http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tawanabrawley/ en-us Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:04:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346747/posts AP source: Census worker hanged with 'fed' on body By DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY (AP) – 59 minutes ago WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery. A law enforcement official says the word "fed" was scrawled on his chest. The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old Census field worker and occasional teacher, was found Sept. 12 in the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. Investigators have said little about the case. A law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity,... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346747/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:04:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346709/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery. A law enforcement official says the word "fed" was scrawled on his chest. The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old Census field worker and occasional teacher, was found Sept. 12 in the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. Investigators have said little about the case. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346709/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:17:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164161/posts New York activist Al Sharpton is of course the latest to join the Proposition 8 parade. In a speech over the weekend, he questioned why churches that backed the ban on gay marriage aren't focusing on bigger issues such as violence and poverty. From the Southern Voice website: From the pulpit of Tabernacle Baptist Church on Sunday, Rev. Al Sharpton called out the Mormon Church and other conservative faiths for mobilizing to support Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage in California while refusing to be as involved in any other social concerns. “It amazes me when I looked at California... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164161/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:06:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099599/posts A man told today how he was shot three times in a London street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt. Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an off-licence when the gunman confronted him and glared at the top, which carries an image of the Democrat US presidential candidate underneath the legend 'Believe'. The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting 'I f***ing hate n*****s' and urging 36-year-old Mr Egwuatu to leave the shop with him. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099599/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:48:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083831/posts A GERMAN teenager accused of engraving a swastika into her hip and blaming the injury on right-wing militants has gone on trial in eastern Germany. The 18-year-old, known only as Rebecca K., had last year been hailed as a local hero when she reported saving a five-year-old from being pushed and shoved by four neo-Nazi youths, risking her own safety and subsequently being attacked herself. ... "We have often had cases where individuals fake a chargeable offence, but this one is extraordinary," said Lutz Hasselmann, spokesman for the district court of Hainichen, near the eastern city of Chemnitz. Melbourne Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083831/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:47:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999213/posts There are major new developments today in the case of a supposed beating of a student from Athens Middle School. Charges are being filed against 13 year old Melanie Bowers by Athens ISD through the Henderson County District Attorney's office for filing a false report, said AISD officials today. Bowers claimed earlier this week that she was beaten and threatened - with killing and rape, no less - by a group of students at Athens ISD last Friday, for creating a protest sign saying, "If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration." After Melanie's accusations, administrators reviewed school survellience videotape... KLTV.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999213/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 22:55:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973918/posts 'NOOSE' PROF A PLAGIARISTM STOLE STUDENTS' WORK AT COLUMBIA February 21, 2008 -- The black Columbia University professor who last fall found a hangman's noose pinned to her office door plagiarized the work of another faculty member and two students, according to a school investigation released yesterday. The plagiarism probe was already under way last year when a 4-foot twine noose was discovered on the door of psychology and education professor Madonna Constantine's office, officials at the university's Teachers College said. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973918/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:35:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960945/posts ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday weighed in on the raging debate inside the Democratic Party over former President Bill Clinton's advocacy on behalf of his wife's campaign, with two choice words for the former president: "Shut up." On ABC's "The View," Sharpton said voters are hearing "race charges, race-tinged rhetoric" in the Democratic primary campaign, and called on the former president to cease. "I think it's time for him to just be quiet," said Sharpton, who was a Democratic presidential candidate in 2004. "I think it's time for him to stop. As one of the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960945/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927580/posts Glenda Brawley and Ralph King want to press New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to re-examine the November 1987 incident, which a state grand jury ultimately concluded was a hoax, the Daily News reported. "New York state owes my daughter...." CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927580/posts#comment Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927503/posts <p>NEW YORK (AP) -- Twenty years after her allegations of a racially charged rape became a national flash point, Tawana Brawley's mother and stepfather want to reopen the case, a newspaper reported Sunday.