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Tracy Martin, Father of Trayvon Martin, in a Father’s Day Message to Americans

• June 17, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Love, Memoir, National Issues, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African Americans, Blacks, Fathers Day, Florida, George Zimmerman, Law, Martin, Racism, Tracy Martin, Trayvon Martin, United States

Eddie Long v. Vanessa Long: Divorce Case Dismissed? (w/Update)

• February 16, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Love, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baptists, Bishop, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Case Dismissed, Corruption, Deal, Divorce, Drama, Eddie Long, Examiner.com, Four Young Men, Georgia, Investments, Law, Legal, Marriage, Middle Class Black Women, Money, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Paula Murray, Prejudice (legal procedure), Separation, Sex, Sex Scandal, Vanessa Long, Whitney Houston

Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Judge Rules Against Walker’s Anti-Union Bill on a Technicality; But Walker and The Fitzgeralds Could Still Ram It Through Again

• May 26, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, Journalism and Ethics, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Capitol Square, Common Sense, Dane County Wisconsin, Democratic, Democrats, Eddie Munster, Fanaticism, GOP, Governor Scott Walker, Herb Kohl, Judge Maryann Sumi, Law, Madison WI, Open Meetings Law, Rep. Paul Ryan, Republican, Republicans, Senator Herb Kohl, State Supreme Court, The Fitzgeralds, The Troika, Tim Carpenter, Tommy Thompson, Vuvuzela, Wisconsin

Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Former Crack-Smoking Cop Michelle Salentine Sentenced to A Year and a Day in Prison

• January 1, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Police Misconduct/Killings, Sexual Harassment, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Addiction, Arrest, Cocaine, Crack, Crackhead, Feds, Health, Illegal Drugs, Law, Law Enforcement, Lesbian, Lesbians, Michael Salentine, Michelle Salentine, Michelle V Salentine, Platteville Police Department, Platteville WI, Police, Police Officer, Salentine, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Twin, Twins, United States, United States Attorney, War on Drugs, Wisconsin

Mitrice Richardson: Okay, So Explain It to Me Again; Why Did The L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Need Her Skull So Badly That They Got “Authorization” to Move Her Body?

• October 26, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Latice Sutton, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", Agoura Hills California, Anne Soble, Assistant Chief Ed Winter, Body, Coroner, Death by Cop, Death by Cops, Decomposition, Guilt, Guilty, Haste, Innocence, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner's Office, Las Vegas Nevada, Latice Sutton, Law, Lee Baca, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lt. Mike Rosson, Malibu, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, NCIS, Sheriff, Sheriff Lee Baca, Sheriff's Deputies, Skeleton, Steve Whitmore

Shaniya Davis: The Department of Social Services Betrayed Her From Day One

• October 5, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Billy King, Biracial Children, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Brenda Reid Jackson, Child Abduction, Child Abuse, Child Protective Services, Child Sex Slave, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Criminal Investigation, Cumberland County, Department of Social Services, District Attorney Ed Grannis, Domestic Violence, DSS, DSS Director, Fayetteville Observer, Investigation, Law, Mario McNeill, Motherhood, North Carolina, Obstruction of Justice, Report, Shaniya Davis, South Carolina, State Bureau of Investigation, Stonewalling

UPDATE: Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Calumet County DA Facing More Pressure to Resign After He Sexted A Domestic Abuse Victim

• September 19, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Political Malfeasance, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Attorney General, Calumet County, Cell Phone Harassment, Common Sense, Defense Attorneys, Department of Justice, District Attorney, Divorce Attorneys, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Abuse Victim Advocates, Domestic Abusers, Domestic Violence, Governor Doyle, Governor Jim Doyle, Graphic, Harassment, Hard-Ons, J.B. Van Hollen, Judges, Kaukauna WI, Keith Sellen, Kenneth Kratz, Kevin Potter, Lack of Common Sense, Law, Law and Order, Lust, Marriage, Office of Lawyer Regulation, OLR, Prosecution, Prosecutor, Republican, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Harassment, State Department of Justice, Stephanie Van Groll, Testimony, The Wisconsin Supreme Court, Tony Gibart, Violation, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights Board, Wisconsin District Attorneys' Association

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

• August 6, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in American Politics, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Democrats, Education, History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sonia Sotomayor, Women
Tags: Associate Justice, Congress, Democrats, Latinos, Law, Lawsuits, New York, Puerto Ricans, Racism, Republicans, Sonia Sotomayor, The Right Wing, The Senate, The Supreme Court

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