Rasp
Senior Editor
Yet another nigger lynching hoax debunked
Lynching Hoax to Result in Criminal Charges
ARDMORE, Okla. (AP) - Carter County District Attorney Craig Ladd says he plans to file charges over a false attempted lynching report.
Authorities say Glynis Davis - who is black - told deputies in May that a group of white men tied a rope around his neck and tried to lynch him after he stopped near Milo to help a farmer round up stray cattle.
Davis later recanted the story.
Ladd says he's reviewed the case and plans to file a charge of false reporting against Davis.
Lynching Hoax to Result in Criminal Charges
ARDMORE, Okla. (AP) - Carter County District Attorney Craig Ladd says he plans to file charges over a false attempted lynching report.
Authorities say Glynis Davis - who is black - told deputies in May that a group of white men tied a rope around his neck and tried to lynch him after he stopped near Milo to help a farmer round up stray cattle.
Davis later recanted the story.
Ladd says he's reviewed the case and plans to file a charge of false reporting against Davis.
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Columbia U. Booness Gets Noosed by School Administration
The Columbia University professor who gained widespread attention last fall after a noose was found hanging on her office door was fired on Monday after months of wrangling over charges that she plagiarized the work of two former students and a former colleague.
Madonna G. Constantine, a professor of psychology and education with a focus on racial issues at Columbia’s Teachers College, was sanctioned in February, after an 18-month investigation into the plagiarism charge, but allowed to stay in her job and to appeal the ruling that she had violated the university’s academic standards.
But over the last five months, tensions between Dr. Constantine and the administration grew more strained as she vigorously defended herself, filing not just the appeal but also a grievance against Susan Fuhrman, the college president.
Paul Giacomo, Dr. Constantine’s lawyer, said that the college’s move to dismiss his client was “purely retaliatory."�
Dr. Constantine has until July 15 to decide whether to challenge her ouster before one of two faculty committees, Mr. Giacomo said, adding that she also might sue the college for wrongful termination in either state or federal court.
A Teachers College spokesman confirmed that Dr. Constantine had been dismissed pending a hearing by a faculty committee, but otherwise refused to comment on what led to the action.
A letter announcing the decision, sent Monday to the faculty of the college, indicated why the punishment had escalated. “During the months since the college levied sanctions against her, Professor Constant
ine continued to make accusations of plagiarism, including in at least one instance to the press, against those whose works she had plagiarized,"� the letter stated.
Indeed, Dr. Constantine’s lawyer continued to point out during an interview on Monday that the three people who accused her of plagiarism were themselves promised indemnity.
The original sanction against Dr. Constantine was never made public, but the letter was clear that the college now wanted her gone.
“We are terminating Madonna Constantine’s employment with Teachers College for cause, subject to a hearing before a faculty committee,"� it said. “In the interim Professor Constantine is suspended, effective immediately."�
The investigation into the plagiarism charges was conducted by the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed, which found “numerous instances in which she used others’ work without attribution in papers she published in academic journals over the past five years,"� according to a statement from
Teachers College.
Immediately after the findings were announced this winter, Dr. Constantine derided them as “biased and flawed."�
This month, a faculty committee found her appeal baseless and dismissed it.
The case attracted more attention than it might have because even as Dr. Constantine was being investigated on the plagiarism charges, a noose was found hanging from her office door.
There is a continuing criminal investigation into who placed the noose on the door, but there have been no charges in the case. When she was first found guilty of plagiarism, Dr. Constantine linked the two events.
“I believe that nothing that has happened to me this year is coincidental, particularly when I reflect upon the hate crime I experienced last semester involving a noose on my office door,"� she said in February in an e-mail message to faculty and students. “As one of only two tenured black women full professors at Teachers College, it pains me to conclude that
I have been specifically and systematically targeted."�
The college has denied any suggestion that race played any role in the investigation.
The Columbia University professor who gained widespread attention last fall after a noose was found hanging on her office door was fired on Monday after months of wrangling over charges that she plagiarized the work of two former students and a former colleague.
Madonna G. Constantine, a professor of psychology and education with a focus on racial issues at Columbia’s Teachers College, was sanctioned in February, after an 18-month investigation into the plagiarism charge, but allowed to stay in her job and to appeal the ruling that she had violated the university’s academic standards.
But over the last five months, tensions between Dr. Constantine and the administration grew more strained as she vigorously defended herself, filing not just the appeal but also a grievance against Susan Fuhrman, the college president.
