Category Archives: Black Lives Matter

#DylannRoof Death Penalty Trial

Posted on December 8, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, S.C. — She recalled watching the young white man stroll into Bible study, thinking he just wanted to seek the word of God. He was handed a Bible and a worksheet about that Wednesday night’s lesson, the parable of … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial | Opening Statements

Posted on December 7, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

The judge in the Dylann Roof federal death penalty trial has denied a motion by attorneys to delay the trial. Roof’s attorneys wanted to delay the trial because of the publicity surrounding the mistrial in a former police officer’s case. Roof’s lawyers … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications Day 6

Posted on December 5, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Accused Emanuel AME Church shooter Dylann Roof filed a motion Sunday asking a federal judge to let his defense team represent him again, but only through the guilt phase of his death penalty trial set to begin in three days. … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications Day 5

Posted on December 2, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The long-awaited federal death penalty trial of the white man charged with the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church is scheduled to get underway next week with the final seating of … Continue reading →

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#MichaelSlager Trial | Verdict Watch

Posted on December 1, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

In closing arguments this afternoon in the state trial of former police officer Michael Slager, who is accused of murdering an unarmed black man in South Carolina, the defense blasted the media for creating what was described as a false … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, crime, Criminal Justice, Current Events, Department of Justice, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Justice for Walter Scott, Murder, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Racial Oppression, Racial Profiling, racial terror, Racism, Violence, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 183 Comments

#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications Day 4

Posted on December 1, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Dylann Roof is highly intelligent and objected to his defense team raising recent questions about his mental competency, according to a judge’s newly unsealed order that allowed the accused Emanuel AME Church shooter to represent himself. U.S. District Judge Richard … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications continues

Posted on November 30, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white man prosecutors accuse of gunning down nine black parishioners in a bid to start a race war showed no signs of a racial agenda Tuesday, taking a calm, businesslike approach to selecting a jury … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications

Posted on November 29, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Accused Emanuel AME Church shooter Dylann Roof got to work helping to pick the jury that will decide whether he lives or dies as he embarked on a risky legal strategy Monday, casting aside his top-flight defense team in favor … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial

Posted on November 28, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

The white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church will act as his own attorney in his federal death penalty trial. Dylann Roof’s request Monday came against his lawyers’ advice, and U.S. District Judge … Continue reading →

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Prosecutors charge cop who killed Philando Castile — then still give him special treatment

Posted on November 16, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

For 20 minutes, Ramsey County, Minn., District Attorney John Choi eloquently, compassionately and thoroughly explained why his office chose to charge St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez in the shooting death of Philando Castile. For the first time we learned … Continue reading →

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