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5/19/2008 - Four Philly Cops Fired After Beating of 3 African American Males
On May 5, a television news helicopter captured footage of more than a
dozen predominantly white police officers pulling three African-
American men out of a car after a pursuit. The video footage shows the
officers kicking, punching and striking the suspects with batons while
the men lie restrained on the ground. Two of the men were struck at
least 20 times each.
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5/12/2008 - Shelia Jones: 911 Operator Comments Spark Outrage
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When you call 911 you hope you're talking to
someone who cares about what happens to you. But an exclusive
NewsChannel 5 investigation uncovered a shocking 911 emergency where
the exact opposite happened.
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Landmark Settlement Reached With Maryland State Police In "Driving While Black" Case
4/2/2008 - Click here for full story.
Charges Dismissed Against Reporter Who Was Victim of NYPD Racial Profiling as Figures Show Hundreds of Thousands of Innocent Black New Yorkers Were Stopped-and-Frisked in 2007
02/13/2008 - NEW YORK - A Bronx Criminal Court judge has dismissed charges against
a black New York Post reporter who was the victim of racial profiling
by NYPD officers. The dismissal came on the same day that the NYPD
quietly released figures showing that police made nearly half a
million stops in 2007, most of which were of black and Latino New
Yorkers.
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Where is the Justice for Sean Bell?
A day after three New York police detectives were acquitted on all counts in the case of Sean Bell -- an unarmed man killed in a hail of 50 police gunshots -- his fiancee told supporters that the justice system let her down.
"On April 25, 2008, they killed Sean all over again," Nicole Paultre Bell told supporters at a rally organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton. "That's what it felt like to us," she said Saturday. "Yesterday, they -- the justice system -- let me down. I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I'm still praying for justice, because it's not over. It's far from over."
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Injustice in Louisana: The Case of the Jena Six
The Jena Six refers to a group of six black teenagers who have been
charged with the beating of a white teenager at Jena High School in
Jena, Louisiana, United States, on December 4, 2006. The six black
students were initially charged with attempted second degree murder
and conspiracy to commit second degree murder. The beating followed a
number of racially-charged incidents in the town, which began when
three white students hung nooses from a tree at Jena High school the
day after a black student asked if he and his friends could sit under
the tree.
Mychal Bell, the only member of the "Jena Six" to be tried so far, has
had his convictions set aside, one by the trial judge and the other by
the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal. Both convictions were
overturned on the grounds that the defendant should have been tried as
a juvenile, not as an adult, because he was sixteen when the incident
occurred. Bell was incarcerated for almost 10 months, before being
released on September 27, 2007, after bail was posted on his behalf.
The District Attorney has indicated he does not plan to appeal
further, meaning that Bell will be tried as a juvenile.
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Torture in West Virginia: Megan Williams
While our country mourns those lost during the terror attacks of
September 11, 2001, a young woman lays in the hospital severely
traumatized after being tortured and held captive for 6 days in a West
Virginia home. This young woman went missing from her home for days,
but there was no national coverage of her disappearance. Why it is
some cases get more coverage than others?
The victim is a 20 year old black woman named Megan Williams. Her
captors are no strangers to the Logan County criminal justice system.
Frankie Brewster, her son Bobbie R. Brewster, Danny J. Combs, Karen
Burton, her daughter Alisha Burton and George A. Messer have all been
arrested in connection to the brutality towards Megan Williams. The
FBI has been consulted as to whether or not to handle this as a hate
crime being that the accused are all white.
According to CNN.com an anonymous tip about a young woman being held
against her will lead police to 49 year old Frankie Brewster's
trailer. There police found Megan Williams with black eyes, stab
wounds and part of her hair pulled out. Ms. Williams' tells police her
captors forced her to eat dog and rat feces. She was made to drink
from a toilet.
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