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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:57 AM

Civil Rights

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Name: Civil Rights

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 6 Documents (in Politics)

Virginia Foxx Makes An Elephant Of Herself

I would have said Foxx (R-NC) made an ass of herself, but we won't malign that noble beast here. Watch it: FOXX: ... and actually the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this, in this country, uh, just as we were the ... [Daily Kos - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Virginia Foxx, Civil Rights, Jesse Helms

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 Documents

Former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Depriving Motorist of...

WASHINGTONRyle had pleaded guilty to the crimes and admitted that while working on duty as a Highway Patrol trooper on the night of Jan. 8, 2009 'This officer abandoned his law enforcement role and engaged in a bizarre scheme to target innocent victims ... [Forbes.com - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Wyoming Highway Patrol, Sentenced, Civil Rights, Mike Carlson

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents

Twitter Inc

The top 14 bizarre things to be lost on public transport

It looked innocuous enough when t-shirts and bumper stickers began to pop up bearing the words ?Pray For Obama? and a biblical reference: Psalm 109:8.Then the psalm started making rapid progress up the Google Trends list and creating a buzz on Twitter ... [Times Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Google Trends, Innocuous, Twitter Inc, Barack Obama, Civil Rights

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Politics)

John McCain

Senator McCain Reiterates Support for Failed DADT Policy

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, was troubled by Senator John McCain’s (R-AZ) remarks supporting the misguided Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) military policy. ... [Human Rights Campaign - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Lesbian, John McCain, Gay

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 Documents

Wal-Mart Stores Inc

Trial for Wal-Mart dispute in Mo. begins

The trial of a young African-American woman accused of disturbing the peace at a Missouri Wal-Mart is indicative of racial bias, civil rights activists said.Officials with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ... [Individual.com - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Circuit Court, American Civil Liberties Union

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Tough going in gang intervention

A city-sponsored training academy for gang intervention workers will open at least a year later than Los Angeles officials had hoped after a collision of philosophies and egos -- a hitch in the city's effort to modernize its campaign against street v ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Connie Rice, Civil Rights, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI continues to probe civil rights era racial murders

They were racially motivated civil rights era murders. All are cold cases. The FBI says it is determined to bring justice for these racist deaths, some involving white police officers. The FBI is looking for help in tracking families of 33 murder victims. ... [Digital Journal - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Murder, James Hill, Civil Rights

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

University of Arkansas Press Book Helps Celebrate NAACP's 100th Anniversary this Year

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in February 2009, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the leading and best-known African American civil rights organization in the United States. It has played a major, ... [University of Arkansas Daily Headlines - 11/19/2009]

Entities: National Association For The Advancement of Col..., University of Arkansas, Civil Rights

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Anti-Defamation League Ignores Its Mission to Become Just Another Obama Apologist Group Working to Stifle Dissent

The Anti-Defamation League started with good intentions,The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all." Now the nation's premier civil rights/human relations ... [Wake up America - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Ignorance, Immigration Reform

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

City civil rights campaigner dies

Willie Breslin was involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960's One of Derry's best-known civil rights campaigners and founder member of the Derry Labour Party, Willie Breslin, has died.He passed away on Tuesday after a lengthy illness.As well ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Civil Rights, Mark Durkan, Social Democratic and Labour Party (United King...

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Civil Partnership Train

The is a civil rights initiative inspired by the landmark Belfast to Dublin ‘Contraceptive train’ of 1971 and the historic ‘Peace train’ of 1989. According to Dr Richard O’Leary of the Civil Partnership Train “The purpose of the Civil Partnership Train ... [Indymedia Ireland - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Belfast (United Kingdom), Chris Hudson, David Norris, Dublin

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

High Court rules against private prisons in Israel

The High Court of Justice on Thursday ruled against allowing privately-run prisons to be built in Israel. Such institutions, said the court, would introduce the profit element into prisons, a development which would seriously harm the prisoners' civil ... [Jerusalem Post - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Israel, Dorit Beinisch, The High Court

Quotes

...'It's the response to fear,' Olson says.Olson lets that sink in. Then he adds: "The federal government can roll into your driveway in the middle of the night and snatch you up and take you away and you'll never be seen again." Heated rhetoric

Militia movement revives across U.S. [MSNBC - 1 hour ago]

Pentagon Spokesman Bryan Whitman said there is a defense department directive that empowers commanders to deal with such situations. "In there it says, 'Military personnel must reject participation in organizations that espouse supremacist causes; attempt to create illegal discrimination based on race, creed, color, sex, religion, or national origin; advocate the use of force or violence; or otherwise engage in efforts to deprive individuals of their civil rights.'"

