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Four Boys Charged with Sexually Assaulting 8-year-old; Judge Says NYC Fire Dept. Discriminates; Black Women Don’t Stick with Law Firms
July 23rd, 2009Four Boys Charged with Sexually Assaulting 8-year-old
Phoenix Police have charged four boys, all children of Liberian immigrants, with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, whom they allegedly lured into a vacant storage shed with chewing gum. Police say that the suspects – ages 9, 10, 13 and 14 – restrained the girl and sexually assaulted her on July 16. The boys all live in the same apartment complex, police said. The 14-year-old is being charged as an adult. The girl has been placed in the custody of Phoenix Child Protective Services because of her parents’ attitude toward her, police said.
Judge Says NYC Fire Dept. Discriminates
Because of discrimination within New York City’s Fire Department, Blacks and Hispanics account for only 10 percent of its workforce, despite the fact that most residents are minorities, a judge ruled Wednesday. “These numbers stand in stark contrast to some of the nation’s other large cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Houston, where minority firefighters have been represented in significantly higher percentages,” U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis wrote, agreeing with U.S. Department of Justice and a fraternal order of Black firefighters. Justice and the Black firefighters group found that disparities among those taking firefighter recruitment exams in 1999 and 2002 were so wide that no trial was needed to rule against the city. The city used the exams to appoint more than 5,300 entry-level firefighters between 1999 and 2007, “cheating at least 1,000 minority firefighters of chances to join a force of roughly 11,000 at the Fire Department of New York,” The Associated Press reported. Some 3,100 exam candidates were Black and 4,200 were Hispanic; still, the city appointed only 184 Black firefighters and 461 Hispanic firefighters, he said. “Black and Hispanic applicants had disproportionately failed the written examinations and those who passed were placed disproportionately lower down the hiring lists than Whites.” He said he must now consider remedies.
Black Women Don’t Stick with Law Firms
Three in four Black women lawyers will leave their firms within five years after slamming into the proverbial glass ceiling, a new study has found. “Those who leave often report experiencing institutional discrimination and unwanted and or unfair critical attention, which combine to create an exclusionary and challenging workplace,” according to the report by Catalyst, a women’s research group. Citing earlier studies, Catalyst noted that employers pay dearly when they lose an attorney. In fact, the group said, the cost is equal to or greater than the departing lawyer’s annual salary and benefits. Among the challenges unique to non-White women, according to Catalyst, are limited growth opportunities and a heightened sense of “outsider status;” more racial and gender stereotyping and experiences of sexism; lack of access to high-profile client assignments; and missed opportunities for candid feedback, the report said.
If these law firms would treeat women as human beings maybe theyd stay, men can be such pigs in the work play
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I an searching for help my fiance who is a black man was sentenced to a crime he did not commit in the state of virginia he was sentenced to 105 year plus life in jail he has been locked up since 2007 and he is now 27 years old with a 6 yr old son who loves him dearly we could not afford a lawyer and no one wanted to represent him with out any money so we had to settle for a court appointed lawyer. the trial had no evidence only other people who were involved in th drug conspiracy were given plea bargains if they testify against Robert Gibson who is my fiance even at sentencing the judge told not the prosecutors but my fiance lawyer good job and made a mockery of all of us especially because were black the judge was prejudice from commits he was expressing during sentencing and some during the trial some one white would’t see this much time not even a terrorist a rapiest or even a murderer if there is any way you can help please get incontact with me at my email or you can go to the website i made for my fiance it http://www.robertgibson.wetpaint.com thank you
THANK GOD THAT SOMEONE HAD THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO NYC FIRE DEPT. ANY ONE WHO GREW UP IN N.Y. KNOWS WHAT THE JUDGE IS SAYING IS TRUE!
Now NY will be forced to have lazy blacks and hispanics to save you when your house is on fire. I hope you feel safe about that, you idiots. I always prefer the best people at the job whether they are all white or black.
I am a 68 year old african american frmale and a mother of two sons.Mr. Obama has spoken very well on the subject of Racacial profiling. The world knows all about this evil PHenemon.Maybe the people that do this craziness will stop this foolishness. No one is know better than anyone. We are all made in the same way just different beautiful colors..Thank God for Mr, Obama
ummm b.long – blacks and hispanics aint lazy you just feeding into a stereotype you need to ge off the “block” and see the world to realizr blacks and hispanics do the job just as well as white, there are lazy people in every race dont just single out blacks and hispanics , do your reasearch before you commen , i hope your not black!! sheesh
I too think its time for judges to put an end to the discrimatory actions thats being taken place far to long. I hope that this isn’t just something that surfacing but will be sweaped under the rug the next week. I think those in higher places that can keep an account of these and other issues and let us know whats being done will allow us as concerned individuals to express ourselves and become a voice in our community.
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If anyone passes a test that is your answer. And anyone can study ! So if you don’t pass a test don’t CRY JUST STUDY ! And most people do have a stereotype of black people because of there BEHAVIOR! And you people want to bit!h and blame other people for what you people do!
how much we can take anymore how much GOD we need you and harmaguedon soon because is time the lord !!to much is to much .
why the white man cannot leave they black ,latinos alone why to much to take why we need a break please leave us alone .on the last day what will protect you the white man ,you will face the judgement of God even you don’t believe it.
that why you so crazy and unrespectful and aneducated because some of you if you where i think you will never stop to judge someone just because of his color of his gender or race or any other you will looking at you inside a mirror and say who i’am see a human like you….die like you ,eat like you..
DAVID you are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wrong about Black People. you need to study white people and you will see who is realy crazy in the world, because you are one of the stupid people im talking about. cry about that.
White people are a bunch of liars and muderers and the world will never see peace as long as they are on this plannet i would be so happy as a
black man to whitness every last one of them die off i wish black people would stop disgracing themselves by dating them its nasty they smell like
dogs race mixing is ugly and its destroying all races.they think that they own the world arabs dont want white people in their society at all.
I want a Big Black Beefy Man!! Bubba Long has left me for a fat white with a fat butt.
thank you. Beatifull Archile !
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@PENNIE ..THANKS FOR THE WORDS YOU GAVE ME A WHILE BACK AGO, I LIKE READING YOUR WORDS ALSO.