By The Admin on August 12, 2010
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
- For the past year, I have lived with the terrible case of Mitrice Richardson. The surface circumstances about the case are now well known. Mitrice, the 24 year old African-American woman, with emotional challenges, was held and then released alone by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s from the station in the early morning [...]
Posted in California | Tagged Mitrice Richardson
By The Admin on July 28, 2010
BeyondChron
- Hope you were able to TiVo that campaign ad Meg Whitman ran during the primary with her endorsement from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Because if Whitman continues her strategy of avoiding African Americans, that may be probably the only time you’ll see the former EBay CEO around many other African Americans between [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, California, Media | Tagged black media, Meg Whitman
By The Admin on July 10, 2010
San Jose Mercury News
- Moments after the verdict was announced this week in a racially charged case involving a white transit cop who fatally shot a black man, the accusations rang out.
Critics said the jury convicted former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle of the least serious of three homicide charges — involuntary manslaughter — because [...]
Posted in California, Policy & Issues, Race, State & Local News | Tagged BART, Johannes Mehserle, minorities on juries, Oscar Grant
By The Admin on July 9, 2010
Mike -
Please try to get this message to the public:
I don’t know what the jury in this case is going to decide, but I hope those who hate me and those who understand that I never intended to shoot Oscar Grant will listen to this message.
I have and will continue to live everyday of my [...]
Posted in California, Policy & Issues | Tagged BART, Johannes Mehserle, Oscar Grant
By The Admin on July 9, 2010
NBC Bay Area
- The U.S. Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of the Johannes Mehserle case in order to determine whether or not the shooting merits federal prosecution, according the department.
“The Justice Department has been closely monitoring the state’s investigation and prosecution,” the department said in a statement.
“The Civil Rights Division, the U.S. [...]
Posted in California, Federal Government, State & Local News | Tagged BART, Johannes Mehserle, Justice Department, Oakland, Oscar Grant
