Lilly Ledbetter A Goodyear tire worker from Alabama has
had her case of discrimination against the company reduced
because the majority justices said she did not file her case
within the 180 day limit. Again this current panel of justices
has rolled back the clock on civil rights issues. And once more
Justice Ruth Ginsburg has taken her co-workers to task. What
do think about this current ruling?
A divided Supreme Court today ruled that workers may not sue their employers for unequal pay because of discrimination that may have occurred years earlier.
The court ruled 5-4 that Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a tire plant in Gadsden, Ala., did not file her lawsuit against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in the timely manner specified by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
A jury had originally awarded her more than $3.5 million because it found it "more likely than not" that sex discrimination during her 19-year career led to her being paid substantially less than her male counterparts.
An appeals court reversed, saying the law requires the suit be filed within 180 days "after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred," and Ledbetter couldn't prove discrimination within that time period. She had argued that she was discriminated against throughout her career and each paycheck that was less because of discrimination was a new violation.
The conservative majority of the court disagreed, and upheld the appeals court.
"Current effects alone can't breathe life into prior, uncharged discrimination," Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote for the majority. He was joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, a former head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
"We apply the statute as written, and this means that any unlawful employment practice, including those involving compensation, must be presented . . . within the period prescribed by the statute."
Alito said employers should not have to defend themselves against complaints of bias from the distant past. The "short deadline" contained in the law, Alito wrote, "reflects Congress's strong preference for the prompt resolution of employment discrimination allegations through voluntary conciliation and cooperation."
The opinion drew a rebuke from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court's only woman, who said
"Title VII was meant to govern real-world employment practices, and that world is what the court today ignores."
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Young American Muslims Agree With Sucide Bombings
Today we look at another type of black youth in America,
The youth of Islam. In a poll conductedby Pew research
you may find the results shocking. This poll was not
conducted in the middle east but right here in our very
own back yard. So now justimagine how much higher
the numbers go as you move away from the good ole
US of A. After readingthe article below you might be
a little disturbed so feel free to vent.
One in four younger Muslims in the United States believes suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified in at least some circumstances, although nearly 80% of all Muslim Americans say such attacks are never acceptable, and most are critical of Al Qaeda, according to a nationwide poll released today. The study, by the Pew Research Center, paints a picture of a richly diverse, complex and still largely immigrant community that for the most part has blended comfortably into American life.
Most Muslim Americans are moderate, mainstream and middle class, the study shows. They are largely assimilated, happy with their lives and have adopted such core American values as a belief that hard work will lead to success. And their income and educational levels are comparable with most Americans. In a conference call today from Washington, D.C., Pew Research Center director Andrew Kohut said that the support for suicide bombings--although limited--was one of the few trouble spots the study found in an overwhelmingly positive portrait of the U.S. Muslim community.
Overall, 78% of Muslim Americans said suicide bombings of, such support is far lower than among Muslims in many other nations, including in several Western European countries.This
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The youth of Islam. In a poll conductedby Pew research
you may find the results shocking. This poll was not
conducted in the middle east but right here in our very
own back yard. So now justimagine how much higher
the numbers go as you move away from the good ole
US of A. After readingthe article below you might be
a little disturbed so feel free to vent.
One in four younger Muslims in the United States believes suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified in at least some circumstances, although nearly 80% of all Muslim Americans say such attacks are never acceptable, and most are critical of Al Qaeda, according to a nationwide poll released today. The study, by the Pew Research Center, paints a picture of a richly diverse, complex and still largely immigrant community that for the most part has blended comfortably into American life.
Most Muslim Americans are moderate, mainstream and middle class, the study shows. They are largely assimilated, happy with their lives and have adopted such core American values as a belief that hard work will lead to success. And their income and educational levels are comparable with most Americans. In a conference call today from Washington, D.C., Pew Research Center director Andrew Kohut said that the support for suicide bombings--although limited--was one of the few trouble spots the study found in an overwhelmingly positive portrait of the U.S. Muslim community.
Overall, 78% of Muslim Americans said suicide bombings of, such support is far lower than among Muslims in many other nations, including in several Western European countries.This
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The Price Of Life To A Young Black Man
Today and tomorrow we will look at how todays youths
feel and value life. Today we examine the way American
black males put such a low premium on life. The author
of this story breaks down how todays black youth justifies
the devaluation of his and others blacks lives. After reading
we strongly urge you to comment.
The senseless and heartbreaking murder of Blair Holt 10 days ago drew community rage and made headline news only because Holt was an exemplary honor student at Julian High School and, in keeping with the type of person he was, he died protecting another friend when the gunplay on the bus started. As a former South Side resident, I know that violence all too tragically claims the lives of far too many young black men such as Holt.
The other tragedy is that while black-on-black murders may be a non-story, black homicides fuel the nation's murder surge. Last February, the Violence Policy Center reported that black murders are off the chart in many of America's big cities.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics in its report on homicides went one better and found that the black murder rate is many times higher than that of whites, or even Latinos. In fact, it's the leading cause of death among black males age 16 to 34.
