Reverend Al Sharpton Rides A Bike . . . Sort Of
As previously mentioned, the Reverend Al Sharpton joined last night's Critical Mass rally to highlight, per Times-Up!, a "common pattern of NYPD haras...
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The President, Police Violence And Race
Paul Peete | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home
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An Obama Administration with an attorney general of integrity like, say, John Edwards might address in a constructive way the kind of race-based police violence we've seen flare up the past few weeks.
In Wake of Sean Bell Verdict, Hearing Addresses Novel Ways to Increase Police Accountability
Tonya Plank | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
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On Monday, U.S. House Representative John Conyers, from Michigan, flew to lower Manhattan to hold a public hearing on police accountability. The heari...
Hillary Clinton Isn't The Only Democratic Presidential Candidate In Denial
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home
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Colorblind? Post-racial? Isn't it clear that's all so much bullshit. We are all animals prone to prejudice. The price of continued denial among the Obama camp could be the election.
Frank Rich's Imaginary America
Max Blumenthal | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
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There simply aren't "enough racists of any class in America, let alone in swing states, to determine the results come fall," the former theater critic insists.
Wrighteous Indignation
Dylan Loewe | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
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Now that Wright has proven himself to be angry and arrogant, paranoid and delusional, the contrast between him and Obama could not be more stark. It is no longer possible to compare them.
The Sean Bell Trial Put Bell Community on Defense and Left Unanswered Questions About Police Conduct
Tonya Plank | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
After sitting through 28 days of testimony in the Sean Bell trial, I knew far more about Mr. Bell's friends' prior convictions than why the officers acted as they did.
My Father's Eyes: Sean Bell & Me
Terrance Heath | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
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As a black man raising two black sons, I wonder just how I will prepare them for the reality of what they will likely face without catalyzing what I know is an inevitable loss of innocence.
What Does It Take To Convict Police in The Shooting of an Unarmed Black Man?
Tonya Plank | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics
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To many who sat in on the Sean Bell trial everyday, as I did, Justice Cooperman's verdict -- acquittal on all counts -- came as no surprise. While und...
The Sean Bell Verdict Ignites My Students' Fury
Claudia Ricci | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics
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The way it works out, most of my indigent students are African American or Dominican or Haitian or Jamaican or Puerto Rican. Often I'm the only white person in the classroom.
A Dream Deferred
Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
A year and a half ago I could not go to a news site or open up a newspaper without finding a story about Sean Bell and Barack Obama.
Crime and No Punishment?
Chez Pazienza | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home
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I grew up in Miami in the 80's, which means that I lived through three major race riots before I was 20-years-old. I'm thinking about them right now after the Sean Bell verdict.
The Sean Bell Tragedy
Kevin Powell | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
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Mrs. Bell always told me that she truly believed justice would be done in this case. She really did. I never had the heart to tell her that it is rare for a police officer to be found guilty of murdering a civilian.
Cops' Acquittal in Sean Bell Verdict Complicates Things for Obama
Roberto Lovato | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
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With his candidacy already mired with racial issues, Obama will have to maneuver about how to speak out on the most egregious example of institutional racism and police brutality since Rodney King.
Cop Acquittal in the Sean Bell Killing Was Inevitable
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home
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History shows that nailing cops for bad shootings is virtually impossible for even the most diligent prosecutor. The Bell case again proved that true.
Sean Bell Verdict: 3 NYC Police Officers Acquitted Of 50-Shot Killing Of Groom-To-Be
AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home
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For breaking updates on the Sean Bell acquittal click here. NEW YORK -- Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing...
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