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  • July 2008

    • Fox: Jackson Used N-Word in Off-Air Obama Comments

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jul 17, 08 4:46 AM CDT

      Fox: Jackson Used N-Word in Off-Air Obama Comments

      Red-faced civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has again had to apologize to the nation's first black presidential candidate, this time over his use of a racial slur in off-air comments during the taping of a FOX show, reports AP. Fox News confirmed that Jackson said Obama is "talking down to black people, telling n—s how to behave" after a transcript was leaked to TVNewser. Jackson had earlier apologized for his "hurtful words," but his use of a racial slur hadn't been reported. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Al Sharpton  • Jesse Jackson  • gaffe  • racial slurs

  • May 2008

    • Groom-Slaying Cops Face Disciplinary Hearings

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 21, 08 10:27 AM CDT

      Groom-Slaying Cops Face Disciplinary Hearings

      The New York cops who were acquitted last month after firing more than 50 bullets at an unarmed man on his wedding day will face police department disciplinary action, Reuters reports. Seven officers are on the hot seat, including the three who were cleared of criminal charges last month, and will now face internal charges mirroring those, an NYPD spokesman said yesterday. Also being called to task are one other shooter, two crime scene detectives, and their commanding officer. More »

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      New York City  • Al Sharpton  • NYPD  • police brutality  • racial tension  • Sean Bell

    • Feds Probe Al for $1.5M in Back Taxes

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 9, 08 8:31 PM CDT

      Feds Probe Al for $1.5M in Back Taxes

      Washington is investigating Al Sharpton and his companies for nearly $1.5 million in back taxes and penalties, the AP reports. Sharpton, who has been negotiating the size of his federal debt, brushed off the government's latest move today. “Whatever retaliation they do on me, we never stop," the civil rights agitator said. "I think that that is why they try to intimidate us." More »

    • Cop Stomp Video 'Worse Than Rodney King'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 9, 08 8:22 AM CDT

      Cop Stomp Video 'Worse Than Rodney King'

      Authorities have ordered 13 Philadelphia police officers involved in the videotaped beating of three black suspects off the streets, AP reports. The video shows the suspects being kicked, punched, and hit with nightsticks while appearing to offer no resistance. Rev. Al Sharpton compared the incident with the videotaped beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles. More »

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      Philadelphia  • Al Sharpton  • police department  • assault weapons

    • NYPD Arrests Sharpton, Bell's Fiancée at Protests

      newser  |  New York Post  |  May 7, 08 6:01 PM CDT

      NYPD Arrests Sharpton, Bell's Fianc&eacute;e at Protests

      New York City police arrested the Rev. Al Sharpton and the fiancée and mother of Sean Bell today during protests over the April 25 acquittal of three officers who shot Bell to death in a 50-bullet barrage. Hundreds blocked traffic at the Brooklyn Bridge and other city hot spots, the New York Post reports. Dozens were arrested, including two of Bell's friends who survived the 2006 shooting. More »

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      New York City  • civil rights  • Al Sharpton  • NYPD  • police brutality  • racial tension  • Sean Bell

  • April 2008

    • Fiancée: 'They Killed Sean All Over Again'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 26, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      Fianc&eacute;e: 'They Killed Sean All Over Again'

      Sean Bell’s fiancé spoke out today, condemning the court for acquitting the men who shot her husband. “The justice system let me down,” Nicole Paultre Bell said. “April 25, 2008: They killed Sean all over again.” In her first public comments since yesterday’s verdict, Paultre Bell vowed to fight for another decision in the case, while Al Sharpton threatened to “shut the city down.” More »

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      race relations  • Al Sharpton  • police brutality  • Sean Bell

    • After Bell Shooting, NYPD Awaits Its Own Verdict

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 26, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      After Bell Shooting, NYPD Awaits Its Own Verdict

      A New York judge yesterday cleared the detectives who fatally shot Sean Bell, but the NYPD is awaiting its own verdict, after the case provoked charges of shoddy undercover police work. The shooting “revealed significant deficiencies in supervision, tactical planning, communications and management accountability,” said the Queens district attorney. The case’s chief prosecutor added, “This was a slipshod operation.” More »

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      New York  • police  • trial  • civil rights  • Al Sharpton  • NYPD  • police brutality  • Sean Bell  • verdict

    • Sharpton: Bell Verdict 'Abortion of Justice'

      newser  |  CNN  |  Apr 25, 08 6:12 PM CDT

      Sharpton: Bell Verdict 'Abortion of Justice'

      Rev. Al Sharpton blasted today's acquittal of three NYPD officers who killed an unarmed man in a 50-slug fusillade in 2006, CNN reports. "Justice didn't miscarry," Sharpton said. "This was an abortion of justice. Justice was aborted." Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged citizens to respect the “authority” of the court; meanwhile, the Justice Department is considering civil-rights charges, Reuters reports. More »

    • Greenies Find God Might Be the Answer

      newser  |  Politico  |  Apr 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      Greenies Find God Might Be the Answer

      How much carbon would Jesus use? Not much, say the religious communities now teaming with environmentalists to lobby Capitol Hill. As a carbon-capping bill approaches the Senate, eco-advocates hope that church partnerships will re-frame the debate, and religious leaders rail against the desecration of divine creation and the suffering of the poor coping with energy costs and food shortages. More »

