Police Shootings Cause Distress in Communities Nationwide
STATES REPORTED MORE THAN 2,000 ARREST-RELATED DEATHS FROM 2003 THROUGH 2005
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JUDGE JUDY CAUGHT IN RACISM LAWSUIT: Ex-producer says he was fired for objecting to forced rejection of black litigants
TMZ.com is reporting that a former producer on the court show "Judge Judy" says he was fired after complaining about a supervisor’s order to halt the booking of black litigants.
NOBODY WANTS VICK’S VIRGINIA PROPERTY
A real estate developer who had purchased Michael Vick’s former dog fighting headquarters in Virginia with plans to flip it for a quick profit experienced a rude awakening on December 15 when the property failed to sell at auction.
EVEL KNIEVEL DIES DAYS AFTER KANYE TRUCE: Daredevil passes at age 69
Legendary daredevil Evel Knievel died on November 30, 2007 just days after announcing his meeting with Kanye West that led to a settlement over the rapper’s video for "Touch the Sky."
LAWMAKER IN TROUBLE OVER ‘BUCKWHEAT’ QUIP: Black civil-rights veteran called offensive term by state senator
A state lawmaker in a runoff election in Louisiana called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," angering the NAACP, which urged voters to kick her out of office, reports the Associated Press.
KANYE WEST BURIES HIS MOM IN OKLAHOMA
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Rapper leaves European tour to attend services; Jay-Z, Beyonce, Anita Baker, John Legend among mourners.
Corporate America — Don’t Preach Diversity, Practice It
Stanley O’Neal, forced out of the top job at Merrill Lynch, is the highest ranking casualty of the sub-prime loan fiasco — even as diversity in corporate America is still an issue.
Nooses More Than a Nuisance
The presidential election of 2008 will be historic in several ways. For the first time ever, a woman and an African American both have a viable shot at being the Democratic nominee.
FALCONS HOLD OFF ON CUTTING MICHAEL VICK
Team owner said it’s not in the team’s ‘best long-term interest.’
To Snitch, or Not To Snitch
Black on black murder rates are off the charts, capped by the recent killing of three students in New Jersey, but there are few witnesses willing to testify. The lack of witnesses helps increase the spiral of violence in poor black neighborhoods, notes NAM editor Earl Ofari Hutchinson. Hutchinson is an author and political analyst.