Equal Protection of the Law? New Study Finds Judges Sentence Defendants Differently Based on Race

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From [HERE] and [HERE] Researchers say they their new study suggests a reason why African Americans are overrepresented in prison. Black defendants are more likely to be sentenced to prison than whites, on average, but the racial gap is even more pronounced among some judges, suggesting that race is influencing the decision, the study found. The researchers studied judicial variations in sentencing in felony cases from Cook County, Ill., which includes Chicago. “Race matters in the courtroom,” says the study posted as SSRN. Differences in sentencing by race across judges “suggests that courtroom outcomes may not be race blind. This may be one source of the substantial overrepresentation of African-Americans in the prison population.”

The researchers plotted incarceration rates and sentence lengths imposed for blacks and whites by each judge in the study. The average rate of incarceration is 51 percent for African Americans and 38 percent for whites—a racial gap of 13 percentage points. The study found that the gap in incarceration rates between black and white defendants increased by 18 percentage points between the 10th percentile and 90th percentile judges.

The study explains the difference in an example. A black defendant would have a 45 percent chance of incarceration before the 10th percentile judge and a 68 percent chance before the 90th percentile judge. A white defendant, on the other hand, would have a 35 percent chance of incarceration before the 10th percentile judge and a 40 percent chance before the 90th percentile judge. The racial gap in sentencing probability between the black and white defendants is 10 percentage points by the 10th percentile judge and 28 percentage points by the 90th percentile judge.

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White Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Plot to Kill Blacks & Purify the White Race

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From [MORE] and [MORE] A 25-year-old Portland white woman has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in a Northwest crime spree that claimed four lives. The Oregonian reports that Holly Ann Grigsby was arraigned Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland. A grand jury indictment accuses Grigsby and 32-year-old David “Joey” Pedersen of Salem of promoting and funding a movement to “purify” and “preserve” the white race through murder.

They are charged in the killing, kidnapping and robbery of four people last fall: Pedersen’s father, David “Red” Pedersen, and stepmother, Leslie “DeeDee” Pedersen, on Sept. 26 in Everett, Wash.; Cody Myers, a 19-year-old from Oregon on Oct. 1; and Reginald Clark, 53, of Eureka, Calif., on Oct. 3. Pedersen is already serving life without parole at the Monroe, Wash., Correctional Complex after pleading guilty to the slayings of his father and his stepmother. He is expected to be arraigned on the federal charges next month.

The enterprise, according to the indictment, also targeted Jewish leaders and members of prominent Jewish organizations. Pedersen researched the names and addresses of Jewish organizations in Seattle, Portland and Sacramento to identify potential targets.

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Series of Ramadan Terror Attacks Motivated by Racism: All the Terrorists are White, all the Victims are Non-white

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In the series of recent attacks against Muslims - all the attackers are white and all the victims are non-white. Believe it or not 70% of the world is not Christian. 90% of the world is non-white. White supremacy is white people's fear of genetic annihilation through genetic assimilation with non-whites. Racism is behavior egaged in whites by in order to survive and maintain control of the non-white masses.   Revealing fear towards Muslim non-whites has become acceptable to the media since 911. For instance today 'White Party' musician Hank Williams Jr, (in photo) felt comfortable enough to say Obama is Muslim "who hates the U.S." [MORE] See more below. Here are some more examples of white [presumacy]  via  ThinkProgress] Muslims recently concluded their holy month of Ramadan. However, this year’s Ramadan has been overshadowed by an uptick in Islamophobic attacks against American Muslims in their schools, homes, and places of worship. In the wake of the massacre in a Sikh temple in Wisconsin earlier this month, hate crimes threatening Muslims or members of other faiths who are mistakenly confused with Muslims have been on the rise: 

