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Rev. Al Sharpton: Sean Bell protests were peaceful
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he convened several civil rights leaders after the Sean Bell police-shooting acquittals to come up with a way for New Yorkers of all races and religions to express their outrage. Sharpton testified Monday in Manhattan Criminal...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Sean Bell
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Sharpton testifies at NYC protest trial: 'We wanted to stop violence, not cause violence'
NEW YORK (AP) _ The Rev. Al Sharpton says he convened civil rights leaders after the Sean Bell police-shooting acquittals to come up with a way for all New Yorkers to express their outrage. Sharpton testified Monday: "We wanted to stop violence, not...Tags: Sean Bell
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Sharpton: NYC protests were peaceful
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he convened several civil rights leaders after the Sean Bell police-shooting acquittals to come up with a way for New Yorkers of all races and religions to express their outrage. Sharpton testified Monday in Manhattan...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Sean Bell
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ESPN's 'Sports Reporters' turns 20; Happy Birthday!
WatchdogHappy 20th anniversary to ESPN's "Sports Reporters." The show came after the late, great "Sportswriters on TV," featuring a bunch of grouchy Chicago scribes, but ESPN's version was pioneering in its own right. I was going to mention this in......Tags: Christian Peter, ESPN, Gwen Stefani, Dave Winfield, Chubby Checker
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Obama bid raises question: What does black mean?
black blak (adjective) 1: of the color black; 2: of or relating to the African-American people; 3: dirty, soiled; 4: thoroughly sinister or evil; 5: connected with the supernatural and especially the devil - adapted from Merriam-Webster's Online...Tags: Louis Farrakhan, Kentucky, Minority Groups, Georgia, Joe Biden
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What does 'black' mean? We'll find out
black\'blak\adjective — 1: of the color black; 2: of or relating to the African-American people; 3: dirty, soiled; 4: thoroughly sinister or evil; 5: connected with the supernatural and especially the devil — adapted from Merriam- Webster's...Tags: Louis Farrakhan, Minority Groups, Joe Biden, Bob Johnson, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Racially charged parking-space killing appealed
Associated Press WriterThe murder trial of the white policeman who shot and killed a black man after a fight over a parking space was so highly charged that chairs in the gallery were chained together so they couldn't be thrown after the verdict. Now the 12-year-old case is...Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Society, Trials, Punishment
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Lake County killer's execution due tonight
Sentinel Staff WriterBarring a final-hour reprieve, Lake County child killer Richard Henyard today will become the 66th person executed by the state since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Assistant Florida Attorney General Stephen Ake urged the U.S. Supreme Court on...Tags: Lawyers, Kentucky, Crimes, Jimmy Carter, Florida State University
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'Race card' should be banished from the deck
Alocal activist dared to ask the Hampton City Council to look at voting by district and he is accused of "playing the race card." All Rudy Langford did was suggest that people might be better represented if their council members were selected from...Tags: Minority Groups, Culture, Racism, O.J. Simpson, Civil Rights
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Sharpton heads to trial for NY protest arrest
A Manhattan judge has set a trial for the Rev. Al Sharpton and others arrested during protests over the Sean Bell police shooting. Sharpton _ who has said he wants to go to trial _ will do so with about eight other defendants on Oct. 6. Scores of...Tags: Police, Manhattan (New York City), Police Arrests, Trials, Sean Bell
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