Paul Giacomo, Dr. Constantine’s lawyer, said that the college’s move to dismiss his client was “purely retaliatory."�
Dr. Constantine has until July 15 to decide whether to challenge her ouster before one of two faculty committees, Mr. Giacomo said, adding that she also might sue the college for wrongful termination in either state or federal court.
A Teachers College spokesman confirmed that Dr. Constantine had been dismissed pending a hearing by a faculty committee, but otherwise refused to comment on what led to the action.
A letter announcing the decision, sent Monday to the faculty of the college, indicated why the punishment had escalated. “During the months since the college levied sanctions against her, Professor Constant
ine continued to make accusations of plagiarism, including in at least one instance to the press, against those whose works she had plagiarized,"� the letter stated.
Indeed, Dr. Constantine’s lawyer continued to point out during an interview on Monday that the three people who accused her of plagiarism were themselves promised indemnity.
The original sanction against Dr. Constantine was never made public, but the letter was clear that the college now wanted her gone.
“We are terminating Madonna Constantine’s employment with Teachers College for cause, subject to a hearing before a faculty committee,"� it said. “In the interim Professor Constantine is suspended, effective immediately."�
The investigation into the plagiarism charges was conducted by the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed, which found “numerous instances in which she used others’ work without attribution in papers she published in academic journals over the past five years,"� according to a statement from
Teachers College.
Immediately after the findings were announced this winter, Dr. Constantine derided them as “biased and flawed."�
This month, a faculty committee found her appeal baseless and dismissed it.
The case attracted more attention than it might have because even as Dr. Constantine was being investigated on the plagiarism charges, a noose was found hanging from her office door.
There is a continuing criminal investigation into who placed the noose on the door, but there have been no charges in the case. When she was first found guilty of plagiarism, Dr. Constantine linked the two events.
“I believe that nothing that has happened to me this year is coincidental, particularly when I reflect upon the hate crime I experienced last semester involving a noose on my office door,"� she said in February in an e-mail message to faculty and students. “As one of only two tenured black women full professors at Teachers College, it pains me to conclude that
I have been specifically and systematically targeted."�
The college has denied any suggestion that race played any role in the investigation.
Rasp
Senior Editor
Affirmative action ape gits hisself noosed
FBI called in on noose investigation
The Yuma County Sheriff's Office is now working in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the case of a noose that was found hanging on a Yuma man's mailbox last month.
"We are assisting them in a joint investigation which is still currently ongoing," said Capt. Eben Bratcher,of the Yuma County Sheriff's Office on Thursday.
On June 11, The Sun's circulation department called former Yuma County Supervisor Ray Moore, who is black, and informed him that the carrier who delivers his newspaper saw a noose hanging from the mailbox in front of his home.
Nooses, often identified with racism,
are known by many as symbols of lynchings.
Moore, who lives on Avenue 4E south of County 14th Street, said he left the noose on his mailbox that day until the YCSO could come investigate the matter.
The noose, which was cut and tied together from a piece of rope, was stuck to the door of the Moores' mailbox with several pieces of red tape.
A lightly populated neighborhood with a few other houses in the vicinity, Moore has lived at the residence from 1978 to 1993, when he moved to Tucson and then moved back in 2004.
Bratcher added that the two agencies are following up on any and all leads that develop in the case.
He added that YCSO would still like to speak with anyone who may have any information regarding the case.
YCSO, however, has admitted in previous articles in The Sun that without any witnesses or physical evidence, the case would be difficult to solve.
FBI called in on noose investigation
The Yuma County Sheriff's Office is now working in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the case of a noose that was found hanging on a Yuma man's mailbox last month.
"We are assisting them in a joint investigation which is still currently ongoing," said Capt. Eben Bratcher,of the Yuma County Sheriff's Office on Thursday.
On June 11, The Sun's circulation department called former Yuma County Supervisor Ray Moore, who is black, and informed him that the carrier who delivers his newspaper saw a noose hanging from the mailbox in front of his home.
Nooses, often identified with racism,
are known by many as symbols of lynchings.
Moore, who lives on Avenue 4E south of County 14th Street, said he left the noose on his mailbox that day until the YCSO could come investigate the matter.
The noose, which was cut and tied together from a piece of rope, was stuck to the door of the Moores' mailbox with several pieces of red tape.
A lightly populated neighborhood with a few other houses in the vicinity, Moore has lived at the residence from 1978 to 1993, when he moved to Tucson and then moved back in 2004.
Bratcher added that the two agencies are following up on any and all leads that develop in the case.
He added that YCSO would still like to speak with anyone who may have any information regarding the case.