  • Mosque’s Welcome Sign Smashed: A North Smithfield, RI mosque was vandalized on August 5, when their welcome sign was smashed with a hammer. After appealing to local police for more protection, the mosque received increased security checks. [Source]
  • Mosque Burned To Ground: Federal agents are investigating a suspicious fire that burned a Joplin, MO mosque to the ground on August 6. Just a month earlier, a small fire at the same mosque damaged part of its roof. [Source]
  • Pig Legs Thrown Into Mosque Site: On August 7, pig parts were thrown onto the site of a proposed Islamic center in southern California. Since consuming pigs is forbidden under Islam, local advocates are asking federal officials to investigate it as a hate crime. [Source]
  • Shots Fired On Mosque: On August 10, David Conrad fired two pellet-gun shots on the outer wall of a Morton Grove, IL mosque while about 500 people were inside observing evening prayers for Ramadan. No one was injured, but worshipers saw one of the bullets just narrowly miss a a security guard’s head. Conrad is now in police custody. [Source]
  • Acid Bomb Attack At School: On August 12, an acid bomb was thrown into Muslim school in Lombard, IL, while the school was being used as a facility for evening Ramadan prayers. Worshipers heard a loud bang against the building and realized that someone had hurled a 7-Up bottle filled with acid and other unidentified materials at the school. [Source]
  • Windows Smashed At Christian Arab Church: On August 13, a Christian church in Detroit reported that their building had been vandalized. The church’s pastor, Father Rani Abdulmasih, noted that his Middle Eastern congregation has been racially profiled before. [Source]
  • Paintball Attack At Mosque: Vandals shot paintballs at the Grand Mosque of Oklahoma City on August 13. The attack was caught on the mosque’s surveillance camera, but the police were unable to identify the suspects. [Source]
  • Molotov Cocktail Thrown Into Muslim Home: In the middle of the night on August 15, a firebomb was thrown at a Muslim home in Panama City, FL. The home’s residents believe that the Molotov cocktail was aimed at a bedroom window, but missed its target. The fire was put out with a hose. [Source]
  • Hate Graffiti In Cemetery: On August 16, a visitor to a Muslim cemetery in Evergreen Park, IL discovered that several tombstones had been vandalized with hate graffiti, including racial epithets and insults against Mohammad. [Source]

Two weeks ago, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) claimed that radical Muslims are “trying to kill Americans every week” at a town hall just 15 miles away from the Morton Grove mosque. Several of the other recent attacks — the acid bomb in Lombard, IL and the graffiti in Evergreen Park, IL — also took place in Walsh’s district.

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Hank Williams Jr. Wants to take the Country Back from Non-Whites who Kidnapped it

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Fanning the flames of white supremacy and all in the name of Obama? Folks this stuff is directed at you. In photo a Mosque set on fire and destroyed by whites in Joplin, Missouri on 8/4/12 [MORE] From [HERE] Hank Williams Jr. just made it pretty clear which presidential candidate he'll be voting for come November. The country singer took a political swing at President Barack Obama while performing for a crowd of 8,500 at the Iowa State Fair Grandstand Friday night.

After finishing the song, "We Don't Apologize For America," the audience started chanting "USA, USA..." According to the Des Moines Register, Williams then told the crowd, "We've got a Muslim president who hates farming, hates the military, hates the U.S. and we hate him!" According to the concert review, Williams' comments brought on cheers and applause.

This isn't the first time Williams has spoken out against Mr. Obama. In July, Williams told Rolling Stone that the president "hates America in the first place, forget about the flag."

His latest album, "Old School, New Rules," is riddled with political jabs against Mr. Obama, too. In the song, "Take Back Our Country," Williams sings, "Hey Barack, pack your bags, head to Chicago, take your teleprompter with you so you'll know where to go." 

He also gets political in a new image posted Monday on his website that reads: "Taking Back the Country 2012," which can be found here. The caption notes: "Are y'all ready to help take back this great country?"

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U.S. Army battling Racists within its own ranks - Neo Nazis Join Military to Learn to kill non-whites

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From [HERE] They call it "rahowa" - short for racial holy war - and they are preparing for it by joining the ranks of the world's fiercest fighting machine, the U.S. military. White supremacists, neo-Nazis and skinhead groups encourage followers to enlist in the Army and Marine Corps to acquire the skills to overthrow what some call the ZOG - the Zionist Occupation Government. Get in, get trained and get out to brace for the coming race war.

