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News Sep 21, 2016

Dallas Cop Files Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter, Obama, Clinton, Soros and Others. Will He Win? Take Part in Today’s Poll… | Simon Conway

A Dallas Police Office has filed a lawsuit against the Black Lives Matter movement. Co-defendants include President Obama, Hillary Clinton; Al Sharpton; Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and George Soros. Sergeant Demetrick Pennie, a 17-year veteran of the force, is seeking between $500 million and $1.5 billion in the complaint filed in federal court, the Dallas Morning News reported.

News Sep 21, 2016

Employees, Customers Blew Whistle Over Wells Fargo Fraudulent Bank Accounts Years Ago – Reports

After settling with regulators for $185 million over signing up its customers for more than 2 million accounts without their knowledge and subsequently charging them fees, Wells Fargo became the focus of a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. White-collar criminologist William Black told the Real News that the hard work exposing the bank’s practices was “done by the …

News Sep 19, 2016

Dallas Cop Files Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter

A Dallas police officer has filed a class action lawsuit against several people associated or perceived to be associated with the Black Lives Matter movement for speaking out against police brutality and allegedly enflaming anti-police sentiment. Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, a 17-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department and the president of the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation, filed the lawsuit …

Lawsuits Sep 18, 2016

Dallas Cop Files Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter, Obama

A Dallas Police sergeant filed a lawsuit on Friday against Black Lives Matter and its supporters, alleging the group is inciting a race war. Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, a 17-year veteran of the force, is seeking between $500 million and $1.5 billion in the complaint filed in federal court, the Dallas Morning News reported.

News Sep 16, 2016

Lawsuit Confuses Partisan Preferences With Discrimination

A liberal group that has filed suit to change the way Alabama judges are elected isn’t likely to get very far, according to a constitutional law expert in the state. The lawsuit – filed by the NAACP Alabama chapter and four black voters – alleges the state of Alabama violates the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against African Americans. John Eidsmoe, senior counsel for the Foundation for …

News Sep 9, 2016

Alabama’s Appellate Courts System Rigged to Block Minority Judges

Despite whites making up just under 70 percent of Alabama’s population, they hold 100 percent of the state’s civil and criminal appellate courts. In addition, Alabama’s Supreme Court has only had three African-Americans on its bench in the past 36 years, according to a lawsuit from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Many law firms have joined the NAACP’s …

News Sep 2, 2016

Texas Teacher Slammed to Ground by Austin Cops Files Lawsuit

A Texas teacher who was slammed to the ground by cops and told blacks have “violent tendencies” has filed a lawsuit against the city of Austin. Dashcam video shows Breaion King, who is black, being shoved to the ground by a white officer during a traffic stop in June 2015. Later, another Austin officer can be heard making the remark after engaging in a discussion with King.

Settlements Aug 31, 2016

Feds, Temp Agency Settle Bias Lawsuit

A temporary staffing agency has agreed to pay $435,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit alleging it favored Hispanic workers over African-Americans at a FedEx SmartPost facility in Southaven. Orlando-based Resource Employment Solutions LLC denied allegations of wrongdoing made in a lawsuit …

Lawsuits Aug 29, 2016

About Portland: Lawsuit Asks City to Confront History of Racism

“This is a case about unconscionable, illegal conduct creating insurmountable obstacles to success of black club owners, clubs catering to black people and clubs offering entertainment and playing music appealing to black people.” That’s how a lawsuit filed on behalf of Donna Thames against the City of Portland starts. Thames owned Exotica, a gentlemen’s club, from 2010-2015. She says she would …