By contrast, among white men, murder drops to No. 5 after accidents, suicide, cancer and heart disease as a cause of death. More police, dozens of new prisons and tougher laws haven't curbed black violence. And they won't. Blacks don't slaughter each other at such a terrifying rate because they are naturally violent or crime prone. They are not killing each other simply because they are poor and victimized by discrimination. Or because they are acting out the obscene and lewd violence they see and hear on TV, in films and in the gangster rap lyrics that blare on the streets.
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feel and value life. Today we examine the way American
black males put such a low premium on life. The author
of this story breaks down how todays black youth justifies
the devaluation of his and others blacks lives. After reading
we strongly urge you to comment.
The senseless and heartbreaking murder of Blair Holt 10 days ago drew community rage and made headline news only because Holt was an exemplary honor student at Julian High School and, in keeping with the type of person he was, he died protecting another friend when the gunplay on the bus started. As a former South Side resident, I know that violence all too tragically claims the lives of far too many young black men such as Holt.
The other tragedy is that while black-on-black murders may be a non-story, black homicides fuel the nation's murder surge. Last February, the Violence Policy Center reported that black murders are off the chart in many of America's big cities.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics in its report on homicides went one better and found that the black murder rate is many times higher than that of whites, or even Latinos. In fact, it's the leading cause of death among black males age 16 to 34.
By contrast, among white men, murder drops to No. 5 after accidents, suicide, cancer and heart disease as a cause of death. More police, dozens of new prisons and tougher laws haven't curbed black violence. And they won't. Blacks don't slaughter each other at such a terrifying rate because they are naturally violent or crime prone. They are not killing each other simply because they are poor and victimized by discrimination. Or because they are acting out the obscene and lewd violence they see and hear on TV, in films and in the gangster rap lyrics that blare on the streets.
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Young American Muslims Agree With Sucide Bombings
Today we look at another type of black youth in
America, The youth of Islam. In a poll conducted
by Pew research you may find the results shocking.
This poll was not conducted in the middle east but
right here in our very own back yard. So now just
imagine how much higher the numbers go as you
move away from the good ole US of A. After reading
the article below you might be a little disturbed so
feel free to vent.
One in four younger Muslims in the United States believes suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified in at least some circumstances, although nearly 80% of all Muslim Americans say such attacks are never acceptable, and most are critical of Al Qaeda, according to a nationwide poll released today. The study, by the Pew Research Center, paints a picture of a richly diverse, complex and still largely immigrant community that for the most part has blended comfortably into American life.
Most Muslim Americans are moderate, mainstream and middle class, the study shows. They are largely assimilated, happy with their lives and have adopted such core American values as a belief that hard work will lead to success. And their income and educational levels are comparable with most Americans. In a conference call today from Washington, D.C., Pew Research Center director Andrew Kohut said that the support for suicide bombings--although limited--was one of the few trouble spots the study found in an overwhelmingly positive portrait of the U.S. Muslim community.
Overall, 78% of Muslim Americans said suicide bombings of civilian targets to defend Islam cannot be justified; 13% say they can be, in some circumstances. The view is strongest among those younger than 30, but for all Muslim Americans, such support is far lower than among Muslims in many other nations, including in several Western European countries.
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America, The youth of Islam. In a poll conducted
by Pew research you may find the results shocking.
This poll was not conducted in the middle east but
right here in our very own back yard. So now just
imagine how much higher the numbers go as you
move away from the good ole US of A. After reading
the article below you might be a little disturbed so
feel free to vent.
One in four younger Muslims in the United States believes suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified in at least some circumstances, although nearly 80% of all Muslim Americans say such attacks are never acceptable, and most are critical of Al Qaeda, according to a nationwide poll released today. The study, by the Pew Research Center, paints a picture of a richly diverse, complex and still largely immigrant community that for the most part has blended comfortably into American life.
Most Muslim Americans are moderate, mainstream and middle class, the study shows. They are largely assimilated, happy with their lives and have adopted such core American values as a belief that hard work will lead to success. And their income and educational levels are comparable with most Americans. In a conference call today from Washington, D.C., Pew Research Center director Andrew Kohut said that the support for suicide bombings--although limited--was one of the few trouble spots the study found in an overwhelmingly positive portrait of the U.S. Muslim community.
Overall, 78% of Muslim Americans said suicide bombings of civilian targets to defend Islam cannot be justified; 13% say they can be, in some circumstances. The view is strongest among those younger than 30, but for all Muslim Americans, such support is far lower than among Muslims in many other nations, including in several Western European countries.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
From Gang Member To Union Member
Looks as if a new trend is in for LA Gangster.
Seem that some of them have given up their
gang memberships for union cards. The story
below tells how it is possible leave the gang
behind. Check it out.
Shortly after his release from prison four years ago, Julio Silva entered the apprenticeship program in the Ironworkers Union Local 433 in La Palma.To his alarm, he learned that ironworkers called all first-year apprentices "punk."He had been an East Los Angeles gang member, a drug user, and a car burglar in and out of jail. In that world, a "punk" was someone's prison sex slave.
