Archive for the ‘racism’ Category

Judge removed from ‘Jena Six’ trials

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. had acknowledged calling the teens "trouble makers" and "a violent bunch" but insisted he could be impartial. Judge Thomas M. Yeager, who was asked by defense attorneys to review the case, found there was an appearance of impropriety and recused Mauffray.Read the full story

Caught on tape: Hospital patient left to die

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Happened in Brooklyn - The video shows the 49-year-old woman keeling over and falling out of her chair on June 19 and lying facedown on the floor, then thrashing before going still. About an hour passed before someone realized what was happening and tried to help.Read the full story

Clinton: Playing the race card? - First Read - msnbc.com

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Hillary's comments were disgusting and racist. The Daily Show covered it here. " 'I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,' she told USA Today in an interview published yesterday. She referred to an Associated Press story on Indiana and North Carolina exit polls 'that found how ...

Don Imus returns to airwaves

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Imus’ lineup of guests featured two presidential hopefuls, Democrat Chris Dodd and Republican John McCain. As he did several times in the days after the episode, Imus condemned his controversial remark last spring and said he had learned his lesson. Read the full story

Teenage girl beaten by school security guard

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

The girl, 16 year-old Pleajhai Mervin, was subsequently expelled and arrested for littering and battery. Because as you can clearly see from the video still above, this teenage girl was battering the **** out a full grown, beefy security guard. Uh huh. Read the full story

Thompson Refuses To Debate At Historically Black College on The Huffington Post

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Open racism in the GOP: "When you tell every black and brown request that you get throughout the primary process that 'no, there's a scheduling problem.' That's a pattern... Are we really supposed to believe that all four of these guys couldn't make it because of scheduling?"Read the full story

Local High court rejects school integration plans

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The court split, 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts announcing the court's judgment. The court's four liberal justices dissented. "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race," Roberts said.Read the full story