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Trying To Win An Election In Arizona? Propose Tent Cities
by Julianne Hing on June 11 2010, 1:43PM
The Arizona gubernatorial primaries aren’t till August, but GOP candidates hoping to best current frontrunner Governor Jan Brewer need to start picking up the pace if they want to make a dent in her solid polling numbers. Enter Dean Martin,…
Topics: Immigration
BP Cleanup Worker Health Issues Add Up, And So Do Claims
by Julianne Hing on June 10 2010, 7:29PM
Topics: Environment
Border Patrol Agent Who Killed Teen Pulled Gun First [Video]
by Julianne Hing on June 10 2010, 1:25PM
Univision obtained a cell phone video showing that the Border Patrol agent who killed 14-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca pulled his gun long before rocks were thrown. The video shows the agent riding on his bike when he stops…
Topics: Immigration
Oscar Grant Took Photo of Mehserle Holding Taser Gun
by Julianne Hing on June 10 2010, 11:35AM
Minutes before he was killed, Oscar Grant used his sister’s cell phone to take a photo of BART cop Johannes Mehserle holding and pointing his Taser at him.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Oscar Grant Trial
No Black Jurors In Oscar Grant Trial, But It Might Not Matter Anyway
by Julianne Hing on June 9 2010, 7:26PM
The 18 jurors in the Oscar Grant trial—six are alternates—have been selected, and none of them are Black. News of the jury’s racial composition has angered community members and the Grant family. “It feels like we already have lost,” Traci…
Topics: Criminal Justice
Conflicting Reports Of Border Patrol Shooting
by Julianne Hing on June 9 2010, 6:27PM
FBI officials and eyewitnesses agree that rocks were thrown Monday evening right before a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 15-year-old boy who was on the Mexican side of the El Paso-Juarez border. They also agree that the slain…
Topics: Immigration
Anger, But No Shock at Border Patrol Shooting of Teen
by Julianne Hing on June 8 2010, 7:35PM
Maria del Rosario and Maria Guadalupe Huereca, sister and mother of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca. Last night a 14-year-old boy named Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca on the Mexican side of the El Paso-Juarez border was shot and killed by a…
Topics: Immigration
Border Patrol Kills Mexican Teen Near El Paso, Texas
by Julianne Hing on June 8 2010, 11:42AM
UPDATE 3:50PM ET: A city spokesperson from teenage victim Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca’s hometown of Juarez condemned the shooting, saying that Hernandez was with other friends playing around the international Paso del Norte bridge. CNN reports that Hernandez, who was…
Topics: Immigration
Israel Rejects U.N. Inquiry; Four More Killed in Gaza Waters
by Julianne Hing on June 7 2010, 3:38PM
This morning, Israeli forces killed four men who were diving in the waters of the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian militant group claimed the men as its members and Israel Defense Force spokespeople said the four men were “on their way…
Topics: Global Affairs
BART Cop Mehserle’s Defense: Push Race to the Sidelines
by Julianne Hing on June 7 2010, 12:47PM
Judge Robert Perry will rule soon on two motions filed by Mehserle’s attorney Michael Rains, who is trying to keep jurors from hearing about an exchange between another BART cop and Oscar Grant minutes before Mehserle shot 22-year-old Grant
Topics: Criminal Justice, Oscar Grant Trial
Friday Twitter Break: Arizona Just Can’t Give Racism A Rest
by Julianne Hing on June 4 2010, 5:59PM
What is going on? As if the ongoing BP disaster at the Gulf Coast weren’t enough, Arizona decided it couldn’t let the weekend get started without reminding us exactly how small-minded and backwards it can be. The Onion could not…
Topics: Technology
Will A College Degree From Wal-Mart Be Worth The Price?
by Julianne Hing on June 4 2010, 1:19PM
Employees at Wal-Mart will soon be able to sign up for undergraduate classes through a partnership with the for-profit American Public University, Wal-Mart announced yesterday. It’s an innovative program, to be sure, but not without its dangers, especially when it…
Topics: Schools & Youth
Oscar Grant Jurors Asked, Can You Overlook Race?
by Julianne Hing on June 4 2010, 9:53AM
A selection of 200 potential jurors for the trial of former BART officer Johannes Mehserle were interviewed for this week and asked to fill out a 14-page survey asking them about their attitudes on race and police.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Oscar Grant Trial
Jan Brewer, Obama Have A “Cordial” Chat About SB1070
by Julianne Hing on June 3 2010, 4:23PM
UPDATE 6:30pm ET In her post-meeting press conference, Jan Brewer commented on the ongoing boycott efforts against Arizona. “At this point in time, I don’t think we have felt any of that impact,” she said. Not according to Phoenix Mayor…
Topics: Immigration
Even Border Patrol Says: Talk of Border Violence Overblown
by Julianne Hing on June 3 2010, 12:00PM
You wouldn’t know it from the way Republicans like Senator John McCain and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer talk about the U.S.-Mexico border, but the region is not the lawless, violence-ridden land it’s portrayed to be. At least not according to…
Topics: Immigration
Jan Brewer’s Daddy Died Fighting Nazis…Ten Years After WWII Ended
by Julianne Hing on June 3 2010, 10:18AM
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who will be meeting with President Obama today in Washington, D.C. to discuss immigration issues in her state, was caught in a little lie yesterday. Brewer, who was obviously speaking from the heart, told a reporter…
Topics: Immigration
BP Lawyers-Up as DOJ Announces Criminal Probe
by Julianne Hing on June 2 2010, 3:49PM
Eric Holder announces that the Department of Justice is opening a criminal probe into BP’s oil spill disaster—and NYT says BP’s got mobs of connected lawyers.
Topics: Environment, Gulf Oil Spill
BP Threatens to Fire Workers Who Use Their Own Safety Gear
by Julianne Hing on June 2 2010, 12:07PM
Workers report being threatened with pink slips if they use safety equipment that doesn’t come from BP. Problem is, BP still hasn’t provided any safety equipment.
Topics: Environment
Los Angeles County Joins Arizona Boycott
by Julianne Hing on June 2 2010, 10:42AM
Last night, the Los Angeles County board of supervisors voted 3-2 to boycott the state of Arizona. The county has $26 million worth of contracts with the state right now and promised not to enter into new contracts and review…
Topics: Immigration
Supreme Court on Miranda: Suspects Must Speak Up to Stay Quiet
by Julianne Hing on June 1 2010, 4:45PM
The Supreme Court issued a decision today that a criminal suspect must explicitly tell the law enforcement officers they are going to invoke their Miranda rights during a police investigation. If they speak up to say anything else, police…
Topics: Criminal Justice
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