But Silva tried not to let it bother him. The more he worked at his new job, the more his skills improved. Ironwork became the one legal thing he had done well. It also paid $29 an hour, plus benefits.Glimpsing a future, Silva's desire to do drugs was replaced by his determination to master the use of sleever bars and spud crescents.After Silva's first year on the job, the ironworkers simply called him Julio."I never thought my history would allow me to have something more than $7 an hour," said Silva, 37.
"I don't see this happening nowhere else but in the union. It's given me the best opportunity of my life."Silva is among a large and growing number of Southern California gang members who have joined building-trade unions over the last decade as construction work has boomed. These good-paying jobs were once reserved for those with family connections, as fathers recruited sons.But today, beset by nonunion competition and an aging membership, unions have stepped up recruitment in minority enclaves where many young men have criminal pasts. Now homeboy recruits homeboy.
Members of Dog-patch, in Bellflower, and West Side Wilmas, in Wilmington, are in the Ironworker Union Locals 416 and 433. Members of the 204th Street gang in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles are in the Sheet Metal Workers Local 105. And members of the South Side 18th Street Tiny Diablos are Teamsters.
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Seem that some of them have given up their
gang memberships for union cards. The story
below tells how it is possible leave the gang
behind. Check it out.
Shortly after his release from prison four years ago, Julio Silva entered the apprenticeship program in the Ironworkers Union Local 433 in La Palma.To his alarm, he learned that ironworkers called all first-year apprentices "punk."He had been an East Los Angeles gang member, a drug user, and a car burglar in and out of jail. In that world, a "punk" was someone's prison sex slave.
But Silva tried not to let it bother him. The more he worked at his new job, the more his skills improved. Ironwork became the one legal thing he had done well. It also paid $29 an hour, plus benefits.Glimpsing a future, Silva's desire to do drugs was replaced by his determination to master the use of sleever bars and spud crescents.After Silva's first year on the job, the ironworkers simply called him Julio."I never thought my history would allow me to have something more than $7 an hour," said Silva, 37.
"I don't see this happening nowhere else but in the union. It's given me the best opportunity of my life."Silva is among a large and growing number of Southern California gang members who have joined building-trade unions over the last decade as construction work has boomed. These good-paying jobs were once reserved for those with family connections, as fathers recruited sons.But today, beset by nonunion competition and an aging membership, unions have stepped up recruitment in minority enclaves where many young men have criminal pasts. Now homeboy recruits homeboy.
Members of Dog-patch, in Bellflower, and West Side Wilmas, in Wilmington, are in the Ironworker Union Locals 416 and 433. Members of the 204th Street gang in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles are in the Sheet Metal Workers Local 105. And members of the South Side 18th Street Tiny Diablos are Teamsters.
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Friday, May 18, 2007
Freedom Of Speech Threatened ?
Since 911 the Bush administration has decided
that certain liberties can be taken away from us
in the name of national security. The article
below disputes such claims and after you have
read it you to may feel free to comment.
In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason. But losing that most precious of all rights means losing our freedom that 18th century French philosopher Voltaire spoke in defense of saying "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Using it to express dissent is what noted historian Howard Zinn calls "the highest form of patriotism" exercising our constitutional right to freedom of speech, the press, to assemble, to protest publicly, and associate as we choose for any reason within the law.
Even then, there are times more forceful action is needed, and Thomas Jefferson explained under what circumstances in the Declaration of Independence he authored. When bad government destroys our freedoms, we the people have the right and duty to disobey civilly and resist. Henry David Thoreau called it "Civil Obedience" in 1849, and men like Gandhi and Martin Luther King practiced it successfully 100 years later. That's our challenge today at a time our constitutional rights are more compromised and threatened than at any previous time in our history. Resistance is the antidote to restoring them, and freedom-loving people have a duty and obligation to do it.
That's what democracy is all about and what our Founders had in mind when they crafted what they called "the great (democratic) experiment" that became our Constitution and Bill of Rights, imperfect as they are with omissions and ambiguities. In words first written by Thomas Jefferson, they "declared their independence" in 1776 from the British king who ruled the colonies with "repeated injuries and usurpations (by his) absolute Tyranny" using language considered audacious then or now:
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that certain liberties can be taken away from us
in the name of national security. The article
below disputes such claims and after you have
read it you to may feel free to comment.
In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason. But losing that most precious of all rights means losing our freedom that 18th century French philosopher Voltaire spoke in defense of saying "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Using it to express dissent is what noted historian Howard Zinn calls "the highest form of patriotism" exercising our constitutional right to freedom of speech, the press, to assemble, to protest publicly, and associate as we choose for any reason within the law.
Even then, there are times more forceful action is needed, and Thomas Jefferson explained under what circumstances in the Declaration of Independence he authored. When bad government destroys our freedoms, we the people have the right and duty to disobey civilly and resist. Henry David Thoreau called it "Civil Obedience" in 1849, and men like Gandhi and Martin Luther King practiced it successfully 100 years later. That's our challenge today at a time our constitutional rights are more compromised and threatened than at any previous time in our history. Resistance is the antidote to restoring them, and freedom-loving people have a duty and obligation to do it.