If this scenario seems like fantasy or bluster, civil rights organizations take it as deadly serious, especially given recent events. Former U.S. Army soldier Wade Page (in photo) opened fire with a 9mm handgun at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on August 5, murdering six people and critically wounding three before killing himself during a shootout with police. The U.S. Defense Department as well has stepped up efforts to purge violent racists from its ranks, earning praise from organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has tracked and exposed hate groups since the 1970s.

Page, who was 40, was well known in the white supremacist music scene. In the early 2000s he told academic researcher Pete Simi that he became a neo-Nazi after joining the military in 1992. Fred Lucas, who served with him, said Page openly espoused his racist views until 1998, when he was demoted from sergeant to specialist, discharged and barred from re-enlistment.

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Federal Court allows "show me your papers" laws to Stand in Alabama & Georgia, other provisions struck

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From [HERE] A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that Alabama and Georgia could enforce key aspects of their laws against illegal immigration that allow police to check the status of criminal suspects. The Alabama opinion is  [HERE] and the Georgia opinion is [HERE]. In partially lifting a lower-court injunction, the court acknowledged that the provision of the state's 2011 immigration law "invites ... racial profiling," but declared, "Reliance on race, color, or national origin that is constitutionally prohibited, however, is expressly forbidden by the Georgia statute."

The decision follows a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding parts of a similar law in Arizona. The Atlanta-based court referenced that decision in its opinion to lift the injunction on the verification section, also known as section 8. "In Arizona v. United States, the Supreme Court approved of a similar state provision, and in light of that holding we likewise conclude at this stage of litigation that Plaintiffs are not likely to succeed on the claim that section 8 is pre-empted by federal law," the panel wrote.

Circuit Judge Charles Wilson wrote in a 33-page decision that Georgia' section on checking immigration status "is less facially problematic than the provision" that the Supreme Court let stand in Arizona. That law requires authorities to investigate immigration status when a detainee cannot prove their legality. The Georgia law merely authorizes such action.

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Genocidal Behavior Continues in Israel: Lynch Mob Attacks Palestinian Teen as Group Watches

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On Monday, some of the teenage suspects commented near the courthouse where they were remanded, adding to the shocking nature of the case. "For my part he can die," said one of the suspects, who admitted taking part in the assault. "He's an Arab," he told reporters outside the courtroom by way of explanation. "He cursed my mother. "If it was up to me, I'd have murdered him," he added. [MORE] Seven Israeli teenagers were in custody on Monday, accused of what a police official and several witnesses described as an attempted lynching of several Palestinian youths, laying bare the undercurrent of tension in this ethnically mixed but politically divided city.

The police said that scores of Jewish youths were involved in the attack late Thursday in West Jerusalem’s Zion Square, leaving one 17-year-old unconscious and hospitalized. Hundreds of bystanders watched the mob beating, the police said — and no one intervened.

Two of the suspects were girls, the youngest 13, adding to the soul-searching and acknowledgment that the poisoned political environment around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has affected the moral compass of youths growing up within it. The young man who was beaten unconscious, Jamal Julani, remained in the hospital.

The cousin, Muhammad Mujahid, 17, said he and four friends were walking in the square and suddenly found themselves being chased by a group of youths. “They were shouting ‘Arabs, death to Arabs,’ ” he said. “I saw about 50 people chasing us. We ran, but about 10 of them caught Jamal.”

The mob beating came on the same day that a Palestinian taxi on the West Bank was firebombed, apparently by Jewish extremists, though there have been no arrests. The two episodes, along with a new report by the United States State Department labeling attacks by Jews on Palestinians as terrorism, have opened a stark national conversation about racism, violence, and how Israeli society could have come to this point.

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Whites in Ohio Suburb Upset at Blacks in Beating of White Man by Black Teens - Mayor says teens aren't human

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From [HERE] and [HERE] People in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill are rallying for unity around a resident who was badly beaten by a group of teenagers. Organizers planned a public meeting Monday after racial fliers were circulated in the community. The fliers called the assault a hate crime, emphasizing that the suspects are black and the victim white.

