A veteran South Carolina state trooper was fired today for shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic stop, following a nationwide spate of police shootings of black people that made headlines and provoked demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, and other places. Trooper Sean Groubert, 31, pulled [...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’
September 25th, 2014 - 9:02 am § in Misc.
White SC Trooper Charged For Shooting Unarmed Black Man During Routine License Check
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[...]
September 2nd, 2014 - 9:57 pm § in Misc.
South Carolina still doesn’t get it …
Chase Culpepper, 16, dresses and wears makeup like a girl. But South Carolina’s DMV won’t let him take a driver’s license photo that way because of a policy prohibiting license applicants from “purposely altering his or her appearance.” I assume this means South Carol[...]
August 21st, 2014 - 12:07 am § in Misc.
South Carolina is less corrupt than Mississippi!
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August 18th, 2014 - 12:16 pm § in Misc.
Why Obama won’t be impeached (and what’s in South Carolina’s drinking water?)
From Buzz Feed News: “A Republican congressman says President Obama wants nothing more than for the Republican House to start impeachment proceedings against him. ‘Believe me, let’s make one thing perfectly clear,’ said Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina in a radio interview with WQSC 1340[...]
July 19th, 2014 - 8:00 am § in Misc.
Black South Carolina University Can Not Pay its Bills
A South Carolina “traditionally black state school” is unable to pat y its bills. S.C. State has accumulated a a $13.6 million deficit over eight years as the school borrowed money from a community grant program to pay bills. State budget leaders loaned the school $6 million to pay bi[...]
July 6th, 2014 - 12:26 am § in Misc.
July 4: How South Carolina BBQ Got Mentioned In The Hobby Lobby Case
Justice Ginsburg mentioned South Carolina BBQ in her minority decision referring to the Piggie Park Chain. The owner, Maurice Bessinger said “ I want to be known as a hard-working, Christian man that loves God and wants to further (God’s) work throughout the world as I have been doing throug[...]
June 30th, 2014 - 12:41 am § in America
South Carolina: Is there hope?
Poll shows SC Gov. Nikki Haley with narrow lead over challenger Haley campaign spokesman Rob Godfrey said the poll was a ploy for campaign donations for Sheheen. The poll, run by a pro Democratic group, asked two questions as well as asking about the race for governor: “Does Nikki Haley’s refusa[...]
June 29th, 2014 - 10:58 pm § in Uncategorized
South Carolina makes another list!
Wow .. this time SC is only the 40th worst state in the USA The Palmetto state is # 10 on the states with the most gun deaths in the US! Way above such topics du jour as Illinois! Here are the bottom 10: South Carolina New Mexico Alabama Arkansas Montanta Oklahoma Wyoming Alaska Mississippi L[...]
June 24th, 2014 - 9:08 am § in Misc.
Gun Raffles Spread: From South Carolina to New York and Now WASTATE
Former Redskins Player Running for Office Hopes to Sway Voters with Gun Giveaway Sunday, I wrote about the KKK in my sister’s home state of South Carolina, one huge reason I am glad not to live there. Well, maybe I misjudged, fetid politics from the confederacy seems to be spilling over to m[...]