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Court: Removing blacks from jury pool wasn’t discrimination
A Wisconsin prosecutor’s decision to strike the only two black people from a jury pool in a drug case involving a black defendant wasn’t racially motivated because they said they had had bad experiences with the police, a divided state appellate court ruled this week. The Kenosha County jury convicted Malcolm Sanders of dealing heroin […]
Court: Removing blacks from jury pool wasn’t discrimination
A Wisconsin prosecutor’s decision to strike the only two black people from a jury pool in a drug case involving a black defendant wasn’t racially motivated because they said they had had bad experiences with the police, a divided state appellate court ruled this week. The Kenosha County jury convicted Malcolm Sanders of dealing heroin […]
AP Interview: Kamala Harris on race and electability in 2020
Kamala Harris can’t forget the older black woman she met in Iowa while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama before the state’s 2008 caucus. “I remember her saying to me, ‘They’re not going to let him win,'” Harris recalled. “She did not want to go to the caucuses. She didn’t want to be disappointed.” […]
AP Interview: Kamala Harris on race and electability in 2020
Kamala Harris can’t forget the older black woman she met in Iowa while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama before the state’s 2008 caucus. “I remember her saying to me, ‘They’re not going to let him win,'” Harris recalled. “She did not want to go to the caucuses. She didn’t want to be disappointed.” […]
AP Interview: Kamala Harris on race and electability in 2020
Kamala Harris can’t forget the older black woman she met in Iowa while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama before the state’s 2008 caucus. “I remember her saying to me, ‘They’re not going to let him win,'” Harris recalled. “She did not want to go to the caucuses. She didn’t want to be disappointed.” […]
Buttigieg criticized at emotional town hall after shooting
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. Buttigieg said he would call for an outside investigation of the shooting of 54-year-old Eric […]
Buttigieg criticized at emotional town hall after shooting
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. Buttigieg said he would call for an outside investigation of the shooting of 54-year-old Eric […]
Buttigieg goes home to South Bend after man killed by police
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in his hometown forced him to confront issues of race and policing. The Democrat canceled several days of campaign events after returning to South Bend, where he spent […]
Buttigieg goes home to South Bend after man killed by police
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in his hometown forced him to confront issues of race and policing. The Democrat canceled several days of campaign events after returning to South Bend, where he spent […]
Civil Rights : Wrongful Termination – Race – Qualified Immunity
Where an employee of the Arkansas Department of Corrections brought claims against individual defendants arguing that he was wrongfully terminated on the basis of race, summary judgment for the defendants is affirmed because the employer provided evidence that similarly situated Caucasian employees were treated the same, and the employee did not show that the defendants’ […]
Criminal Law: Selective Prosecution – Race – Evidence
U.S. v. Peterson (MLW No. 62722/Case No. 10-3745 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)
Spencer sponsors bike race
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne will be handling all race contracts and legal consultations in its renewed role as a sponsor of the Tour of Missouri bicycle race. The 600-mile point-to-point race will be Sept. 7 through Sept. 13, with 120 cyclists expected to participate. There will be seven days of racing from St. Louis […]
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