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Another Post in My Scenes from “Post Racial” America Series: Five Montgomery County Deputies in Ohio Accused of Sending Racist Text Messages While on Duty
By Elaine Magliaro David Edwards (Raw Story) has reported that the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department “revealed this week that five deputies were under investigation for allegedly sending racist text messages while on duty.” In a statement that was released on … Continue reading
Posted in Society, United States
Tagged Law Enforcement, Montgomery County (OH), Racism, Scenes from "Post Racial" America
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Another Post in My Scenes from “Post Racial” America Series: NAACP Journey for Justice Marchers Encounter Hostile Counter-Protest in Missouri
By Elaine Magliaro According to Hannah Baldwin of the Columbian Missourian, about fifty Journey for Justice activists who were marching from Ferguson to Jefferson City “encountered a hostile counter-protest Wednesday in Rosebud.” The 135-mile march from Ferguson to the Governor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Society, United States
Tagged Darren Wilson, Ferguson (MO), Journey for Justice, justice, Michael Brown, Missouri, NAACP, Racism, Scenes from "Post Racial" America
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Rep. Peter King of New York Thinks That Eric Garner Was Responsible for His Own Death (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro On Wednesday, the announcement was made that a Staten Island grand jury had declined to indict Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who placed Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold. According to reports, the city’s medical examiner ruled Garner’s death … Continue reading
In the Case of Tamir Rice, the Twelve-Year-Old Boy Killed by a Policeman in Cleveland: The Officer Who Shot Him Was Found Unfit for Duty in 2012
By Elaine Magliaro The Shooting of Tamir Rice by a Cleveland Police Officer Taylor Berman (Gawker) reported this afternoon that Tim Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice last month, had resigned from a smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Society, United States
Tagged Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Tamir Rice
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Mike Brown Shooting: Open Discussion, December 3, 2014
Documents Released in the Ferguson Case Here are documents and evidence presented to the grand jury in Clayton, Mo., that was deciding whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting of Michael Brown.
UPDATE: Judge Allows Libel Suit Against Glenn Beck to Proceed
By Elaine Magliaro Last April, I wrote a post about Glenn Beck being sued by a 20-year-old Saudi Arabian student named Abdulrahman Alharbi. After the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, Boston Magazine reported that Alharbi “became the focus of public speculation for … Continue reading
Posted in Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged Abdulrahman Alharbi, Boston Marathon Bombing, Glenn Beck
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One More Scene from “Post Racial” America: Texas School Board Member Apologizes for KKK ‘White Christmas’ Facebook Post
By Elaine Magliaro Yesterday, KTAL TV reported that Chris Harris, a board member for the Hooks Independent School District, apologized after he posted an image of a Ku Klux Klan member with a caption reading “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” to his … Continue reading
Charles Pierce on Local Police Forces Acting Like Armies of Occupation
By Elaine Magliaro Charlie Pierce wrote a post for his Politics Blog at Esquire about some of the police forces in this country acting like “armies of occupation.” He noted that President Obama was to host a meeting earlier today that would focus … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Charles P. Pierce, Law Enforcement, Militarization of Local Police, police
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The Shocking Story of a Brutal Gang Rape at a UVA Frat House That Went Untold for Two Years
By Elaine Magliaro UPDATE: Rolling Stone has posted a note to its readers about Sabrina Erdely’s article A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA. Click here to read the letter. ********** Sabrina Rubin Erdely has an … Continue reading
Regarding St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch, Ham Sandwiches, Pontius Pilate, and the Ferguson Grand Jury
By Elaine Magliaro One of the images that came to my mind when I thought about the situation faced by the Ferguson grand jury was of Pontius Pilate washing his hands. Pontius Pilate–that’s who it seemed St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch was acting like. He … Continue reading
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