Forty-five-year-old Pat Mahaney was hospitalized four days last week from injuries after being beaten. Six youths ages 13 and 14 are charged with felonious assault and aggravated rioting. Police say the youths said they were bored and looking for something to do.

People from all over North College Hill showed up to show their support for a man attacked by a group of teens who claimed they'd been bored. "We will not let this this incident define us," said Mayor Dan Brooks, who struggled to find words to describe the 13- and 14-year-olds. "Six totally irresponsible and, as far as I'm concerned irrelevant, human beings, if you want to call them that, attacked one of our fellow citizens."

Brooks said he would ask the county prosecutor to seek the maximum penalty for the teens accused of brutally beating Pat Mahaney last week as he walked along a street. "The police department is also working with the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority coordinating the eviction of these individuals out of our community," said Police Chief Gary Foust.

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White Supremacist Plot alleged in Crime Spree: White Couple Went on Rampage to "Preserve the White Race"

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From [HERE] A young couple accused of killing four people in a multistate crime spree last fall have been indicted on federal racketeering charges alleging the rampage was part of a campaign to "purify" and "preserve" the white race, the U.S. attorney for Oregon said Friday. A grand jury handed up the indictment Thursday against David "Joey" Pedersen, 32, and Holly Ann Grigsby, 25, prosecutor Amanda Marshall said in a statement. Grigsby will be arraigned Monday in Seattle. Pedersen's arraignment in Portland hasn't been scheduled.

"The indictment in this case alleges horrendous crimes were committed as part of defendants' white supremacist campaign to kidnap and murder targets on the basis of race, color, religion and perceived 'degenerate' conduct," Marshall said. They are charged in the killing, kidnapping and robbery of four people last fall: Pedersen's father, David "Red" Pedersen, and stepmother, Leslie "DeeDee" Pedersen, on Sept. 26 in Everett, Wash.; Cody Myers, a 19-year-old from Oregon on Oct. 1; and Reginald Clark, 53, of Eureka (Humboldt County) on Oct. 3.

Clark was black and Grigsby allegedly told investigators that Myers, a Christian, was killed because his name sounded Jewish. The 24-page indictment charges that Pedersen and Grigsby were members of a criminal enterprise whose aim was to promote a white supremacist movement. The pair robbed their victims to finance the campaign, stole their cars to escape and murdered them to eliminate witnesses and avoid capture.

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Precondition to Genocide? Most Whites in NYC Support Stop & Frisk of Non-whites: 4th Amendment Vanishing

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Prior to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany certain pre-conditions had to be established before such mass murder could have been possible. For one thing, people had to be ready to accept the identification of other members of their society as enemies. A substantial part of the population had to be ready to consider it desirable, acceptable or unavoidable that certain other people would be isolated, persecuted and killed.

Consider the fact that prior to the Holocaust, Jews thought they were German. That is, Jews had fully assimilated & integrated into German society. Are the pre-conditions to the genocide of non-whites being laid down in U.S.? This poll shows that most whites in NYC see nothing wrong with stopping, detaining and searching random Blacks & Latinos. What's next folks?  The 4th Amendement is not even an afterthought here to the poll takers & givers or white media [HERE]- bw. From [HERE] New York City voters are divided along racial lines over the New York Police Department's "stop-and-frisk" strategy, according to a poll released Thursday.

The Quinnipiac University survey found that 57 percent of white city voters approve of the Police Department's practice of detaining and sometimes searching anyone officers deem suspicious. But only 25 percent of black voters surveyed said they approve of the policy, which affects many more minorities than white residents. Of those surveyed, 53 percent of Hispanics said they approve of the practice. 

The NYPD stopped close to 700,000 people on the street last year. Nearly 87 percent were black or Hispanic, and about half were frisked. About 10 percent were arrested. According to NYPD data, even though, Blacks and Latinos were far more likely to be stopped, whites were almost twice as likely to be found carrying a weapon. [MORE] and [MORE].

Mayor Michael Bloomberg argues that the program is an indispensable tool in the fight against illegal guns.

