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  • Racine alderman says he will not resign from office despite assault charge [whips out race card]

    10/05/2011 9:49:24 AM PDT · by Hunton Peck · 6 replies
    wtmj ^ | Oct. 4, 2011 | Charles Benson & Matt Montgomery
    RACINE- Racine Alderman Keith Fair faces three charges, including a felony charge that could remove him from office if he's convicted. Alderman Fair tells TODAY'S TMJ4's Charles Benson there is no way he is resigning from office. When asked by Benson that he was being targeted because he is African-American, Fair responded by saying "absolutely." Fair was at city hall for a Common Council meeting Tuesday night, hours after being released from jail. Fair is charged with hitting and choking a pregnant woman who worked at his bar. After that meeting, Fair blamed the police and media for his troubles....
  • Wis. Alderman Accused Of Choking Pregnant Worker

    10/02/2011 1:12:12 PM PDT · by Hunton Peck · 26 replies
    Associated Press ^ | October 2, 2011 2:24 PM | The Associated Press
    RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A Racine alderman is jailed on allegations he choked and hit a pregnant employee at the bar he owns. The Racine County sheriff’s office says 59-year-old Keith Fair was arrested early Sunday at his bar, Place on 6th. He was being held in lieu of $10,650 bond on suspicion of strangulation or suffocation, false imprisonment, battery and disorderly conduct. He’s accused of assaulting