Sentences with phrase «by black law»

I am an ally — that is, not racialized myself, but hope to be an ally to those who are — and I can remember when the LLP program was being debated, the reinstitutionalization of discrimination through the program was predicted by the Black Law Students» Association.
She was also named Southwestern Law School's 2013 Outstanding Alumnus by the Black Law Students Association.
And Rice has a penchant to rush to judgement, witness the criticism levelled at her by black law enforcement officials the other day.

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A partially blacked - out affidavit by an FBI special agent and attached to the warrant to arrest Ramos, alleges that Phantom Secure devices and services were «specifically designed to prevent law enforcement from intercepting and monitoring communication» and its corporate structure was set up to «obstruct, impede, and evade law enforcement.»
This scandal is only the latest in a string of worrisome disclosures about the use of social media by third parties, from foreign governments and electoral candidates to law enforcement agencies, to spy on the activities of users — especially immigrant, Black and other vulnerable communities.
In the 50's, 60's, and earlier, black folks were forbidden, by law, in various states from marrying white folks.
Religion News Service: Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws African - American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth.
A convinced Platonist, at least with regard to the existence of mathematical laws, Davies rejects the cultural view of mathematics merely as a language created by man to describe the natural world; and like his colleague Roger Penrose (one of the foremost theoreticians on black holes) he flatly asserts that mathematical laws have an existence of their own:
During our conversation, he spent more time decrying rioting and calling for calm and prayer than lamenting the modern - day lynching by law enforcement of innocent black bodies that are piling up across the nation.
Though blacks» tutelage has not been entirely self - incurred, the link between liberation and enlightenment is just as real for us: the black nonviolent disobedient realizes his own freedom by accepting the constraints of universal moral laws, by maintaining civility under strong provocation even when others do not.
It is, as well, an antidote to Mississippi Burning, a dishonest, award - winning new film in which blacks wait patiently and fearfully in the background for deliverance by two white FBI agents, played by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, who zealously bend the law in the interest of justice — a film one fears will have a profound effect on the way many Americans view their nation in the King Years («The Dream Dafoed,» as the Village Voice put it).
Therefore the pertinent debate regarding black hiring is never «merit vs. race» but whether hiring decisions will be based on merit, influenced by race - bias against blacks, or on merit, influenced by race - bias, but with special consideration for minorities as mandated by law.
A new PSA by the National Women's Law Center shows young black girls standing up to the racist policies and stereotypes that often see them pushed out of school.
Black also recommends the reinstatement of mutual consent laws in order to slow down the process of divorce and give the reluctant partner (who is often also the custodial parent) more bargaining power in a process often driven not by justice but by whoever can afford the more skillful lawyer.
The U.S. does not have a national divorce policy; hence, although a few states have implemented some of the above reforms, they are easily avoided by what Black calls «migratory divorce» — that is, establishing residence in a state with more lenient laws prior to filing for divorce.
I observed that young black males attract the «special attention» of law enforcement, and that any population focused on by people with guns — even law enforcers — will suffer a disproportionate amount of police violence.
Soooo... by that logic Peter all laws barring discrimination or hate crimes should be removed... Let's go back to the time when women and black people can't vote because the ruling party in their state (like mine, Arizona) says their flavor of bigotry is ok.
Sobbing for the thousands of hate crimes committed against immigrants, women, Muslims, and people of color since Trump was elected; for the inevitable incursions into women's rights; for the mass deportation of Latino immigrants; for the likely return of a «law & order» police state that penalizes men simply for having black or brown skin; and, for the fact that young girls may be indoctrinated to think that their worth is determined solely by their looks.
We haven't even talked about law enforcement yet and the effect that systemic racial profiling and killings by police have on black communities.
Tim is survived by his wife Pam, nee Kopoulos, whom he married May 3, 1997 in Des Plaines; his children, Daniel and Olivia; his siblings, Nadire (Xhevit) Taka, Liri Isufi, Fatime (John) Black and Drita (Vince) Hilgart; his father, Hysen Isufi; his nieces and nephews Lindita, Adem, Shana, Rushan, Nick, Vincent, Mary and Matthew; his sister in law, Melissa Kopoulos, and by his mother - in - law, Lorraine Kopoulos.
Fragile states were asked to adopt EU laws and regulations, but they were not ruled by «guys in black suits» from outside.
He said Enterprise» recent acquisition of a new strategic partner, Black Star Holdings, and the shedding off of an old partner, Sanlam, vandalized Securities and Exchanges Commission law, because the SEC does not have a Board and therefore did not exist to approve of the deal as required by law.
Note also that «white privilege» doesn't mean that no white person has ever been mistreated by police, or that no black person has ever been treated well, it just means (on this subject) that in general, white American have a different relationship with law enforcement than black Americans do.