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White Terror Attacks Increase as U.S. Nears Racial Tipping Point

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From [HERE] The New America Foundation, a non-partisan public policy think-tank based in Washington, D.C., collected data on terrorist attacks after 9/11. The NAF study revealed that right-wing extremists have carried out eight fatal terrorist attacks in the U.S.

Militants connected to al Qaeda or jihad-inspired radicals have committed four terrorist attacks in the United States – half as many of White supremacists – that have killed 17 Americans. If the FBI investigation concludes that the Sikh temple shooting was indeed an act of domestic terrorism, the death toll from right-wing terrorism will jump to 15.

Last week, New America Foundation director and CNN national security contributor Peter Bergen wrote: “The numbers in the New America Foundation database may well understate the toll of violence from right-wing extremists. Another FBI study reported that between January 1, 2007, and October 31, 2009, white supremacists were involved in 53 acts of violence, 40 of which were assaults directed primarily at African-Americans, seven of which were murders and the rest of which were threats, arson and intimidation.”

Jennifer Rowland, program associate in National Security Studies Program at NAF, said that many of these crimes carried out by White supremacists were prosecuted as murders or hate crimes, which generally carry lower sentences than domestic terrorism convictions.

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Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others

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From [HERE]

1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t that be, like, everyone in the US? Other terrorists are called, like, “terrorists.”

2. White terrorists are “troubled loners.” Other terrorists are always suspected of being part of a global plot, even when they are obviously troubled loners.

3. Doing a study on the danger of white terrorists at the Department of Homeland Security will get you sidelined by angry white Congressmen. Doing studies on other kinds of terrorists is a guaranteed promotion.

4. The family of a white terrorist is interviewed, weeping as they wonder where he went wrong. The families of other terrorists are almost never interviewed.

5. White terrorists are part of a “fringe.” Other terrorists are apparently mainstream.

6. White terrorists are random events, like tornadoes. Other terrorists are long-running conspiracies.

7. White terrorists are never called “white.” But other terrorists are given ethnic affiliations.

8. Nobody thinks white terrorists are typical of white people. But other terrorists are considered paragons of their societies.

9. White terrorists are alcoholics, addicts or mentally ill. Other terrorists are apparently clean-living and perfectly sane.

10. There is nothing you can do about white terrorists. Gun control won’t stop them. No policy you could make, no government program, could possibly have an impact on them. But hundreds of billions of dollars must be spent on police and on the Department of Defense, and on TSA, which must virtually strip search 60 million people a year, to deal with other terrorists.

Justice or White Supremacy? Pennsylvania Judge Allows Voter ID Law to Move Forward

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In a world that is overwhelming (90% or more!) Brown and in a country that has a dramatically shrinking white population it must be understood that racism/white supremacy is behavior engaged in by whites to enable their survival. A behavioral system for the survival of white people - or a white survival game which has to inferiorize the functioning of Black and other people of color.They must create rules/tricks and such to enable a system they can dominate... From [HERE] A judge in Pennsylvania has refused to block the state’s photo voter ID law, one of the strictest in the nation. Civil rights groups had challenged the law, representing 10 Pennsylvanians impacted by it, and brought dozens of witnesses who testified to their inability to get picture ID due to lacking primary documents such as birth certificates and social security cards. But despite the fact that an untold number of Pennsylvania citizens lack ID — most estimates range in the hundreds of thousands — lack ID, that the state’s own governor and secretary of state didn’t know the details of the law, a state legislator admitting the law would throw the election to Mitt Romney, and testimony that thousands of African Americans and Latinos would be unfairly burdened by the law, Judge Robert Simpson rejected many of the arguments made against the law, particularly that it violated the state’s constitutional protection of the right to vote.

Said Judge Simpson: “The photo ID requirement of Act 18 is a reasonable, non-discriminatory, non-severe burden when viewed in the broader context of the widespread use of photo ID in daily life. The Commonwealth’s asserted interest in protecting public confidence in elections is a relevant and legitimate state interest sufficiently weighty to justify the burden.”

