AMERICAblog: Slowly slowly Begich increases his lead over Stevens in Alaska Senate race
dad
· 1 year ago
perhaps God is closing that door to sarah palin.
skwcw2001
· 1 year ago
most of todays topics should be focused on the historical protest all over the country
skwcw2001
· 1 year ago
dear god all that is on msm tv is palin a non story, but a historical issue and protest of human civil rights is going on and nothing no lets watch alaska barbie
stymie
· 1 year ago
mainscream media
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
OT...Some good news...and reports of the protests on CNN as well. Remember, the Klan hates us all too.
(CNN) -- A jury awarded $2.5 million in damages on Friday to a Kentucky teenager who was severely beaten by members of a Ku Klux Klan group because they mistakenly thought he was an illegal Latino immigrant, the Southern Poverty Law Center said.
Jordan Gruver, then 16, was targeted and beaten by Klan members, his lawsuit alleged.
The jury found that the Imperial Klans of America and its founder wrongfully targeted 16-year-old Jordan Gruver, an American citizen of Panamanian and Native-American descent.
The verdict included $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages against "Imperial Wizard" Ron Edwards.
The law center said before the verdict that a large damage award could break the Klan group, allowing the teen and the law center to seize the group's assets, including its headquarters, a 15-acre compound in Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
stymie
· 1 year ago
sieze the group members' testicles while they're at it.
At first reading, the wording seemed a bit bizarre - as if it mattered that he was mistakenly targeted. But I suppose that can elevate it to a hate crime status.. Although I have to confess its been 15 years since I've had much of anything to do with civil rights advocacy, and that had been primarily LGBT oriented.
Dees can be pretty heavy-handed when he does a takedown like this. I seem to remember from reading his book back then that he also make use of RICO laws, something I always considered questionable back then. (I think there was a bit of a kerfuffle in "the community" when ?Planned Parenthood? used RICO to protect abortion clinics.) But I'm no longer a reliable source on this sort of thing; I've been out of it too long.
Angelos
· 1 year ago
"Slowly slowly."
OK, that cracked me up.
My brother and I say that when we speak Gringlish with each other.
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(CNN) -- A jury awarded $2.5 million in damages on Friday to a Kentucky teenager who was severely beaten by members of a Ku Klux Klan group because they mistakenly thought he was an illegal Latino immigrant, the Southern Poverty Law Center said.
Jordan Gruver, then 16, was targeted and beaten by Klan members, his lawsuit alleged.
The jury found that the Imperial Klans of America and its founder wrongfully targeted 16-year-old Jordan Gruver, an American citizen of Panamanian and Native-American descent.
The verdict included $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages against "Imperial Wizard" Ron Edwards.
The law center said before the verdict that a large damage award could break the Klan group, allowing the teen and the law center to seize the group's assets, including its headquarters, a 15-acre compound in Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=345
At first reading, the wording seemed a bit bizarre - as if it mattered that he was mistakenly targeted. But I suppose that can elevate it to a hate crime status.. Although I have to confess its been 15 years since I've had much of anything to do with civil rights advocacy, and that had been primarily LGBT oriented.
Dees can be pretty heavy-handed when he does a takedown like this. I seem to remember from reading his book back then that he also make use of RICO laws, something I always considered questionable back then. (I think there was a bit of a kerfuffle in "the community" when ?Planned Parenthood? used RICO to protect abortion clinics.) But I'm no longer a reliable source on this sort of thing; I've been out of it too long.
OK, that cracked me up.
My brother and I say that when we speak Gringlish with each other.