That's what democracy is all about and what our Founders had in mind when they crafted what they called "the great (democratic) experiment" that became our Constitution and Bill of Rights, imperfect as they are with omissions and ambiguities. In words first written by Thomas Jefferson, they "declared their independence" in 1776 from the British king who ruled the colonies with "repeated injuries and usurpations (by his) absolute Tyranny" using language considered audacious then or now:
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Still Hot As Fish Grease
O.J. Simpson moved to Florida to get away from the BS.
But he also better remember that he's in the south and those
white folks are still a little sensitive about the Civil War. It
seems that he's just been reminded that he has not been
forgiven for his aquittal in his murder case. So my advice
to him is just remember that your in the south and those
folks aren't likely to ever forget. Check out the article and
feel free to offer up your advice to O.J.
*O.J. Simpson was tossed out of a posh steakhouse in Louisville, Kentucky Friday night because the owner is still disgusted by his behavior following his 1995 acquittal of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.
"I didn't want to serve him because of my convictions of what he's done to those families," said the restaurant’s owner, Jeff Ruby. "The way he continues to torture the lives of those families ... with his behavior, attitude and conduct."
Simpson, who was in town for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, came to Jeff Ruby Louisville with a group of about 12 Friday night and was seated at a table in the back. When a customer came up to Ruby and acted “giddy” over seeing Simpson, Ruby said he’d had enough.
"I didn't want that experience in my restaurant," Ruby said, later adding that seeing Simpson get so much attention "makes me sick to my stomach.
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But he also better remember that he's in the south and those
white folks are still a little sensitive about the Civil War. It
seems that he's just been reminded that he has not been
forgiven for his aquittal in his murder case. So my advice
to him is just remember that your in the south and those
folks aren't likely to ever forget. Check out the article and
feel free to offer up your advice to O.J.
*O.J. Simpson was tossed out of a posh steakhouse in Louisville, Kentucky Friday night because the owner is still disgusted by his behavior following his 1995 acquittal of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.
"I didn't want to serve him because of my convictions of what he's done to those families," said the restaurant’s owner, Jeff Ruby. "The way he continues to torture the lives of those families ... with his behavior, attitude and conduct."
Simpson, who was in town for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, came to Jeff Ruby Louisville with a group of about 12 Friday night and was seated at a table in the back. When a customer came up to Ruby and acted “giddy” over seeing Simpson, Ruby said he’d had enough.
"I didn't want that experience in my restaurant," Ruby said, later adding that seeing Simpson get so much attention "makes me sick to my stomach.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
From The Mouths Of Babes
This here is voice that has been crying out for
the past two years at BET in hopes of being
heard. And as you probably know if you watch
BET her pleas for the channel to stop showing
videos that explote black women has fallen on
deaf ears. But check out the article and hear
what Ms Bourdreaux has to say and then
speak your mind.
A student at Atlanta’s Spelman College has started a letter-writing campaign in hopes of getting BET to reconsider airing videos that objectify women and depict them as nothing more than sexual objects.
Final Call.com recently ran an article that featured portions of the letter, written by Houston sophomore Angela Boudreaux and addressed to BET CEO Debra Lee. Boudreaux wrote:
"I am disgusted with images of black women in the media, particularly those provided by television and music videos. I can no longer tolerate the way women are portrayed and the disgusting way that BET perpetuates this behavior.
"I will never understand how a company that is supposed to be the voice for black people makes them look worse than any other organization in the world. Some of the videos that are played at BET can be classified as pornographic. The lyrics to the songs, with these outrageous videos, are just as alarming. Black women are all depicted as nothing but sexual objects and their only value stemming from various parts of their bodies.”
Boudreaux has been writing these kinds of letters to BET for the past two years in hopes of getting someone there to acknowledge the issue.
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the past two years at BET in hopes of being
heard. And as you probably know if you watch
BET her pleas for the channel to stop showing
videos that explote black women has fallen on
deaf ears. But check out the article and hear
what Ms Bourdreaux has to say and then
speak your mind.
A student at Atlanta’s Spelman College has started a letter-writing campaign in hopes of getting BET to reconsider airing videos that objectify women and depict them as nothing more than sexual objects.
Final Call.com recently ran an article that featured portions of the letter, written by Houston sophomore Angela Boudreaux and addressed to BET CEO Debra Lee. Boudreaux wrote:
"I am disgusted with images of black women in the media, particularly those provided by television and music videos. I can no longer tolerate the way women are portrayed and the disgusting way that BET perpetuates this behavior.
"I will never understand how a company that is supposed to be the voice for black people makes them look worse than any other organization in the world. Some of the videos that are played at BET can be classified as pornographic. The lyrics to the songs, with these outrageous videos, are just as alarming. Black women are all depicted as nothing but sexual objects and their only value stemming from various parts of their bodies.”
Boudreaux has been writing these kinds of letters to BET for the past two years in hopes of getting someone there to acknowledge the issue.