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      Congress  • religion  • environmentalism  • carbon emissions  • Vatican  • Al Sharpton  • Pat Robertson

    • Jackson Recalls MLK, Targets Urban Youth

      newser  |  Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Apr 4, 08 11:54 AM CDT

      Jackson Recalls MLK, Targets Urban Youth

      Jesse Jackson was outside the Lorraine Motel when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, 40 years ago today, and the sound of the gunshot still echoes in his memory. Jackson talks with the Chicago Sun-Times about that day, and how race relations have "detoxified"  in the ensuing years. But King, he said, would have been distressed that the nation still has "first-class jails, second-class schools." More »

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Clintons Try Easing Racial Flap

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jan 12, 08 5:33 PM CST

      Clintons Try Easing Racial Flap

      Bill Clinton was in damage control mode yesterday, going on Al Sharpton’s radio show to clear the air over remarks that some have called racially insensitive. Clinton offended by calling Obama’s campaign a “fairy tale,” but Bill says he was referring to Obama’s statements on an Iraq vote. Clinton backers meanwhile attacked Obama for aggravating the issue, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • election 2008  • Bill Clinton  • race relations  • Al Sharpton

    • TV Anchor Suspended After 'Lynch Tiger' Quip

      newser  |  Newsday  |  Jan 10, 08 6:29 AM CST

      TV Anchor Suspended After 'Lynch Tiger' Quip

      A golf commentator's quip that the only way young challengers could defeat super pro Tiger Woods would be to "lynch him" has earned her a two-week suspension and sparked a furor. The Golf Channel's lead anchor Kelly Tilghman made the comments in response to an on-air analyst's jokey suggestion that golfers should "gang up" to take on Woods. "Lynch him in a back alley," Tilghman piped in. More »

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      golf  • Tiger Woods  • racism  • Al Sharpton  • news anchor  • lynching  • Kelly Tilghman  • Golf Channel

  • December 2007

    • Sharpton Insists He Still Has a Role to Play

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 26, 07 2:34 PM CST

      Sharpton Insists He Still Has a Role to Play

      Is there a place for Al Sharpton in a Barack Obama world? The first black politician with a serious shot at the Oval Office hardly mentions race, whereas Sharpton is, as one historian puts it, “kind of a racial ambulance chaser.” But Sharpton isn’t worried. “They say we don’t matter,” he tells the Washington Post , then “they want to know who we’re endorsing.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • race relations  • civil rights  • Don Imus  • Al Sharpton  • Jena Six

    • On Tape, Sharpton Cuts Deal for Campaign Cash

      newser  |  Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Dec 15, 07 5:53 PM CST

      On Tape, Sharpton Cuts Deal for Campaign Cash

      Someone should have told Al Sharpton he was on candid camera. When the then-presidential candidate agreed to land a multimillion-dollar contract for fundraiser Ronald White in 2003, the FBI was filming the whole thing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Now Sharpton is under investigation for possible tax fraud and campaign finance violations, but he insists that he’s done nothing illegal and that the tape vindicates him. More »

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      FBI  • campaign fundraising  • Al Sharpton  • Campaign Finance Reform

  • November 2007
  • September 2007

    • DA Ends Bid to Try 'Jena 6' Teen as Adult

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 27, 07 4:39 PM CDT

      DA Ends Bid to Try 'Jena 6' Teen as Adult

      A prosecutor has given up attempts to have one of the Louisiana teenagers at the center of a civil-rights furor tried as an adult, Reuters reports. Mychal Bell, 17, was convicted in June of battery in the beating of a white classmate, but an appeals court overturned the verdict on grounds that Bell couldn't be tried as an adult. More »

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      civil rights  • Al Sharpton  • racial inequality  • Jena Six  • Mychal Bell

    • Thousands March for 'Jena 6'

      newser  |  CNN  |  Sep 21, 07 4:20 AM CDT

      Thousands March for 'Jena 6'

      As many as 20,000 demonstrators flooded the streets of the tiny Louisiana town of Jena yesterday to protest the treatment of the "Jena 6"— the black high school students charged with felonies after the beating last year of a white student. An appeals court at midday ordered a hearing within 72 hours to determine if the lone teen still behind bars can be released. More »

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      Al Sharpton  • Jesse Jackson  • Jena 6

    • 50K Rally to Support 'Jena Six'

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 20, 07 12:30 PM CDT

      50K Rally to Support 'Jena Six'

      Busload after busload of civil rights marchers alighted in Jena, La., today to support the “Jena Six,” a group of black students charged with felonies after a 2006 fight with a white classmate. An estimated 50,000 mostly-black protesters easily outnumbered the mostly-white population of the town, where racial tensions have swirled since last year when nooses in the schoolyard prompted the fight. More »

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      protests  • race  • race relations  • Louisiana  • civil rights  • Al Sharpton  • Jesse Jackson  • Jena Six

    • Jena Braces for Thousands of Protesters

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Sep 20, 07 7:35 AM CDT

      Jena Braces for Thousands of Protesters

      Tiny Jena, LA, is bracing for the tens of thousands of activists expected to descend on the town of 3,000 today to protest the handling of six black high school students charged with attempted murder for beating a white classmate in December. Led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, protesters say the teens, who've become known as the "Jenna Six," were treated harshly after responding to racial taunting. More »

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      protests  • race  • race relations  • racism  • Louisiana  • Al Sharpton  • Jena Six  • segregation

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