His ruling mirrored the ruling handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld Indiana’s voter ID law. The difference here, though, is that the Indiana case was argued on the premise that it violated the U.S. Constitution, while the Pennsylvania case was about the state’s constitution.

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Arizona tells court anti-1070 claims 'speculative' - Law will Allow Police to Stop & Detain any Non-White Person

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Arizona is eager to implement this racist law which legalizes police stops and detentions of persons based on physical characteristics. It would be reasonable under SB 1070 for police to stop and detain all persons who look Latino to the police -  any stop and detention of a non-white person. Sec. 2(B) cannot be implemented without violating the 4th Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures and the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause. From [HERE] Attorneys for the state asked a white federal judge late Friday to reject a new bid to block a key provision of SB 1070 from taking effect.

 In legal papers filed in U.S. District Court, lawyers for the state said claims by foes of the law that it will necessarily result in racial profiling are "entirely speculative.' And John Bouma, the lead attorney for Arizona, pointed out that the statute itself "expressly prohibits racial profiling.'

It will be up to Judge Susan Bolton (photo right) to decide whether what foes have dubbed the "papers please' provision of the 2010 law aimed at illegal immigrants can take effect. She is under a deadline of sorts.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Bolton acted improperly in granting an injunction in 2010 against the same provision even before the law took effect. And earlier this week the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which had previously sided with Bolton, sent her an order formally informing her of the high court's ruling.

But that injunction remains in place until Bolton acts. In the interim, opponents are hoping to get a new bar to the law. 

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'White Party' House Candidate Calls For Troops Along Arizona Border To ‘Start Shooting’

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From [HERE] Samuel Wurzlbacher — known to most as Joe the Plumber — made an appearance at a fundraiser for a Republican Arizona State Senator candidate over the weekend, and told the audience that the way to solve the country’s immigration problem is to station troops along the border and have them “start shooting.” The comment was first made at a Friday evening fundraising dinner for Lori Klein, the Republican candidate for her state senate district:

“For years I’ve said, you know, put a damn fence on the border going to Mexico and start shooting. I’m running for Congress and that should be a bad thing to say. But you know what, it’s how I feel…I want my borders protected, I’m very very adamant about that.” The dinner attracted both Wurzelbacher, who is running for Congress in Ohio, and infamous conspiracy theorist Sheriff Joe Arpaio, along with 125 supporters. His comment was met with nervous laughter, as seen in a video shot by local news outlet Prescott eNews.

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Blacks Burning & Looting in France - Major Urban Riot Erupts after Police Incident

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Buildings and cars were torched overnight as youths and police clashed in the northern French city of Amiens. 16 Officers Injured. 

From [HERE] and [HERE]  Police were shot at and buildings destroyed as rioting broke out in two major French cities, presenting the first big test of newly-elected president Francois Hollande’s leadership. Reports suggest the unrest may have been triggered after police arrested a man for dangerous driving.

Disaffected youths from north African immigrant estates went on the rampage in the northern cathedral city of Amiens on Monday, setting fire to property and seriously injuring several police officers. And yesterday there were outbreaks of trouble in the south-western city of Toulouse as the spectre of widespread urban disturbances returned to haunt France. Mr Hollande broke off from his holiday on the Riviera to pledge that the government 'will mobilise everything it can to fight this violence’.

Trouble first broke out in the Fasset district of Amiens when a driver was stopped by police for a routine check. Youths taunted the officers before throwing missiles at them. The situation was made worse by the presence of a crowd gathered to mourn a 20-year-old man who was killed in a motorcycle accident last Thursday.

Buildings were burnt down in the north of the city and many police officers were seriously injured, including 16 who suffered wounds from shotguns and fireworks. Riot police used rubber bullets and deployed a helicopter to try to stop the trouble, which intensified throughout Monday night. 'The situation got out of control and spread to nearby streets,’ said a police spokesman. 'Soon hundreds of rioters were involved. They were setting fire to bins and to cars and attacking anybody who tried to stop them.’

