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‘White Is the Color of the Big Boss Man’: Black Employees Were Repeatedly Called Racial Slurs and Forced to Relieve Themselves Outside. Now Asphalt Paving Systems Must Pay Them $1.2M
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August 4, 2024August 4, 2024Politics

‘White Is the Color of the Big Boss Man’: Black Employees Were Repeatedly Called Racial Slurs and Forced to Relieve Themselves Outside. Now Asphalt Paving Systems Must Pay Them $1.2M

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Asphalt Paving Systems will pay $1.25 million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission for creating a hostile work environment in which Black employees were subject to racial discrimination and demeaning treatment. According to court documents filed on July 29 that were obtained and reviewed by Atlanta...

‘They Just Did Me Like a Dog’: Grandmother Tased Eight Times and Assaulted By Cops While Reading Bible and Writing Sermon at Park, Attorney Claims
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August 3, 2024August 3, 2024Politics

‘They Just Did Me Like a Dog’: Grandmother Tased Eight Times and Assaulted By Cops While Reading Bible and Writing Sermon at Park, Attorney Claims

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A 65-year-old grandmother said she was tased, thrown to the ground and viciously assaulted by Carthage, Mississippi, police officers on July 23 while she was at the park reading her Bible and preparing a sermon. According to a press release from Carlos Moore Law Group, their client, Vivian Burks, “was tased eight times, thrown to...

‘Walking While Black?’: Minnesota Man Sues Cops for Violent Encounter Allegedly Based on Racial Profiling. Police Say the Arrest Was Justified and Simply a Case of Mistaken Identity
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August 2, 2024August 2, 2024Politics

‘Walking While Black?’: Minnesota Man Sues Cops for Violent Encounter Allegedly Based on Racial Profiling. Police Say the Arrest Was Justified and Simply a Case of Mistaken Identity

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By Jill Jordan Sieder In June of 2022, Derrick Gilbert was walking to his job as a line cook at a restaurant in Willmar, Minnesota, wearing a sleeveless red hoodie with the hood up. He was spotted by Willmar Police Officer Christopher Flatten, who was driving by and said he mistook Gilbert for a man...

Only One Arrest After Video Shows Several Neo-Nazi Gang Members Attack Mixed-Race Family In Texas River While Yelling ‘White Power!’, Report States
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August 1, 2024August 1, 2024Politics

Only One Arrest After Video Shows Several Neo-Nazi Gang Members Attack Mixed-Race Family In Texas River While Yelling ‘White Power!’, Report States

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Authorities are investigating a racially charged fight that was caught on video between members of a neo-Nazi prison gang and a mixed-race family in Texas. The Texas Observer reported that a group of ten family members and friends were tubing on the San Marcos River in the town of Martindale on June 22 for a...

White Privilege? Judge Warns Florida Mom Who Was Caught on Video Attacking Toddler That She Will Face Her Wrath If ‘Lay on Finger’ on the Boy Again – But Only Gives Her Probation 
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July 31, 2024July 31, 2024Politics

White Privilege? Judge Warns Florida Mom Who Was Caught on Video Attacking Toddler That She Will Face Her Wrath If ‘Lay on Finger’ on the Boy Again – But Only Gives Her Probation 

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A Florida woman who escaped the Ukraine war a year ago and moved to the United States to start a new life will avoid prison time after pleading guilty to viciously attacking her 3-year-old son in 2023. Yulia Storozhuk, 30, was sentenced to three years probation on July 25 after reaching a deal with prosecutors...