Protracted lawsuit likely to arise from feds' racial profiling allegations …
RALEIGH, N.C. — The release of a federal investigative report that painted a North Carolina sheriff as a racist who routinely violates the civil rights of Latinos and sought to obstruct a federal investigation could mark the beginning of a protracted …
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States' voter ID laws are underlying issue in 2012 presidential race
Tougher state voter registration and identification laws could factor into this year's election as voters divide along racial lines behind President Barack Obama or GOP nominee Mitt Romney in the presidential contest. About 90 percent of African …
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President addresses racial comments
Neither blatant nor subtle acts of bias and racism aimed at an entire group – defined by race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender expression – are acceptable. I encourage each member of the Purdue …
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Redskins…Racist?
Amanda Blackhorse and others (Petitioners) seek to strike down several of the team's trademark registrations for “Redskins” on the grounds that the term is a racial slur. On September 6, 2012, the attorneys for Petitioners filed their Trial Brief in …
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Korean immigrant sues NYC Hooters for ethnic slur
Korean immigrant sues NYC Hooters for ethnic slur. (AP) NEW YORK – A Korean immigrant has sued a Hooters restaurant in New York City for racial discrimination after discovering an ethnic slur on his food receipt. According to the lawsuit filed by Kisuk …
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Middletown cop gets 0K to settle racial discrimination suit
Darrin D. Simon said Chief Robert Oches told him he might have to put his hair in cornrows because it was getting too long. Simon also alleged that the department's range master, James Griffin, called Simon "boy" and used a racial slur toward him in …
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Chen said slurs made him consider suicide
BRAGG, N.C. – Pvt. Danny Chen was so distraught over racial slurs and harsh treatment by his sergeant in Afghanistan that he spoke one day last fall of committing suicide, a fellow soldier testified at the sergeant's court-martial Thursday. Less than a …
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Greek Triple-Jumper Expelled From Olympics For Racial Slur
Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was withdrawn from the London Olympic Games last week after causing an uproar for tweeting a racist slur, the head of the Greek Olympics team said. Papachristou's tweet prompted calls from political parties to …
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On The Fly
The Leominster, Mass., police officer who allegedly directed a racial slur at Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford was fired Thursday. It apparently wasn't the first time that John Perreault used racially insensitive language, according to the city's …
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If you like retro TV and racist slurs, have we got the T-shirt for you. Baker Skateboards is taking some heat this week for its shirt called “The Gooks of Hazzard,” which refers to two Asian men as “good orr boys” driving a car called the General Li …
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Greek athlete booted from Olympics
In fact, it said in a strictly worded statement issued Wednesday, that racial slur, no less on the eve of the London kickoff of the world's biggest sporting extravaganza, is “contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic movement.” The 23-year-old …
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Lynching in Jerusalem: where impunity and Israel's unchecked racial hatred lead
The three were allegedly attacked by youths shouting “Death to the Arabs” at them, as well as other racial slurs. One of them fell on the floor, and his attackers continued to beat him until he lost consciousness. They subsequently fled from the scene …
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Black commentators sound off on racial violence
“(The mayor and police chief) were more worried about being accused of racial profiling that the fact that black mobs were roaming down the streets hurting people. “This was a PC response because it was black mob violence. You guys (fellow panelists …
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A racial double standard in politics
A racial double standard in politics. August 17, 2012 at 5:30 am by billydelap. Joe Biden's latest gaffe — about people in chains — will be excused because he is a Democrat, says Matt Latimer in The Daily Beast. Latimer says, that if it were a …
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Racial profiling or not? You decide
I've never been a black man — or for that matter driven a Lexus — so I can't say with certainty whether gun-toting City Council member James Taylor was a victim of racial profiling when he was cited for a weapons violation. It's possible, I suppose.
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Lawmakers call for hearings over alleged TSA racial profiling
BOSTON (RNN) – Policymakers are calling for a review of the Transportation Security Administration's screening procedures after allegations of racial profiling at Boston's Logan International Airport surfaced in a New York Times report Saturday …
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Racial Profiling Charges Renew Questions About Counterterrorism Program
My Washington bureau colleagues Mike Schmidt and Eric Lichtblau wrote a revealing story Sunday on the accusations by more than 30 Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston's Logan International Airport that a program intended to detect …
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Institute will explore racial equity
The Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance will host an eight-week Racial Equity Institute on Wednesdays from Oct. 10-Dec. 5. The institute will examine the internalized, interpersonal, institutional and structural levels of racial equity. Classes will be …
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Profiling reports spur call for action
Reports of widespread racial profiling at Logan International Airport — and news of a federal investigation into the practice — have provoked concern and calls for change, but little surprise. More than 30 officers who administer a “behavior …
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Racial Slur, Bears in Monroe; Bogus Bills in Trumbull
An African-American man was walking along Main Street in Monroe on Thursday afternoon when someone in a station wagon filled with white teenagers shouted a racial slur and threw a milkshake at him. ***. There have been four black bear sightings in …
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Police believe officer directed slur at Crawford
Leominster police supervisors believe one of their officers directed a racial epithet at Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford this month during a minor-league game in New Hampshire, Interim Police Chief Robert Healey said Wednesday. A 10-day internal …
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'Cockroach, vermin': PIO postman faces racial slur
LONDON: An Indian-origin postman has received a hefty 100000 payout after he exposed "endemic racism" at his UK office, where Asian workers were labelled "cockroaches" and "vermin". Abdul Musa blew the whistle on problems at the Canterbury Street …
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League probing allegations of racial slur
The Intercounty Baseball League is investigating a complaint that a racial slur was directed at London Majors outfielder Cleveland Brownlee. The incident occurred during Thursday's best-of-seven quarterfinal game in Kitchener against the Kitchener …
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Racial abuse on the pitch should carry a life ban
By Robbie Savage But I do think that anyone who uses a racial slur on a football field shouldn't receive a three- or five-game ban. They should be kicked out of football for good, no matter who they are. It was good to see Luis Suarez doing a Ray …
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Op-Ed: Rick Perry attacked for racial slur on family's ranch sign
Racial equality in the United States will never occur as long as two things happen: (1) white people continue to use racial slurs against African-Americans in a derogatory manner, and (2) African-Americans overplay the racial card as a weapon. …
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Cesc denies racial slur
By soccernut | 29/10/11 Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas has firmly denied accusations he racially abused Frederic Kanoute during Saturday's 0-0 draw with Sevilla. After Barcelona were awarded an injury-time penalty at the Camp Nou, Kanoute kicked …
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