Daily News Feed 6.9.2010/Vocab: Noctivagant
No Black Jurors selected in BART shooting trail
(LOS ANGELES — The upcoming trial of a white ex-transit officer charged with killing an unarmed black man in Oakland has already sparked racial tensions in the city, one of the reasons the trial was moved to Los Angeles.
On Tuesday, a jury of seven whites, four Hispanics, one East Indian — and no blacks — was selected to hear the case against former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle, according to KTVU-TV.
Mehserle is accused of murdering Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day 2009 in a shooting that was captured on video by several bystanders. He has pleaded not guilty and his attorneys have said he mistakenly pulled his gun rather than a Taser in an attempt to subdue Grant. (Continue Reading…)
Beauty Blog, Clumps of Mascara Celebrates Three Years
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8-Year-Old Removed from Classroom Because of Hair Product
A Seattle writer is angry beyond words, because late last month his 8-year-old child was removed from her honors elementary school class. No, the child did not misbehave. Instead, the little girl was guilty of using a hair moisturizer that allegedly annoyed her Caucasian teacher. Now the NAACP has joined the angry dad in filing a complaint against the child’s school. (Continue reading…)
NAACP files complaint over foreclosure ad
NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford NAACP filed a complaint accusing The Standard-Times of discrimination for running a legal advertisement for a foreclosure auction that stated that the Fairhaven property could only be sold or rented to a person of “the Caucasian race.”
The NAACP claims the organization and its members were injured by the advertisement, according to a letter sent to The Standard-Times by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
MCAD had initiated its own investigation after being informed about the ad, which was published on May 17 and 24. The commission wrote that the NAACP filed its own complaint last week Continue Reading…)
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Jury selection is about, who the lawyers feel are gonna best think will help them with their case.
Its ok, to question why no black person was chosen, but theres are reason for everything.
Lets just wait for the outcome.
And about the 8 yr-olds smelly hair ; I use that moisturizer and yes it will have a strong smell if you use too much. I’ve never had anyone complain about the smell of it in my hair. But humans are humans and we all get irritated by different smells. I know I do.
This was a personal issue, and I just think the teacher should have spoke to her parents instead of having her removed, thats just ridiculous.
Second story? I don’t know what this stuff smells like but I say hire a barracuda of an attorney and ensure baby girl’s college education is paid in full as I suspect somebody is about to lose money over this bull-diggity! You don’t segregate a child because some adult claims to become nauseous over their hair product; the “teacher” should have been reassigned elsewhere.
First story: “Jack Bryson, who attended Tuesday’s proceedings and whose sons — Jackie and Nigel — were with Grant when he was killed, left the courtroom in disgust just after the jury was selected. “This is like a slap in the face,” Bryson told The Associated Press. “This case came all the way to Los Angeles after the judge in Alameda County said they couldn’t get a fair and impartial jury there. “This is the best you can do, and you did this in two days. We could’ve stayed back in Oakland for this.” Cephus “Bobby” Johnson, Grant’s uncle, said Tuesday that he was “extremely surprised” that given L.A. County’s black population that not one African American was selected from the jury pool.”
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Sure I can understand their frustration, but hopefully they’ll point in the right direction. If 20 or 30% of a certain group forfeits their eligibility to serve as jurors due to getting caught up in the criminal justice system or status as felons – and still others don’t respond when summoned for jury duty – place the blame where it belongs!
I’m actually very disappointed that there isn’t a black jury. Hopefully the jury will do the right thing.
Oscar Grant case-Reminds me of 1992 LA riots/King trial when they moved the trial to Simi Valley instead of keeping it close to the actual location. History is repeating itself. Why move the case all the way in So-Cal when the murder took place in Nor-Cal–doesn’t make sense. If the case was moved to San Fran then I would understand, but L.A.–a totally different demographic and culture. This case will most likely be a part of my dissertation.