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“This fight is not about what we can do to stop people from being criminals…it is about what happens when those people are already within the criminal justice system and cannot afford an OJ-style legal Dream Team”
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“White House’s recent offer to let National Public Radio analyst Juan Williams interview Bush about race relations — and NPR management’s insistence that they should get to choose who conducted the interview.”
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See if you can spot the “culturally specific look.” “The Beaverton-based company says the Air Native N7 is designed with a larger fit for the distinct foot shape of American Indians, and has a culturally specific look.”
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“he lied about LAPD involvement in the Smalls slaying as part of a “scam” concocted by two other convicts to squeeze a large monetary settlement out of the city.”
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“Websites with anti-Jena 6 rally messages on them are popping up all over the net.
One man is selling nooses for ten dollars each while another has listed all of the names of the Jena 6 teenagers”
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“One of Bollywood’s biggest film stars is being criticised by Asian campaigners for promoting a skin-lightening cream - a product that is now on the shelves of British shops.”
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“DeOnté Rawlings, who was shot in the head after he allegedly fired a gun at the officer and an off-duty colleague. But authorities were unable to answer a question…If the youth had a gun, where is it?”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
hoo_boy wrote:
Re “Jena 6″: Keep in mind the Neo Nazi & white supremacist groups now profiting from violating the personal information of the defendants and their families (this was picked up by the Chicago Tribune and USA Today among others, but here’s to independent press to get better details)
http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=7546
Re Bush & Juan: NPR’s right to hold their ground, but it makes since for the WH to request him, thinking realistically,for a moment, about the senior national correspondents in NPR’s talent pool who are people of color with prior White House access that aren’t complete anti-Bush. It wasn’t unusual for Pres. Clinton to request NPR not use Mara Liasson (now also on Fox with Juan, hmm) given her supposed bias towards his administration. Parallel note: What Billary did to GQ recently in exchange for Clinton Africa coverage. She’ll make a good prez indeed.:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=67619&in_page_id=34
Posted 27 Sep 2007 at 7:39 am ¶
hoo_boy wrote:
Re DC Police shooting: Sad as this particular affair is– and knowing there’s usually more than a little bit of something involved in the various accounts of police shootings from family, community, witness, officer, and administration perspectives– I’m curious why this incident matters from a race POV– given the officer and victim and mayor are all Black.
There’s questionable protocol indeed, but it’s less tantalizing a officer-involved shooting than the current flap in Oakland with the two-timer shootin’ sergeant, profilin, bad Tasers, and alleged misconduct with the wrong suspect while subdued:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6966666
Posted 27 Sep 2007 at 9:12 am ¶
Undercover Black Man wrote:
“This fight is not about what we can do to stop people from being criminals…”
Umm… when is it gonna be about stopping people from becoming criminals? Twenty black men die in this country EVERY DAY from murder at the hands of other black people.
Blacks folks are 13 percent of the U.S. population… and commit half of all murders.
Murder is the No. 1 cause of death (by a significant margin) for black males between the ages of 15 and 34.
Why is this NOT perceived by the left as the greatest threat facing the black community today?
Posted 27 Sep 2007 at 12:59 pm ¶