According to a lawyer who has brought several cases against the State of New York, a recently issued U.S. Department of Justice report critical of four state-run juvenile detention facilities verifies within New...
"16-year-old raped by dad, uncle" "NAGPUR: The story of a pregnant 16-year-old girl, rescued by neighbours of Vandevi slums recently from the clutches of her 35-year-old father, brought to the fore the grotesque brutality she was made to undergo at home. She has been...
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and President Bill ClintonThe Cambridge Police Department has changed its story twice regarding where they got the information that the two people on Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s porch were Blacks. As reported here yesterday, they first said the...
opinion by francislholland | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 247 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr Arrested for Demanding Officer's Name and Badge NumberThe afrosphere is very much abuzz with conversation about the arrest and release without charges of Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by the Cambridge Police Department. But, there are many who...
opinion by francislholland | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 226 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
A couple of days ago, President Barack Obama whacked a beehive of public opinion on which Black and white voters often disagree by twenty points or more: the degree to which skin color of suspects determines the behavior of police in the United Staes of America. As I...
opinion by francislholland | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago 169 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
" Washington - The United States has rescinded invitations to Iranian officials to attend embassy festivities marking American independence, following the violent crackdown against protestors. White House...
Police seem to enjoy tasing senior citizens these days. There was the story of the 83-year-old man being tased by cops in his hospital bed, and now we have a great grandmother being tased in Texas."Travis...
Simon Everitt was only 17 when three people tied him to a tree, poured gas down his throat, and set him on fire, all in a re-enactment of a horrr movie scene from 'Severance'. Today, the three people responsible were found guilty and awaiting sentencing. Maria Chandler, 40,...
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" Author, Connie McLeodDoes this headline make you angry…it should. And if you are righteously angry about children being raped over and over, night after night, for a profit of 9.5 billion a year, making human...
OH sure, what does Cheney care? He's leaving office and moving to Europe. What does he care if he starts a US war with Russia? Even McCain in his acceptance speech said things to indicate he will take on Russia AND Iran as well."(CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney harshly...
"14-year old Darell Briggs came home to his mother with stitches and a cast after police mistook the young teen reportedly for a 21 year-old suspect at a bus stop."
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Church leaders have asked for UN intervention over constant harassment in Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe government has been accused of targetting Angical Christians and involved in murderous, state...
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"A wave of horrifying violence has swept the townships around Johannesburg in the past week, The Globe and Mail's Stephanie Nolen reported in an article Tuesday Xenophobic rage explodes in South Africa. At least 22 people are dead, hundreds injured and an estimated 4,000...
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UPDATE: May 7, 5:30p.m. Police officers identified from videotape have been removed from street duties."Six Philadelphia policeman were removed from street duties after being captured on videotape...
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The reaction to the news that the policemen who killed Sean Bell had been acquitted, was one of anger, disappointment, and frustration."The wail that came up from the crowd was as if they heard that Sean Bell...
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