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Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
July 10th, 2015 - 11:55 am § in Uncategorized
Confederates finally surrender and haul down their flag in South Carolina
https://youtu.be/bi5rCgHkkmo But some diehards are expected to continue holding out in the hills and hollows. [...]
July 9th, 2015 - 3:52 pm § in Uncategorized
How a Minnesota (ex) firefighter celebrated July 4
https://youtu.be/WHrJniRSmUE What we have in this video is a firefighter who decided to make a personal statement by hanging a Confederate flag from a city fire truck in the city’s July 4 parade without clearing it with his boss first. This loose cannon is now an ex-firefighter. Meanwhile, [...]
July 9th, 2015 - 8:46 am § in Uncategorized
What that flag actually means
Deleting the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s capitol grounds decor is a done deal, now that both houses of the legislature have approved its removal by the requisite 2/3 vote, although not without much whining by some Republicans. (Note: giving credit where it’s due, it took Repub[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 4:04 pm § in America
Muslims raise $$$ to rebuild black churches
“Several black churches across the South have burned in recent weeks …. The destruction of these black churches inspired a group of young Muslims from different parts of the country to put together a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to rebuild them. Faatimah Knight, a 23-year-old[...]
July 8th, 2015 - 1:56 pm § in Uncategorized
Freddie Gray case police boss fired
Baltimore police commissioner Anthony Batts was sacked by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake today, CBS News reports. A deputy commissioner will temporarily replace him. Batts was responsible for supervising the Baltimore police department when Freddie Gray, a black man, was killed in police custody. Gr[...]
July 6th, 2015 - 1:44 pm § in Uncategorized
South Carolina’s senate votes to remove that flag
The South Carolina senate voted 37-3 today to remove the Confederate flag flying over the capitol grounds (see photo at left). If two-thirds of the state House votes tomorrow to remove it, as is expected, the flag will come down as soon as Gov. Nikki Haley signs the bill, which she has said she inte[...]
July 3rd, 2015 - 1:38 pm § in Uncategorized
California cops turn anti-lynching law upside down
This legislation can only be viewed as a rebuke of California’s police bullies. Until yesterday, the California penal code applied the term “lynching” to the crime of trying to seize someone from police custody. Now, the legislature and governor have removed that term from the [...]
June 30th, 2015 - 7:27 am § in Uncategorized
Dispute over South Carolina’s confederate flag turns physical
A brawl erupted at the confederate flag display on South Carolina’s capitol grounds Monday evening, with opposing demonstrators trading punches, but there were no serious injuries, media sources report. The melee started when a convoy of vehicles displaying confederate flags went to the monume[...]
June 30th, 2015 - 7:12 am § in Schools & Colleges
School district to pay $4.5 million for anti-Semitic bullying
An upstate New York school district that failed to prevent bullying of Jewish students has agreed to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in 2012 for $4.48 million, which means each of the five plaintiffs will get $600,000 after attorney fees. The students were subjected to slurs, Nazi salute[...]