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Thursday, May 3, 2007
Man Wrongly Convicted Gets Paid
Herman Atkins spent 12 Riverside of his life behind bars for a crime
he didn't commit. He constantly said back then that he didn't do
yet he was convicted and sent away. Well he became the 69th
person to be exonerated because of DNA testing. Well it seems
that the detective that fabricated the evidence has moved on to
greener pastures in the form of onr of the nations top cops-the FBI.
And Riverside county as of yet has not addressed the issue.
Many people have been convicted on fabricated testimony and
evidence presented by those in law enforcement who have sworn
to uphold the law. How do you think this should be dealt with?
Finding that a sheriff's detective had falsified evidence, a federal jury in Los Angeles ordered Riverside County on Monday to pay $2 million to a man exonerated by DNA evidence after serving 12 years in prison for rape.The verdict came 19 years after Herman Atkins was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a 1986 rape and robbery in Lake Elsinore. Atkins steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2000, DNA tests conducted by Richmond, Calif., forensic scientist Edward Blake, and later confirmed by the FBI, eliminated Atkins as a source of semen found on the victim's sweater.
The actual rapist was never identified.Two years later, Atkins filed a civil damage suit alleging, among other things, that sheriff's Det. Danny Miller had fabricated evidence and withheld information that raised doubts about whether he committed the crime. Specifically, the attorneys said Miller submitted a statement attributed to a man named Eric Ingram. The statement said Ingram knew Atkins to be a gang member and that he had seen Atkins in the Lake Elsinore area in early April 1986.
The rape occurred April 8, 1986.In papers seeking an arrest warrant, Miller said Atkins "has been identified and linked to the Perris/Elsinore area by an uninvolved and therefore unbiased witness."Sixteen years later, after Atkins had been released from prison, a private investigator tracked down Ingram, who signed a sworn statement saying he did not know Atkins and had not told Miller he had seen Atkins in the vicinity of the crime.Atkins was represented in his fight to overturn his conviction by lawyers from the Innocence Project at Cardozo School of Law in New York. His civil lawyers, Peter Neufeld, co-director of the project, and Deborah Cornwall, of Cochran Neufeld & Scheck law firm, contended that evidence of the fabrication could have persuaded the jury to acquit their client.
The six-woman, two-man federal jury agreed, responding "yes" to a question on the official verdict form"Did Atkins prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Miller failed to disclose favorable information to the prosecutor; specifically that he fabricated the Ingram statement." Atkins, in an interview afterthe verdict, said he was pleased."When I was in prison, one thing that motivated me was something my grandmother often said to me. She said, 'A lie will die, but the truth lives on.' Today, Detective Miller's lies were not only exposed but put to rest, and the truth lives on as my grandmother said," he said.
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It's the 3-Hour Docudrama that
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he didn't commit. He constantly said back then that he didn't do
yet he was convicted and sent away. Well he became the 69th
person to be exonerated because of DNA testing. Well it seems
that the detective that fabricated the evidence has moved on to
greener pastures in the form of onr of the nations top cops-the FBI.
And Riverside county as of yet has not addressed the issue.
Many people have been convicted on fabricated testimony and
evidence presented by those in law enforcement who have sworn
to uphold the law. How do you think this should be dealt with?
Finding that a sheriff's detective had falsified evidence, a federal jury in Los Angeles ordered Riverside County on Monday to pay $2 million to a man exonerated by DNA evidence after serving 12 years in prison for rape.The verdict came 19 years after Herman Atkins was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a 1986 rape and robbery in Lake Elsinore. Atkins steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2000, DNA tests conducted by Richmond, Calif., forensic scientist Edward Blake, and later confirmed by the FBI, eliminated Atkins as a source of semen found on the victim's sweater.
The actual rapist was never identified.Two years later, Atkins filed a civil damage suit alleging, among other things, that sheriff's Det. Danny Miller had fabricated evidence and withheld information that raised doubts about whether he committed the crime. Specifically, the attorneys said Miller submitted a statement attributed to a man named Eric Ingram. The statement said Ingram knew Atkins to be a gang member and that he had seen Atkins in the Lake Elsinore area in early April 1986.
The rape occurred April 8, 1986.In papers seeking an arrest warrant, Miller said Atkins "has been identified and linked to the Perris/Elsinore area by an uninvolved and therefore unbiased witness."Sixteen years later, after Atkins had been released from prison, a private investigator tracked down Ingram, who signed a sworn statement saying he did not know Atkins and had not told Miller he had seen Atkins in the vicinity of the crime.Atkins was represented in his fight to overturn his conviction by lawyers from the Innocence Project at Cardozo School of Law in New York. His civil lawyers, Peter Neufeld, co-director of the project, and Deborah Cornwall, of Cochran Neufeld & Scheck law firm, contended that evidence of the fabrication could have persuaded the jury to acquit their client.
