Posts Tagged hate crimes

Swastika painted on sign outside Rep. David Scott’s office

Someone spray-painted a large swastika on a sign outside the office of a Georgia congressman who was involved in a contentious argument over health care at a recent community meeting.

Democratic Rep. David Scott, who is black, said the swastika is the latest example of what he believes is an increasingly hateful and racist debate over reforming health care.

Read the entire article here:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment August 12, 2009

Racist thugs attack the wrong black man

A black man was confronted by three racist thugs in a Canadian Town Jay Phillips was minding his own business on Friday evening in the town of Courtney when three young white men in a pick-up started hurling racial abuse at him.

When the 38-year-old answered back, the men turned the truck around, got out and attacked Mr Phillips in the car park of a fast food restaurant. That was a big mistake. Watch the video by using the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment July 9, 2009

For latinos and blacks a call to unity, not hate

Hispanic writer Hector Tobar has written a very provacative article about the resent rise of anti black feelings in the hispanic community in Los Angeles. He not only writes about it but calls out his own people on it. Read more by using the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment June 18, 2009

Don’t forget Stephen Tyrone Johns, victim in Holocaust Musuem shooting

There seems to be no shortage of news stories focusing on white supremacist and murdered James W. von Brunn but not many about his victim.

Stephen Tyrone Jones is the name of the man killed and at the time he was killed he was being courteous by opening the door for the very piece of human garbage that killed him. Read more about Stephen Johns by clicking the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment June 11, 2009

Charges dropped in Brandon McCelland dragging death

Murder charges were dismissed Thursday against two men jailed eight months in the death of Brandon McClelland on a rural Lamar County road.

It turns out that someone else in a different vehicle accidentally hit Brandon McCelland. Read more by clicking the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment June 5, 2009

Cross Burning in Alsea Oregon

A white woman adopts a black teenager and then moves to a small Oregon town to give him a better life. In return she gets a burning cross for her efforts.

Read story here:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment May 16, 2009

Latinos attack black man in Hempstead NY

A number of Latino men beat a black man Daryl Jackson outside a popular deli in Hempstead NY.

They did this while yelling, “Go back to Africa”

If not for the intervention of a good samaritan, Dave Tiley they may have killed Jackson.

Read the entire story here:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment March 9, 2009

Obama’s race makes secret service protection more daunting

Obama’s election shattered social and political barriers. His historic inauguration also marks a critical time for federal law enforcement officials who must — as with every new occupant of the White House — tailor an elaborate security plan to fit the new president and his family. In Obama’s case, that involves an additional consideration: his race.

Read more by clicking the link below:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment December 15, 2008

The Jena 6, two years later

Two years after a fight with a white schoolmate landed six black youths in Jena, Louisiana in jail, most of the young men have not had their day in court, and chances are that day will not happen this year, lawyers say. READ THE ENTIRE STORY BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Add comment December 14, 2008

Indictments handed down in Brandon McCelland dragging death

A grand jury in the racially-troubled northeast Texas town of Paris returned first-degree murder indictments Thursday against two white men accused in the September dragging death of a black man, and the prosecutor in the case said he is investigating whether to add hate-crime charges.

Read the entire article here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

 

Add comment December 12, 2008

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