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NY Protest Calendar (Beta) (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Please ask friends to try nyprotest=20 two-message-per-week calendar, also online at http://snipurl.com/nyprotest …… Fill the NY Criminal Court=20 100 Center Street, 4th Floor, Jury 2 & C, Wednesday at 2:15pm see petition below. directions at bottom -t. ~~ Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:47:20 -0400 From: Action Center Subject: Online Petition: SUPPORT Sean Bell Arrestees! SUPPORT - Sean Bell Arrestees Send...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The Rev. Al Sharpton goes on trial today for his May disorderly-conduct arrest at a Sean Bell shooting protest, but a judge said he won't let the proceeding turn into a referendum on police brutality. "I don't want to get involved in a long trial...
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NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A judge warned Monday he won't let the Rev. Al Sharpton argue the history of police brutality in his minitrial over protests after the Sean Bell verdict.
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Today, the Reverend Al Sharpton and others who demonstrated in a number of civil disobedience events around the city back in May went to court for the start of a non-jury trial . They were protesting the acquittals of three police detectives who fired 50 shots at unarmed Sean Bell and killed him in 2006, and Sharpton, who had promised to shut the city down by organizing the protests at bridges and...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The Rev. Al Sharpton is on trial for the traffic-choking protests over the deadly police shooting of an unarmed New York City man.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police lieutenant committed suicide on Thursday, eight days after ordering the use of a Taser stun gun against an emotionally disturbed man who then fell to his death, police said.
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
The head of the NYPD's famed Crime Scene Unit - once an inspiration for TV's "CSI" but now tarnished by snafus - is being transferred to a support role in the Narcotics Division, The Post has learned. Deputy Inspector Gary Gomula was on vacation...
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Workers World news online (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
Leonard Peltier writes: I have watched with keen interest and renewed hope as your campaign has mobilized millions of Americans behind your message of changing a political system that serves a small economic elite at the expense of the peoples of the United States and the world.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Rev. Al Sharpton, the colourful U.S. politician and civil rights activist, will go on trial next month for helping plan a series of peaceful protests across New York City in May that blocked traffic at intersections in Manhattan.
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Socialist Project (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
I have watched with keen interest and renewed hope as your campaign has mobilized millions of Americans behind your message of changing a political system that serves a small economic elite at the expense of the peoples of the United States and the world.
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On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
The Green Imperative: Ending the Drug War, establishing racial and social justice, ensuring democracy and election integrity As the Democratic National Convention continued, Green Party leaders called attention to sharp differences between the Democratic ticket and Green nominees Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente. There’s a whole list of urgent issues that Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente [...]
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TexasFreds (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Democratic convention chief wants reparations for blacks The woman commissioned by the Democratic Party to direct its presidential nominating convention in two weeks espouses the same black liberation theology pursued by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose church presumptive nominee Barack Obama was forced to leave because of its controversies. Those included Wright’s condemnation of America and a [...]
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
On Friday, August 1st I led a contingent of the Uhuru Movement into Barack Obama's town hall meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida to raise the question, "what about the black community, Obama?" Without the benefit of a big media budget, our organization attempted to bring the serious issues experienced by African working class people across this country into the national political debate.
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The Two Malcontents (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
By Judi McLeod Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a skirt is Chief Executive Officer of this month’s Democratic National Convention in Denver. While the media hounded Wright for his anti-American rants and while presidential hopeful Senator Barack Hussein Obama divorced him as his personal pastor, Obama’s head will be crowned by Leah Daughtry, who ardently believes in [...]
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Stereohyped (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The shooting death of an unarmed black woman at the hands of police that divided that has divided the town of Lima, Ohio, for months has been resolved — legally speaking. An all-white jury found Officer Joseph Chavalia not guilty of misdemeanor charges of negligent homicide and negligent assault. Chavalia killed Tarika Wilson and wounded her [...]
