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“A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” WHEREAS it is fitting that the people of this Nation should remember with pride and vigilantly guard the great heritage of liberty, justice and equality under law which our forefathers bequeathed to us; and WHEREAS it is our moral and civic obligation as free men and as Americans to preserve and strengthen that great heritage; and WHEREAS the principle of guaranteed fundamental ...More

320 complaints of racial profiling and not one had merit, LAPD says The report to the city Police Commission is greeted with skepticism. 'This is not a racist department,' Chief Bratton says in defending the report. By Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Los Angeles Police Department officials announced Tuesday that they investigated more than 300 complaints of racial profiling against officers last year and found that none had merit -- a ...More

Good fathers 'powerless against vengeful mothers' By Tom Peterkin Decent fathers are left powerless to see their estranged children if vengeful mothers are determined to prevent access, a senior judge has admitted. Lord Justice Ward attacked child access law after presiding over a case that saw a “vicious” mother falsely accuse her ex-husband of sexually abusing their child. He spoke out after telling the father that there was nothing he could do to help ...More

Conspiracy theroists have once again hit the virtual street corners of cyberspace peddeling the latest conspiracy theory involving Rev. Wright's appearence in front of the National Press Club. And as expected, folks are lining up to spend some of their common sense in exchange for a quick fix. WAS REV. WRIGHT PRESS CONF A CLINTON CONSPIRACY?: Questions raised after organizer is exposed as a Hillary supporter. EURweb.com A hot topic among Barack Obama ...More

D.C. anti-gang effort: Call them 'crews' By David C. Lipscomb washingtontimes.com When is a gang not a gang? When it's based in the District. D.C. officials insist on describing groups of young males as "crews," rather than gangs, even when they are held responsible for violent acts such as the wave of killings in the city last weekend. But police officials in other cities say the distinction is counterproductive. "The very first step in dealing ...More

While poking around Google last evening, I came across yet another great idea from the company that keeps growing, and growing, and growing. It's called Custom Search. And yes, just as the name implies you can create your own search engine that searches sites you want to search. So naturally I created a search engine called BlackTalk (a search engine that searches exclusively Black blogs). I was only able to add ...More