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Today's Fresh Blogs...| New Orleans Cop acquitted of police brutality in beating of black senior citizen |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 7:08 pm |
| Tags: Lance Schilling, Racist Judges, Stuart Smith, Robert Evangelist, Frank Marullo, Power Games, Robert Davis, Racism, Race, New Orleans Katrina, Racial Profiling, Police Brutality, Politics |
| News andViews blog. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) – A former police officer accused in the videotaped beating of a man in the French Quarter after Hurricane Katrina was acquitted Tuesday by a judge who heard the case without a jury. “I didn’t even find this a close call,” said District Judge Frank Marullo. Robert |
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| The recurring anniversary of wilderness |
| Published: August 28, 2007, 7:31 pm |
| Tags: Louisiana, New Orleans, Katrina |
| still 50%-90% below its pre-Katrina population.That documentation is welcome, because the cunningly inflated statistics from previous sources provided false hope for not only locals but also for those living outside New Orleans, for people living in the Real World. For people, that is, who want us off their backs, their minds, their cumulative |
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| Bill Jefferson wants change of venue in corruption trial to D.C. |
| Published: September 8, 2007, 1:11 am |
| Tags: Louisiana Politics, Corporate Whore, Black Politics, Federal Indictment, Black Political Corruption, Power Games, William Jefferson, Race, Washington Dc, U S House Of Representatives, New Orleans Katrina, Congressional Black Caucus, Politics |
| Hat Tip: by Allen Lengel, Washington Post Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), indicted on federal bribery charges, said yesterday in court papers that he did nothing illegal and accused prosecutors of bringing the case against him in Virginia because there would be fewer black jurors. The motions filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria provided |
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| Nawlins update |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 11:34 pm |
| Tags: Political Expediency, Bobby Jindal, Black Politics, Black Political Corruption, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Mose Jefferson, Cheryl Gray, Jalila Jefferson Bullock, Louisiana Politics, Black Voters, William Jefferson, Ray Nagin, New Orleans Katrina, Religious Bigotry, Karen Car |
| Jefferson-Bullock for a New Orleans State Senate Seat. Jefferson-Bullock, the daughter of indicted Congressman “Dollar Bill” Jefferson, is following Daddy’s example and getting her ducks in a row to succeed him if he is sent to the slammer where his black A belongs. Jefferson-Bullock is a key lieutenent in her |
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| To the Jena 6: Just hold on, change is coming |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 10:10 pm |
| Tags: Al Sharpton, Black Politics, Criminal Injustice System, Jena 6, Jesse Jackson, Louisiana Politics, Politics, Power Games, Race, Jena Louisiana, Mychal Bell, New Orleans Katrina, Political Expediency, Punitive Punishment, Racial Profiling, Racism, Racist Prosecution |
| others is quite telling. Katrina became an enduring symbol of neglect and racial indifference and Jena, Louisiana has provided the nation with another. There is nothing particularly unique about the disproportionate felony charges meted out to these six teenage boys, this happens everyday to black children somewhere in America, as Al |
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| Time Magazine - Special Report on Katrina |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 5:32 am |
| Tags: New Orleans, Katrina, Time Magazine |
| Go HERE to read the story. |
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| Dollar Bill loses change of venue motion in federal corruption trial |
| Published: November 30, 2007, 11:05 pm |
| Tags: Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Black Endorsements, Cheryl Gray, Jalila Jefferson Bullock, Karen Carter, Louisiana Politics, Politics, Power Games, Race, Black Voters, New Orleans Katrina, Potential Congressional Vacancy, William Jefferson |
| who represents much of New Orleans, is black.” “Prosecutors contend that northern Virginia is an appropriate venue because that is where Jefferson was caught on videotape accepting bribes, and because the alleged victim in the bribery scheme ran a business based in the area.” I cannot wait until the white jury foreman delivers |
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| Congressman Jefferson’s kin Indicted |
| Published: June 4, 2008, 9:16 pm |
| Tags: Angela Coleman, Betty Jefferson, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Congressional Black Caucus, Corporate Whore, Federal Indictment, Federal Investigation, Louisiana Politics, Mose Jefferson, Politics, New Orleans Katrina, William Jefferson, Dollar Bill, New O |
| grand jury indicted New Orleans tax assessor Betty Jefferson, her brother, Mose Jefferson, and her daughter, Angela Coleman, on charges that include federal program fraud, identity theft and conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said the family members used several non-profit and for-profit companies to obtain |
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