Group plans suit for slave reparations in US history
A coalition of civil rights and class action lawyers led by Harvard professor Charles J. Ogletree plans a reparations lawsuit for African Americans descended from enslaved people. The Reparations Assessment Group includes Johnnie Cochran and other top litigators and aims to seek more than monetary compensation, with targets potentially including federal and state governments and private entities benefiting from slave labor. The effort stresses telling the slavery story and pressing for a broad legal remedy while awaiting specifics on defendants and damages.
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Harvard
Charles J. Ogletree
Ogletree
America
Johnnie Cochran
Washington D.C
Cochrane
Alexander J. Pires Jr
US Department of Agriculture
Richard Scruggs
Dennis C. Sweet III
Willie E. Gary
Loewen Group Inc
Randall Robinson
TransAfrica Forum
Robinson
Pires
Jamestown
Austria
Aetna Inc
Hartford
Conn
Harper’s Magazine
Federal charges eyed in 1998 New Jersey Turnpike shooting case
Federal prosecutors will pursue possible civil rights charges against troopers John Hogan and James Kenna over a 1998 Turnpike shooting that injured four minority men. The FBI will probe the incident and claims of falsified reports, while state cases remain on appeal and civil suits continue.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey Turnpike
John Farmer Jr
Farmer
U.S
Newark
John Hogan
James Kenna
Hogan
Kenna
FBI
Judge rules against yellow ribbon display in Beloit
Beloit Wisconsin judge grants summary judgment for the city over Mieke Veneman who decorated 4000 feet of yellow ribbons and 500 bows around utility poles to honor troops in Kosovo. The ruling cites safety and public space monopolization concerns and fines of 320 dollars as valid.
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Beloit
Wis
Kosovo
Mieke Veneman
Rock County
Daniel Dillon
Dillon
Veneman
North Carolina wildfires scorch 9600 acres in western forests
Wildfires gripping western North Carolina continued spreading through deadfall and parched underbrush. Linville Gorge fires surpassed 6300 acres with some containment lines breached. evacuations occurred at an Outward Bound base camp while crews burned debris to halt flames. In Mitchell, Surry, Haywood, Wilkes and Madison counties, fires ranged from 100 to 2000 acres and containment varied. Fire officials said eventual ecological benefits may follow as burned material clears for new growth.
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North Carolina
Forest Service
Bob Miller
Linville Gorge
Asheville
Bill Paxton
Paxton
Mitchell County
Tennessee
Surry County
Virginia
Haywood
Wilkes County
Madison County
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Franklin County
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Shields Mountain
Sevierville
Feds
IRS
Jkharris
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JK Harris & Company
Odessa
Texas
Isters
County Road West
Twosisters.net
Ram Kolluru
Reed
Cerified i Cardiology
Stree
Holter
Raji Kolluru M.D
Washington
Dallas World Trade Center
Steven L. Storm
CPA
Mark G. Cowart
Storm Cowart & CO
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Steve
Mark
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Ector County
Eeter County
Bobby Bland
Debbie Hobbs
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