US Military Ability to Find Militancy in Ranks Questioned [VOA News - 3 hours ago]

Ryle had pleaded guilty to the crimes and admitted that while working on duty as a Highway Patrol trooper on the night of Jan. 8, 2009 "This officer abandoned his law enforcement role and engaged in a bizarre scheme to target innocent victims for his own personal gain. Officers who abuse their power in this way will be prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows" said Assistant Attorney General Thomas E Perez of the Civil Rights Division

Former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Depriving Motorist of... [Forbes.com - 4 hours ago]

Two years ago, prosecutors offered a plea deal under which Ellis would have received probation if she dropped her complaint against the police. "She decided not to sign it, because she was taught to never admit guilt when you're innocent" her father has said. Share this on: //javascript to trigger most recent viewed stories save Event...

Wal-Mart scuffle trial goes to jury [CNN - 4 hours ago]

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D.C. protest demands ‘Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal’ [Emerging Minds - 44 mins ago]
British TV documentary tackles taboo of Israel'... [Electronic Intifada - 1 hour ago]
Militia movement revives across U.S. [MSNBC - 1 hour ago]
Tommy Jacquette dies at 65; South L.A. activist... [Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago]
Lynne Stewart Sent To Prison [Portland Independent Media Center - 3 hours ago]
US Military Ability to Find Militancy in Ranks ... [VOA News - 3 hours ago]
Former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Sentenced... [Forbes.com - 4 hours ago]
Florida Competitive Workforce bill filed to add... [Miami Herald - 4 hours ago]
Wal-Mart scuffle trial goes to jury [CNN - 4 hours ago]
Los Angeles: Miley Cyrus avoids 'slant eyes' ch... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 4 hours ago]
Holiday Gifts Banned in Elementary School Gift ... [Catholic Online - 5 hours ago]
Woman takes stand in Wal-Mart case [CNN - 5 hours ago]
Derry civil rights campaigner to be laid to res... [Irish News - 6 hours ago]
Former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Sentenced... [Street Insider - 6 hours ago]
Palin's 'for the people' act [Chicago Tribune - 6 hours ago]
Woman charged in Fort Hood-related hate crime: ... [Christian Science Monitor - 6 hours ago]
UCLA Students Riot Over Tuition Hike [Campus Safety Magazine - 7 hours ago]
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Merrigan Meets with World Food Program and Iraq... [USDA - 9 hours ago]
Civil Disobedience from the Religious Right [Time - 9 hours ago]
Nicely's determination transforms libraries [Tennessean - 9 hours ago]
CAIR Seeks Prayer Rights for Maine Muslim Student [Street Insider - 10 hours ago]
Opinion: Silenced in the Sahara [GlobalPost - 11 hours ago]
Washington Post's faith profile embraces anti-g... [Metro Weekly - 13 hours ago]
Singing ''Idol'' Adam Lambert expresses fear of... [Metro Weekly - 13 hours ago]
NJ: Dem leader -- Economy trumps... [Stateline - 13 hours ago]
Senator McCain Reiterates Support for Failed DA... [Human Rights Campaign - 14 hours ago]
FBI Takes New Look At Old Racial Killings [OfficialWire - 14 hours ago]

Blogs

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Busting Rhymes In The Name Of Tea Parties [TPM Election Central - 5 hours ago] Don't call Hi Caliber a Republican rapper. He prefers conservative hip hop artist, and has lent his rhyme to the tea party movement. Cal, who wouldn't give ...
If Roe Were Overturned, Ctd [The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 7 hours ago] A reader writes:Yes, I have heard the whole "laboratories of democracy" spiel, but can you please explain why you and (other?) conservatives in this country are ...
Man alive: Valve owns 70 percent of the digital... [CrunchGear - 7 hours ago] There really is something to be said about being the first to the dance. I’m pretty sure we can all agree that Steam was the first big digital distribution service ...
Rep. King Reminisces About The Days When Footba... [Think Progress - 8 hours ago] Yesterday, Republican members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus (HIRC) dedicated a three and a half hour long pseudo-hearing in a nearly empty room in the Rayburn ...
On Civil Rights, Virginia Foxx Revises History ... [The Moderate Voice - 8 hours ago] Is Rep. Virginia Foxx crazy? I don’t know, but she certainly says some crazy things. Consider a couple of things she said yesterday: – “Actually, the GOP has been ...

Audio/Video

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Sen. Robert Byrd on the 1964 Civil Rights laws [CSPAN - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Flag Football [Slate Magazine - 11/17/2009]
How the NFL became the American war game. [Slate Magazine - 11/17/2009]
Nadler Confronts Fearmongering Over Trial of 9/... [Rep. Jerrold Nadler - YouTube Channel - 11/16/2009]
Terror suspects in U.S. courts? [CNN International - YouTube - 11/15/2009]

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