Posted on April 2, 2008 by thestateofblog
“I love you, son.”
The last words Joseph Guzman said to his friend Sean Bell as he tried to shield Bell from the bullets fired by New York City Police Officers. Bell said in response, “I love you, too.” Then he stopped moving. Stopped talking.”
Guzman was shot 19 times, as shown above.
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Posted on April 2, 2008 by thestateofblog
An appeals court Thursday upheld Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction for murdering a police officer 27 years ago but rejected prosecutors’ request to reinstate the death penalty for the former Black Panther.A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that because the jury that sentenced Abu-Jamal to die was given flawed instructions in [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2008 by thestateofblog
Judge Marvin Arrington insists he’s not a racist; despite ordering white lawyers out of his courtroom on Thursday.
The Fulton County Superior Court judge said he was just fed up seeing a parade of young black defendants in his courtroom. “I came out and saw the defendants, about 99.9 percent Afro-Americans, and some point time [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2008 by thestateofblog
Tech leaders are lobbying Congress to raise the cap on visas granted to foreign tech professionals. Many members of Congress (and me, J) believe that the US should improve it’s education system, rather than cherry-pick professionals from other countries so that we can do business.
“The tech industry and many educators in recent years [...]
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