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Increase in Diversity, First Black President Leading to Explosive Growth of Radical Right

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From [HERE] The murderous attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin this past Sunday by neo-Nazi skinhead Wade Michael Page was just the latest in a series of terrorist incidents and plots by the radical right in recent months and years. It comes in the midst of explosive growth on the radical right – growth fueled by America’s increasing diversity, its economic problems and the election of the nation’s first black president.

Earlier this year, the Southern Poverty Law Center documented a third straight year of extraordinary growth that has swelled the ranks of extremist groups to record levels. The SPLC is now tracking 1,018 hate groups – a 69 percent increase since 2000.

In addition, the SPLC has documented a powerful resurgence of the antigovernment “Patriot” movement, which in the 1990s led to a string of domestic terrorist plots, including the Oklahoma City bombing. The number of Patriot groups, including armed militias, grew by 755 percent in the first three years of the Obama administration – from 149 at the end of 2008 to 1,274 in 2011.

Following is a list of SPLC resources related to the shooting in Wisconsin, the rise of extremism, the neo-Nazi skinhead movement and the racist music scene.

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And Another Ramadan White Terror Attack: White Man Fired BB Shots at Morton Grove Mosque During Service

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From [HERE] A man allegedly fired a BB gun at a mosque in the northern suburb of Chicago Friday night while 500 people prayed inside. The shooting happened while worshippers were celebrating the holy month of Ramadan at the Muslim Eduction Center, 8601 N. Menard Avenue, about 10:30 p.m., according to Kamran Hussain, Vice President of the Muslim Community Center of Chicago, which owns the mosque.

Off-duty Chicago Police officers, who been hired to provide additional security at the mosque during Ramadan activities, called Morton Grove police after they saw an object whiz by and hit the building just above the head of one of the officers, Hussain said. Though the damage to the building was minor, there were about 500 people inside the mosque for prayers at the time of the shooting, Hussain said, adding that many kids from the congregation were outside of the building during the service. Earlier this week a mosque in Joplin, Missouri was burned down. [MORE] 

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African diplomats say they fear racist attacks when out walking in Israel

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From [HERE] Several African diplomats have complained to the Foreign Ministry that they cannot walk about freely for fear of racially motivated attacks.

Because of racist remarks by Israeli politicians, “we are afraid to walk down the street,” ambassadors from a number of African countries told Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon at a recent meeting, the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday.

Henry Hanson-Hall, the ambassador from Ghana, told officials that his wife was harassed and laughed at when she went shopping. What can legal foreign workers say or do “if that’s what happens to the ambassador’s wife?” he asked. “When I jog, I’m afraid I’ll either be arrested or hooligans will attack me.” Other diplomats, including the ambassadors of Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria, said that racism in Israel affected the image of the Jewish state in their home countries.

Israel must deal with illegal immigration in a dignified and humane way, they told Ayalon and his staff. The diplomats criticized the public deportations of those sent home — an act that cast them as “dangerous criminals.”

 

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Racist Graffiti Incidents Directed at Africans in Concord, Connecticut: "We cannot coexist with third world scum"

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From [HERE] Detectives are circulating a flyer with handwritten samples taken from hate-filled messages scrawled on a home occupied by a Somalian family last weekend and left on three other refugee families' residences last September.

Detectives have not confirmed the four graffiti incidents were done by the same person but said it is "very possible." The latest racist, xenophobic graffiti was left on the side of a Thompson Street home sometime overnight Saturday, Aug. 4, and discovered early Sunday, Aug. 5, morning. Someone used a black marker to pen the neatly written, racist message on the apartment building where a Somalian family of nine resides. 

"We can not coexist with third world scum. The Primitive beasts like those in this house are to blame for the crimes we now suffer. Love your legals, DePort (sic) the rest," was the message.

A similar incident happened on Sept. 18 when hate-filled messages were left on three homes on Perley and Downing streets, targeting other refugee families from Somalia and the Congo. 

"You are not welcome here this town was a wonderful crime free place for hundreds of years, your subhuman culture has already brought many crimes linked to you mud people. We are sick at Paying for you to live here go back to your hell and leave us alone" one message said.

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