Blasting the «secret process» by which the mayor selected Cathleen Black as the next schools chancellor, UFT President Michael Mulgrew proposed a resolution at the Nov. 17 Delegate Assembly to fight to change the law to require a public hiring process for chancellor in the future.
Claims by the Secretary of State for Wales that the current devolution settlement does not need major changes are misguided and could help to entrench an unsatisfactory system in place where the courts become the final arbiter of laws rather than the electorate, the Welsh Liberal Democrats Assembly Member, Peter Black has said.
He desegregated his family stores, helped a black man become a 4 start general, supported the NAACP with money and in other ways, and supported numerous Civil Rights laws before 1964, Be he was a libertarian and believed the 1964 act infringed went too far by infringing basic liberties.
Much of the total Obamacare «system» is not set in black - letter law but in rulings by unelected federal agencies.
The law firm of Chris McGrath, the Long Island Republican running in the crucial April 19 special election, once represented a firefighter fired by NYC after riding on a Labor Day parade float that reenacted the dragging death of a black man.
What is most disturbing is that the Westchester County District Attorney Janet Difiore failed miserably to investigate the assault by an Assistant Chief of a Police Department «Said Damon K. Jones, New York Representative of Blacks in Law Enforcement of America.
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- The City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Police Department are the subject of a lawsuit brought on by Black Lives Matter, led by a UB Law School professor.
Since last football season, dozens of athletes have demonstrated during the national anthem, either by kneeling or raising a clenched fist in the air, to protest the killing of black civilians by law enforcement officers.
by the Center for Popular Democracy, the Law for Black Lives, and the Black Youth Project 100 that supports this perception.
Ferragamo - loving former labor boss Norman Seabrook — busted by federal authorities this month in a massive kickback scheme — boasted that he was given an American Express black card by the law firm hired to represent his jail - guard union, sources told the NY Post.
ALBANY - The law firm of a Long Island Republican running in a crucial state Senate special election once represented a firefighter fired by the city after riding on a Labor Day parade float that reenacted the dragging death of a black man.
That cheap sneer (fruit cakes and closet racists, backed up by his sister - in - law using a quote from Operation Black Vote)-RRB- did UKIP a lot of good.
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«Ms. Black, currently executive vice president of Hearst Magazines, lacks the required educational and professional qualifications for the position of Schools Chancellor as determined by state law,» reads the petition, which is addressed to New York State Education Commissioner David M. Steiner.
«Before Jarrett appears at a black - tie fundraiser to tout the administration's «strong support,» she should meet and talk with those who have actually been impacted by this discriminatory law and who continue to fight this uphill battle for the lives and livelihoods of gay and lesbian troops.»
But what might have been idyllic formative years were tainted by the 1948 institutionalization of apartheid, a set of laws that enforced white supremacist rule over those categorized as «blacks,» «coloreds» and «Asians.»
A 2016 ProPublica investigation found that COMPAS, a tool used by many courtrooms to predict whether a criminal will break the law again, wrongly predicted that black defendants would reoffend nearly twice as often as it made that wrong prediction for whites.
Stars close to the black - hole «whirlpool» orbit at a faster rate, in keeping with fundamental laws of orbital motion around a massive central body, as described by Johannes Kepler four centuries ago.
Well my sister and brother in law started vegan last year, I have notice they lost weight and have no cholesterol but my sister is looking older than me and wrinkly she doesn't drink much water she believes she gets all she needs from veggies and fruit which I disagree, also when you go on a whole food plant based diet are you getting your protein in every meal by adding chick peas, lentil, black beans or kidney beans, hair does use a lot of protein and its need to repair damage from any disease, specially after age 30, or else the body will start by eating the toxins then the fat and finally the muscles and fat from breast.
The outfit was finished off with my black Marta Ponti leather handbag and two gorgeous rings given to me by my mother - in - law.
Marriages between blacks and whites were prohibited by the law.
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He's a cranky, paranoid, pot - smoking former Black Panther, who got in trouble with the law when he was younger and ever since has stayed out of prison by letting himself be the FBI's eyes and ears on the ground for operations that border on entrapment.
It's a compelling idea (enough to sway a key ally played by Daniel Kaluuya), and a reminder that throughout the African diaspora, the black - white power balance remains as it is courtesy of Jim Crow practices designed to keep minorities in check: persistent segregation, broken drug laws, racially targeted policing, disproportionately high incarceration rates — all of which are identified and indicted by Coogler's truth - to - power script.
As the lone African - American woman working at this law firm Robinson has had to work doubly hard in order to gain the respect she desires and she's not about to let the first charismatic, smooth - talking black guy convince her to undo all that hard work by going on a date with him.
But the personal reveals within them are far more satisfying, with particularly great work done by Peter Mullan as William / The Man in Black's father - in - law James Delos, and from Wright as an ailing but crucially awakened Bernard.
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