisses a white man must be a prostitute. http://handbill.us/wp-admin/post-new.php This will b[...]
September 9th, 2014 - 8:27 am § in Misc.
America’s corrupt small towns and their predatory shakedown rackets
Are you leery of small town cops? For many people, the phrase provokes nervous jitters about speed traps, police harassment, etc. When Michael Brown was gunned down by a Ferguson cop last month, he was in all likelihood walking away from a jaywalking ticket. He probably got mouthy, and may have scuf[...]
September 6th, 2014 - 10:22 pm § in Politics
North Carolina GOP’s ‘Oops’ Moment
In 2010, the North Carolina GOP defeated a Democratic state legislator with a campaign flyer featuring mugshots of two black death row inmates and warning voters these “killers” might be “moving into your neighborhood sometime soon” because the legislator had “voted to [...]
September 5th, 2014 - 3:29 pm § in Misc.
Charlotte Police Arrest Black Activist For Distributing Leaflets At Rally
ThinkProgress reports that Charlotte police arrested a black activist for putting voting rights leaflets on parked cars at a public park where a Labor Day rally was being held. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/09/02/3477768/police-arrest-young-black-politician-at-moral-mondays-rally/ Umm, c[...]