The six-woman, two-man federal jury agreed, responding "yes" to a question on the official verdict form"Did Atkins prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Miller failed to disclose favorable information to the prosecutor; specifically that he fabricated the Ingram statement." Atkins, in an interview afterthe verdict, said he was pleased."When I was in prison, one thing that motivated me was something my grandmother often said to me. She said, 'A lie will die, but the truth lives on.' Today, Detective Miller's lies were not only exposed but put to rest, and the truth lives on as my grandmother said," he said.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Before Robinson There Was Ray Kemp
Before Jackie Robinson there was Ray Kemp who
was one of two black players that played in the NFL.
Had the NFL had the clout then that it enjoys today
then Robinson may not have been considered the
first African-American to cross the color line in pro-
fessionl sports. Check out the article below and I'm
sure you'll find it as interesting as I did. Ray Kemp
payed a price to keeping the door open for todays
black players.
For black athletes, the integration of American sport and the struggle for acceptance by white teammates, coaches, and fans has never been an easy task. When Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he faced verbal abuse, dirty play, and hostile fans. Bill Willis and Marion Motley of the 1946 Cleveland Browns in the then-new All- American Football Conference were prohibited by state law from playing against the Seahawks at Miami, Florida, and were the targets of death threats.
Even Roberto Clemente, one of the first Spanish-speaking black Pirates, was vilified early in his career in the press and by the fans as being lazy and a malingerer. And every black athlete who integrated formerly all-white college teams had to deal with social ostracism and discrimination. Yet each faced these ordeals knowing that their actions would hold the door open for other black athletes to follow. Many were suc¬cessful and have subsequently been honored for the price they paid.
For Ray Kemp, the struggle was more difficult, the price higher, and the tangible rewards have been practically nonexistent. Kemp was a charter member of the Pittsburgh Steelers (then Pirates) when they entered the NFL in 1933. He was the only black Pirates player and only one of two black players in the entire NFL. His struggle took place in the heart of the Depression when economic conditions stimulated a rising tide of racism, and blacks and whites tended to separate into their own worlds.
Worse yet, Kemp's battle to maintain a foothold for black players in the NFL was a lonely struggle with few rewards in sight.
Ray Kemp graduated from Cecil High School in 1926. He worked in the coal mines around Cecil for one year before enrolling at Duquesne University.
Kemp's arrival at Duquesne coincided with that of Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary four horsemen, who had been hired to resurrect the Iron Dukes' struggling football program. Looking back at the first day of practice, Kemp recalled seeing only two other black players. Kemp said, "They were gone after my first year so I was the only black on the team. In fact, I can't remember even playing against another black player the whole four years I played at Duquesne."
Kemp, hardened and matured by his year in the mines, became a starter during his sophomore year, and by the end of his senior season received honorable mention on some All-American lists. Layden's coaching also succeeded beyond expectation. His 1928 team won eight of nine games, and his 1929 team finished the season undefeated. By 1931, Kemp's senior season, the Dukes had progressed to the point that they played national power Carnegie Tech in a postseason charity game.
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It's the 3-Hour Docudrama that
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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was one of two black players that played in the NFL.
Had the NFL had the clout then that it enjoys today
then Robinson may not have been considered the
first African-American to cross the color line in pro-
fessionl sports. Check out the article below and I'm
sure you'll find it as interesting as I did. Ray Kemp
payed a price to keeping the door open for todays
black players.
For black athletes, the integration of American sport and the struggle for acceptance by white teammates, coaches, and fans has never been an easy task. When Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he faced verbal abuse, dirty play, and hostile fans. Bill Willis and Marion Motley of the 1946 Cleveland Browns in the then-new All- American Football Conference were prohibited by state law from playing against the Seahawks at Miami, Florida, and were the targets of death threats.
Even Roberto Clemente, one of the first Spanish-speaking black Pirates, was vilified early in his career in the press and by the fans as being lazy and a malingerer. And every black athlete who integrated formerly all-white college teams had to deal with social ostracism and discrimination. Yet each faced these ordeals knowing that their actions would hold the door open for other black athletes to follow. Many were suc¬cessful and have subsequently been honored for the price they paid.
For Ray Kemp, the struggle was more difficult, the price higher, and the tangible rewards have been practically nonexistent. Kemp was a charter member of the Pittsburgh Steelers (then Pirates) when they entered the NFL in 1933. He was the only black Pirates player and only one of two black players in the entire NFL. His struggle took place in the heart of the Depression when economic conditions stimulated a rising tide of racism, and blacks and whites tended to separate into their own worlds.
Worse yet, Kemp's battle to maintain a foothold for black players in the NFL was a lonely struggle with few rewards in sight.
Ray Kemp graduated from Cecil High School in 1926. He worked in the coal mines around Cecil for one year before enrolling at Duquesne University.
Kemp's arrival at Duquesne coincided with that of Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary four horsemen, who had been hired to resurrect the Iron Dukes' struggling football program. Looking back at the first day of practice, Kemp recalled seeing only two other black players. Kemp said, "They were gone after my first year so I was the only black on the team. In fact, I can't remember even playing against another black player the whole four years I played at Duquesne."
