Black FIrefighter awarded $1.17 Million in court

A jury awarded $1.17 million Friday to a black former Pasadena firefighter who said he was forced to retire after complaining for five years about other firefighters leaving blood, urine and feces in his bedding and scrawling a swastika on his equipment.

The penalty was just the latest case of a black firefighter alleging discrimination against a fire department in Los Angeles and surrounding communities.

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Hope Takes on Hate

Gay man wins $1.9 Million in discrimination case

After 18 years as a cook or chef in various restaurants, Bruce Hope “wanted something more permanent”--a lifetime job with retirement and a pension. So he applied for a position as a cook with the State of California and qualified.

A gay man diagnosed as HIV positive just before he started working for the state, Hope initially did on-call and temporary work.

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Sexual Harassment Plaintiff gets

$11.6 Million

A Manhattan federal jury slammed Madison Square Garden and its chairman with a $11.6 million judgment Tuesday after finding that a female marketing executive had been sexually harassed by Knicks coach Isaiah Thomas and then fired after she complained.

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No Hate Crimes

No Peace

The kidnapping, rape and torture of 20 year-old Megan Williams by two families of white West Virginians shocked the human sensibilities of all who learned of the ghastly crimes - with the exception of the local prosecutor. Despite the self-evident nature of their depraved, multi-day assaults on Ms. Williams' body and spirit - "this is what we do to Niggers" - the prosecutor refuses to charge the fiends with hate crimes, claiming he couldn't get a conviction.

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