Talk about hatin’ on Barack Obama …, three White men from New York were so angry that he had become the first African-American president that they went into a frenzy, yelling racial slurs and beating up Black folks, according to federal prosecutors. They even whipped a White man they thought was Black. “Shortly after learning of Barack Obama’s victory, [they] decided to find African Americans to assault in retaliation for an African-American winning the election,” prosecutors said in court papers Wednesday. Read the rest here.

Alaska’s Blacks lash out against Palin

. The Last Frontier’s powerful African-American community is speaking out against Republican V.P. nominee Sarah Palin. The relationship between Palin and Black leaders have been tense at times ever since becoming Alaska’s Governor in 2006, according to news reports. For instance, the governor riled Black leaders when she opposed a Juneteenth proclamation that would have endorsed a festival that celebrates the freeing of Black slaves. While 29 states officially celebrate the holiday, Palin deliberately refused to recognize it in 2007. Black leaders say that is not the only example of her insensitivity

The Maryland teen was found dead in his cell in Prince George’s County, Md.

A month and a half has passed since a 19-year-old Black suspect was found murdered in his cell at a southern Maryland jail, and NAACP officials are angry over the pace of the investigation. On June 29, Ronnie L. White, was found strangled in his cell, less than two days after he was charged with killing a veteran Prince George’s County, Md., police officer by hitting him with his car. Go to BET.com/News to find out what the NAACP says should be done in the case.