Kemp, hardened and matured by his year in the mines, became a starter during his sophomore year, and by the end of his senior season received honorable mention on some All-American lists. Layden's coaching also succeeded beyond expectation. His 1928 team won eight of nine games, and his 1929 team finished the season undefeated. By 1931, Kemp's senior season, the Dukes had progressed to the point that they played national power Carnegie Tech in a postseason charity game.
This Article Continues Here
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It's the 3-Hour Docudrama that
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Man Wrongly Convicted Gets Paid
Herman Atkins spent 12 Riverside of his life behind bars for a crime
he didn't commit. He constantly said back then that he didn't do
yet he was convicted and sent away. Well he became the 69th
person to be exonerated because of DNA testing. Well it seems
that the detective that fabricated the evidence has moved on to
greener pastures in the form of onr of the nations top cops-the
FBI. And Riverside county as of yet has not addressed the issue.
Many people have been convicted on fabricated testimony and
evidence presented by those in law enforcement who have sworn
to uphold the law. How do you think this should be dealt with?
Finding that a sheriff's detective had falsified evidence, a federal jury in Los Angeles ordered Riverside County on Monday to pay $2 million to a man exonerated by DNA evidence after serving 12 years in prison for rape.The verdict came 19 years after Herman Atkins was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a 1986 rape and robbery in Lake Elsinore. Atkins steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2000, DNA tests conducted by Richmond, Calif., forensic scientist Edward Blake, and later confirmed by the FBI, eliminated Atkins as a source of semen found on the victim's sweater.
The actual rapist was never identified.Two years later, Atkins filed a civil damage suit alleging, among other things, that sheriff's Det. Danny Miller had fabricated evidence and withheld information that raised doubts about whether he committed the crime.Specifically, the attorneys said Miller submitted a statement attributed to a man named Eric Ingram. The statement said Ingram knew Atkins to be a gang member and that he had seen Atkins in the Lake Elsinore area in early April 1986. The rape occurred April 8, 1986.In papers seeking an arrest warrant, Miller said Atkins "has been identified and linked to the Perris/Elsinore area by an uninvolved and therefore unbiased witness.
"Sixteen years later, after Atkins had been released from prison, a private investigator tracked down Ingram, who signed a sworn statement saying he did not know Atkins and had not told Miller he had seen Atkins in the vicinity of the crime.Atkins was represented in his fight to overturn his conviction by lawyers from the Innocence Project at Cardozo School of Law in New York. His civil lawyers, Peter Neufeld, co-director of the project, and Deborah Cornwall, of Cochran Neufeld & Scheck law firm, contended that evidence of the fabrication could have persuaded the jury to acquit their client. The six-woman, two-man federal jury agreed, responding "yes" to a question on the official verdict form:
"Did Atkins prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Miller failed to disclose favorable information to the prosecutor; specifically that he fabricated the Ingram statement." Atkins, in an interview after the verdict, said he was pleased."When I was in prison, one thing that motivated me was something my grandmother often said to me. She said, 'A lie will die, but the truth lives on.' Today, Detective Miller's lies were not only exposed but put to rest, and the truth lives on as my grandmother said," he said.
This Article Continues Here
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"From Atlanta to the Mountain top
It's the 3-Hour Docudrama that
tells the story of the Civil Rights
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Drum Major for Peace,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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program,click here:
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he didn't commit. He constantly said back then that he didn't do
yet he was convicted and sent away. Well he became the 69th
person to be exonerated because of DNA testing. Well it seems
that the detective that fabricated the evidence has moved on to
greener pastures in the form of onr of the nations top cops-the
FBI. And Riverside county as of yet has not addressed the issue.
Many people have been convicted on fabricated testimony and
evidence presented by those in law enforcement who have sworn
to uphold the law. How do you think this should be dealt with?
Finding that a sheriff's detective had falsified evidence, a federal jury in Los Angeles ordered Riverside County on Monday to pay $2 million to a man exonerated by DNA evidence after serving 12 years in prison for rape.The verdict came 19 years after Herman Atkins was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a 1986 rape and robbery in Lake Elsinore. Atkins steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2000, DNA tests conducted by Richmond, Calif., forensic scientist Edward Blake, and later confirmed by the FBI, eliminated Atkins as a source of semen found on the victim's sweater.
The actual rapist was never identified.Two years later, Atkins filed a civil damage suit alleging, among other things, that sheriff's Det. Danny Miller had fabricated evidence and withheld information that raised doubts about whether he committed the crime.Specifically, the attorneys said Miller submitted a statement attributed to a man named Eric Ingram. The statement said Ingram knew Atkins to be a gang member and that he had seen Atkins in the Lake Elsinore area in early April 1986. The rape occurred April 8, 1986.In papers seeking an arrest warrant, Miller said Atkins "has been identified and linked to the Perris/Elsinore area by an uninvolved and therefore unbiased witness.