</p> <p>Glenda Brawley and Ralph King want to press New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to re-examine the November 1987 incident, which a state grand jury ultimately concluded was a hoax, the Daily News reported.</p> cnn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927503/posts#comment Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:36:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922305/posts A student at George Washington University recently complained that swastikas were scrawled on her dormitory door. Thanks to cameras hidden by university police, they have a suspect: The student who filed the complaint. I was shocked but not surprised, just as I am shocked but not surprised when, with thousands of cars on the road, some get into accidents. Similarly with the recent upsurge in national attention to swastikas, nooses and other racial vandalism in public places, I am shocked but not surprised that at least one case of racial-ethnic vandalism turns out to be phony. The young woman's sad... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922305/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:49:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921869/posts Civil rights activist Al Sharpton complained on Tuesday that the Democratic presidential candidates have been less than forceful in speaking out about recent hate crimes and the policies of President Bush's Justice Department. The New York-based reverend was in Washington with Martin Luther King III and other activists to discuss a march next week at the headquarters of the Justice Department, which they contend has taken no serious action to prosecute a spate of recent noose-hanging incidents following the Jena Six case. Sharpton said he was upset those issues weren't discussed last month at a debate among the Democratic candidates.... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921869/posts#comment Tue, 6 Nov 2007 21:27:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1877351/posts When OJ went on trial for murder, and the evidence was presented, no reasonable person could believe in his innocence. The contest between society and a killer was rebilled, however, into a contest between white society and a successful black man, and he was acquitted. (He was later convicted civilly, but never paid the money awarded to the Goldmans.) When the Duke students were arrested for rape, the case was presented as rich, white kids taking advantage of a poor black woman, who turned out to be a scoundrel. From Sea to Shining Sea http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1877351/posts#comment Tue, 7 Aug 2007 01:16:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1837408/posts Brent Bozell's culture column this week deals with Opie & Anthony's sick XM shock-jock routine about raping Condoleeza Rice (and raping Laura Bush "to death.") You may not be shocked, but Al Sharpton made no attempt to express his outrage at the XM sickos in defense of this black woman, despite how this routine is so much worse than the Don Imus "ho" comment... Rev. Al Sharpton showed up to debate May 15 on the CNN Headline News program "Showbiz Tonight." But he didn't say a single word against Opie and Anthony or one word in defense of Condi Rice.... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1837408/posts#comment Mon, 21 May 2007 21:54:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829096/posts anti-Semitic riots in Brooklyn's Crown Heights section erupted after 7-year old Gavin Cato, a black child, was accidentally killed by an out-of-control car driven by a Hasidic Jew. Within three hours, a black mob had hunted down and killed an innocent rabbinical student, Yankel Rosenbaum. Sharpton fanned the flames of racial hatred by publicly announcing that it was not merely a car accident that had killed Gavin Cato, but rather "the social accident of apartheid." He organized angry demonstrations and challenged local Jews -- who he derisively called "diamond merchants" -- to "pin their yarmulkes back and come over to... DiscoverTheNetworks; A Guide to the Political Left http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829096/posts#comment Sun, 6 May 2007 05:04:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817136/posts Said he will go down as greatest civil right leader of the "late 20th century." Fox News via XM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817136/posts#comment Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:16:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816074/posts HER name is Crystal Gail Man gum. She is the woman who falsely accused three Duke University students of rape. Yesterday, the attorney general of North Carolina came forward and flatly declared the three young men "innocent of these charges." That means their accuser is a liar. Her name is Crystal Gail Mangum. It is the policy of the news media not to publish the names of rape accusers on the grounds that they should not have to fear public shame for coming forward with word of a horrifying personal violation. That is a noble policy. But it needs a... