Archive for November 13th, 2006
FBI to investigate LAPD beating of Latino man
6:57 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Controversia|Internet|Los Angeles · Comments Off
13 Nov 2006The power of YouTube continues to amaze us. The brutal August 11th beating of William Cardenas by the LAPD was caught on tape and put out there for the world to judge. And public opinion says it doesn’t think the LAPD has changed much over the past decade. You judge for yourself:
Thanks to the video’s viral popularity on the internet, the FBI is looking into the matter, reports BET:
The footage prompted federal investigators to open a civil rights inquiry into the Aug. 11 incident, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.The involved officers, who did not know they were being recorded, have been assigned to administrative duties while the FBI investigates. The LAPD’s internal affairs division is also investigating the arrest, the department confirmed Thursday.
Can’t see the video? Please let us know.
More towns jump on discrimination bandwagon
1:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|language|Texas · 6 Comments
13 Nov 2006
Lately, we’ve been telling you about towns across the country who are writing discrimination against undocumented immigrants into their local laws. Farmer’s Branch, Texas (a suburb of Dallas) just jumped on that bandwagon by proposing an ordinance to ban “illegal” immigrants from the town by making English the official language, among other measures:
A councilman has given city attorneys drafts of an ordinance that would make English the city’s official language and proposals to fine companies and landlords who do business with illegal immigrants.
Fidel Comeback Not Likely Anytime Soon
11:08 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba|Politics · Comments Off
13 Nov 2006
For those hoping (and for those not) for a Fidel Castro comeback, both the US and Cuban officials are telling us not to hold our breath. US officials, claiming to base their prognosis on pictures (and not on inside on the ground spy info), think that Fidel has terminal cancer of the colon, stomach or pancreas and that this new year may be his last. Even Cuban officials have backed down from earlier predictions that put Castro back in power early next month, now refusing to speculate as to when or even if he will be back.
Fidel certainly doesn’t look healthy in recent pics and one couldn’t put it past the U.S. to exagerate or Cuba to downplay the real situation.
Image and Story Via / CNN.com
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