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American Exceptionalism

Posted in AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, American Exceptionalism, Barack Obama, Criminal Justice, Democracy, Leadership, Life, News on February 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »

I saw this over at brotherpeacemaker:

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Convicts as a Protected Class

Posted in African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Criminal Justice, discrimination in the workplace, Employment, Project 21, Racism, Work on August 15, 2010 | 8 Comments »

Federal Agency Thinks Background Checks Can Discriminate Against Blacks, Hispanics Op-ed submission by Project 21 Washington, D.C. – Attorneys at the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission believe new technology that makes it easier for employers to check the criminal and credit histories of applicants is also makes it harder for blacks and Hispanics to find jobs. [...]

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sat’day riddymz

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Bob Marley, Criminal Justice, News, Oscar Grant, Reggae, sat'day riddymz, YouTube on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In honor to the memory of Oscar Grant…

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Exonerating Eric Frimpong

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Criminal Justice, Eric Frimpong, Life, News, Racism on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In July I wrote this piece, To Kill a Mockingbird: The Eric Frimong Story, about a young Black man falsely convicted of raping a white woman. Investigative journalist Joel Engel did this extensive article, “Exonerating Eric Frimpong”, outling the details of the case and the compelling reasons for a new trial. On December 10th, Eric’s legal team completed arguments before [...]

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“Only a Special Prosecutor is Going to Bring Justice to the Justice Department” by Mychal Massie

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Eric Holder, Mychal Massie, Politics, Project 21 on December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Op-ed submission by Project 21 It’s time the Obama Administration came under the scrutiny of its first special prosecutor. Michael Mukasey, predecessor of current Attorney General Eric Holder, correctly appointed a special prosecutor to investigate if politics guided hiring and firing decision in the Bush Justice Department. Holder should follow his lead, but he hasn’t. [...]

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Deciphering the Mohammed Trial

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Al Qaida, Criminal Justice, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, News, Stratfor, Terrorism on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This article: Deciphering the Mohammed Trial by STRATFOR, is the most indepth commentary I have read so far on the issues surrounding the decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to have the 5 terrorists involved in the 9/11 plot, including the mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, moved from Guantanamo to New York for a civilian criminal trial. [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court orders new hearing for Troy Davis

Posted in Activism, African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Justice, Life, News, Troy Anthony Davis, U.S. Supreme Court on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, Monday 17th August 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a federal judge in Georgia to consider and rule on the claim of innocence in the murder case against Troy Anthony Davis. Davis was convicted and sentenced to death in 1991 of murdering an off-duty Savannah police officer, Mark Allen MacPhail, in 1989. Since his trial, Davis has claimed [...]

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Letter to an Officer and a Gentleman

Posted in African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Criminal Justice, Critical Thinking, Justice, Leadership, Life, News, Police, Racism, Sgt. Crowley, Sgt. Leon Lashley on August 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Dear Jim, Would you be so kind as to mention the following to Mr. Gates and President Obama during your meeting with them: One of the major problems stemming from the events of July 16 is that I, now known as ‘the black Sergeant’, have had my image plastered all over the Internet, television and [...]

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