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816074/posts#comment Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:05:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1815088/posts n condemning radio show host Don Imus’ use of the term “nappy headed hos” to describe African-American basketball players, Al Sharpton said, “What is any possible reason you could feel that this type of statement should be forgiven and overlooked?” Sharpton also said that Imus’ show should be terminated from CBS and MSNBC. These are indeed questions that should be asked about Sharpton himself, and the Al Sharpton Show. Al Sharpton has as much right to talk about racial and ethnic tolerance as former Klan leader David Duke. ...Perhaps someone should take Don Imus to task for what he said,... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1815088/posts#comment Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814486/posts If George Allen turned up on Good Morning America to protest an incident of alleged anti-white bigotry, what are the odds the GMA host wouldn't mention Allen's macaca moment? I'd say they'd be a Dylanesqe "Love Minus Zero." But when GMA aired a clip this morning of Al Sharpton expressing his outrage over Don Imus' recent comments about the Rutgers women basketball players, not a discouraging word was heard about Sharpton's history of racially-charged statements and actions that go far beyond the former senator's gaffe. View video hereGMA CO-HOST CHRIS CUOMO: Now leaders in the African-American community are targeting Imus... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814486/posts#comment Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:39:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764446/posts NEW YORK - Civil rights activist Al Sharpton said Monday he is seriously considering a run for president. "I don't hear any reason not to," Sharpton, 52, said in an interview during an urban affairs conference sponsored by another civil rights leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson. "If we're talking about the urban agenda, can you tell me anybody else in the field who's representing that right now?" Sharpton asked. "We clearly have a reason to run, and whether we do it or not we'll see over the next couple of months." Sharpton mounted a long-shot bid for the White House... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764446/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jan 2007 02:03:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1656575/posts DURHAM -- A new batch of prosecution information showed that no rape occurred during a Duke University lacrosse party in March and revealed roughly a dozen conflicting statements by the accuser -- who even once told authorities she was not sexually assaulted -- two defense lawyers contend in court documents filed Monday. Lawyers Kirk Osborn and Ernest Conner, representing indicted rape suspect Reade Seligmann, said they needed to know which of the accuser's stories District Attorney Mike Nifong intended to use "in his attempt to falsely prosecute" their client. Osborn and Conner were responding to 536 pages of documents about... Herald-Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1656575/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1640956/posts A second exotic dancer who performed at a March 13 Duke University lacrosse team party where a woman says she was raped and assaulted by three athletes made an obscene gesture at a television camera during court proceedings on Tuesday. When Kim Roberts noticed WRAL's camera in the courtroom, she made the gesture and then stuck out her tongue. WRAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1640956/posts#comment Wed, 31 May 2006 02:51:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1632676/posts DURHAM, N.C. — A third Duke University lacrosse player indicted for his role in the alleged rape of a 27-year-old exotic dancer said Monday that he is "absolutely innocent" of all charges and that the allegations against him "are lies, fabricated...and they will be proven wrong." David Evans, a 23-year-old senior, said he and his roommates helped police search for evidence after the incident was reported. He also answered questions and gave a statement to police without a lawyer present "because I knew I had done nothing wrong." He also said he...voluntarily turned over DNA samples,...and asked to take a... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1632676/posts#comment Mon, 15 May 2006 21:12:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544463/posts <p>Brooklyn's Democratic machine forced juvenile offenders from a charity-run criminal rehab to do grunt work on political campaigns this fall, The Post has learned.</p> <p>The young campaigners, all members of Uth-Turn, a nonprofit intervention group headed by disbarred Tawana Brawley lawyer C. Vernon Mason, worked for candidates during the 2005 primary and general election, court documents reveal.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544463/posts#comment Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1473678/posts “I read in the Bible, and it’s also in the Torah, that there was some woman a couple thousand years ago who was faced with a moral challenge — a challenge you and other family members have taken up. Her name was Esther. Somebody warned Esther that ‘You’d better not go and bring your issue to the king.’ But she said people are being killed and people are dying. And they said, ‘Well, Esther, don’t say anything because you’ll suffer greatly.’ But somewhere, Esther said in her soul, ‘If I perish, let me perish. I’m going to see then king.’ Camp Casey blog hosted by Waco Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1473678/posts#comment Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:11:38 GMT