"Sixteen years later, after Atkins had been released from prison, a private investigator tracked down Ingram, who signed a sworn statement saying he did not know Atkins and had not told Miller he had seen Atkins in the vicinity of the crime.Atkins was represented in his fight to overturn his conviction by lawyers from the Innocence Project at Cardozo School of Law in New York. His civil lawyers, Peter Neufeld, co-director of the project, and Deborah Cornwall, of Cochran Neufeld & Scheck law firm, contended that evidence of the fabrication could have persuaded the jury to acquit their client. The six-woman, two-man federal jury agreed, responding "yes" to a question on the official verdict form:
"Did Atkins prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Miller failed to disclose favorable information to the prosecutor; specifically that he fabricated the Ingram statement." Atkins, in an interview after the verdict, said he was pleased."When I was in prison, one thing that motivated me was something my grandmother often said to me. She said, 'A lie will die, but the truth lives on.' Today, Detective Miller's lies were not only exposed but put to rest, and the truth lives on as my grandmother said," he said.
This Article Continues Here
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It's the 3-Hour Docudrama that
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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It's Sex Scandal Time !
Power and money are absolutes in Washington D.C. and
where ever you have those two sex is not far behind.
So now we have another sex scandel that promises to blow
the roofs off all the institutions of power in the nations
capitol. Now we have a madam that says she can't mount
her defense because the feds have frozen her accounts.
And since no one has stepped forward in her defense she
has turned over the names of her clients to ABC news to
help her with her legal woes.
This woman knew what she was getting into when she
started this business and admits that she took a year
of law school. So now we sit and wait as ABC promos
this scandal with the hope of cashing in big on the ratings.
In the mean time those on the list sit on pins and needles
awaiting their fate as to what may become of their careers
because they have been betrayed by a woman that's lost
her integrity.
Deborah Jeane Palfrey ran her high-end sexual fantasy business in a way she carefully designed to keep the feds at bay. (She didn't take a year of law school for nothing.)In quintessential Washington style, the woman dubbed "the D.C. Madam" solicited male clients who paid up to $300 an hour and hired some 130 subcontractors — women as young as 23 and as old as 55 — under detailed employment agreements that required them to perform only lawful acts.That worked for 13 years, then she was indicted on charges of running a high-class prostitution ring.Now, rather than keep her clients secret, she has decided to unmask them — in the name of her legal defense.
And she has elicited the help of ABC News to do it, turning over 46 pounds of phone records, a stack about a foot high, with the names of "thousands and thousands" of clients that, Palfrey promises, reach "high into the echelons of power in the United States."Palfrey, 50, hopes the maneuver will produce witnesses for her legal defense, since none of her patrons have come forward voluntarily. But her strategy has led to one revelation that ended a top-level career and left official Washington with the feeling that more are to come.
Randall L. Tobias, a deputy secretary of State and the Bush administration's "AIDS czar," abruptly resigned late last week after acknowledging to ABC that he had used Palfrey's service, "but only to have gals come over to the condo to give me a massage." Tobias, who oversaw global AIDS funding, was in charge of enforcing a controversial policy that required groups to sign a pledge denouncing prostitution and sex trafficking in order to receive federal HIV/AIDS prevention money.
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where ever you have those two sex is not far behind.
So now we have another sex scandel that promises to blow
the roofs off all the institutions of power in the nations
capitol. Now we have a madam that says she can't mount
her defense because the feds have frozen her accounts.
And since no one has stepped forward in her defense she
has turned over the names of her clients to ABC news to
help her with her legal woes.
This woman knew what she was getting into when she
started this business and admits that she took a year
of law school. So now we sit and wait as ABC promos
this scandal with the hope of cashing in big on the ratings.
In the mean time those on the list sit on pins and needles
awaiting their fate as to what may become of their careers
because they have been betrayed by a woman that's lost
her integrity.
Deborah Jeane Palfrey ran her high-end sexual fantasy business in a way she carefully designed to keep the feds at bay. (She didn't take a year of law school for nothing.)In quintessential Washington style, the woman dubbed "the D.C. Madam" solicited male clients who paid up to $300 an hour and hired some 130 subcontractors — women as young as 23 and as old as 55 — under detailed employment agreements that required them to perform only lawful acts.That worked for 13 years, then she was indicted on charges of running a high-class prostitution ring.Now, rather than keep her clients secret, she has decided to unmask them — in the name of her legal defense.
And she has elicited the help of ABC News to do it, turning over 46 pounds of phone records, a stack about a foot high, with the names of "thousands and thousands" of clients that, Palfrey promises, reach "high into the echelons of power in the United States."Palfrey, 50, hopes the maneuver will produce witnesses for her legal defense, since none of her patrons have come forward voluntarily. But her strategy has led to one revelation that ended a top-level career and left official Washington with the feeling that more are to come.
Randall L. Tobias, a deputy secretary of State and the Bush administration's "AIDS czar," abruptly resigned late last week after acknowledging to ABC that he had used Palfrey's service, "but only to have gals come over to the condo to give me a massage." Tobias, who oversaw global AIDS funding, was in charge of enforcing a controversial policy that required groups to sign a pledge denouncing prostitution and sex trafficking in order to receive federal HIV/AIDS prevention money.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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