YCSO, however, has admitted in previous articles in The Sun that without any witnesses or physical evidence, the case would be difficult to solve.
Panzer
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Niggers act as if only the black population has been executed by lynching. There is plenty of cases of white people dying by the rope and you don't see whites chimping out about it and screaming racism. Damn niggers have just been given too much freedom and way too many rights. They are starting to EXPECT extra privileges and considerations based solely on the color of their skin.
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timdeath88
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Why white people seem surprised this stuff happens is beyond me. The way things are going it will soon be considered a crime to fight back against the "protected classes."
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Black workers: nooses found at Cape plant
08/13/2008
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Seven black employees of a Procter & Gamble plant in southeast Missouri's Cape Girardeau have filed discrimination complaints, claiming nooses have been found inside the facility three times since 2006.
The complaints were filed with the Missouri Human Rights Commission. The management team at the plant contends only one noose was found -- in January on a black employee's locker.
Plant manager Regina Gray says company officials determined one claim turned out to be a rope that held together pipes inside the building. She says another involved tied twine, the intent of which has not been determined.
Gray says officials are investigating. S
he says the management team does all it can to ensure worker safety and create a diverse atmosphere.
08/13/2008
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Seven black employees of a Procter & Gamble plant in southeast Missouri's Cape Girardeau have filed discrimination complaints, claiming nooses have been found inside the facility three times since 2006.
The complaints were filed with the Missouri Human Rights Commission. The management team at the plant contends only one noose was found -- in January on a black employee's locker.
Plant manager Regina Gray says company officials determined one claim turned out to be a rope that held together pipes inside the building. She says another involved tied twine, the intent of which has not been determined.
Gray says officials are investigating. S
he says the management team does all it can to ensure worker safety and create a diverse atmosphere.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://www.nbc10.com/newsarchive/17381094/detail.html
Man Accused Of Hanging Noose At Workplace Charged
Federal authorities announced the filing of a complaint charging a man with threatening an employee with a noose.
William Gould, 62, was charged by the FBI with interference with employment by threat of violence.
Authorities said on Aug. 11 Gould placed a hangman's noose in a workspace at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he worked as an electrician and where his African-American colleague would find it in an attempt to interfere with his colleague's employment.
Approximately two weeks earlier, Children's Hospital had announced the acceptance of that African-American colleague into a management-training program specifically focused on hiring and promoting minority employees.
Gould had reportedly complained about the program on numerous occasions to co-workers and to hospital executives, allegedly saying he found the program unfair, authorities said.
According to the affidavit, the victim was alone and isolated when he found the hangman's noose. He immediately felt intimidated and perceived the noose as representing the lynching of African-Americans.
Authorities said in the aftermath of the incident, the victim became fearful for his own and his family's safety.
Man Accused Of Hanging Noose At Workplace Charged
Federal authorities announced the filing of a complaint charging a man with threatening an employee with a noose.
William Gould, 62, was charged by the FBI with interference with employment by threat of violence.
Authorities said on Aug. 11 Gould placed a hangman's noose in a workspace at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he worked as an electrician and where his African-American colleague would find it in an attempt to interfere with his colleague's employment.
Approximately two weeks earlier, Children's Hospital had announced the acceptance of that African-American colleague into a management-training program specifically focused on hiring and promoting minority employees.
Gould had reportedly complained about the program on numerous occasions to co-workers and to hospital executives, allegedly saying he found the program unfair, authorities said.
According to the affidavit, the victim was alone and isolated when he found the hangman's noose. He immediately felt intimidated and perceived the noose as representing the lynching of African-Americans.
Authorities said in the aftermath of the incident, the victim became fearful for his own and his family's safety.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
Would you believe a freakin' hangman drawing was the lead news story?
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/pa...ale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
Evidence Of Second Hate Crime Found At CHOP
Drawing Showed Noose Around Neck
Created: Monday, 15 Sep 2008, 9:05 PM EDT
PHILADELPHIA -- Fox 29 has learned that for the second time in two months, there is evidence of a hate crime at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Chop management confirms an employee there has found a stick figure drawing with a noose around its neck hanging in a construction area.
Last month, Fox 29 was the first to report that a union worker who was fired in August for refusing to take down a noose he had hung in his workspace.
CHOP says this most recent case is also in the hands of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The hospital has an excellent reputation in the medical community for care of its young patients...
So it is hard for CHOP administrators to believe for the second time in as many months there is evidence of a hate crime in one of their buildings.
CHOP says on Sept. 5th an employee doing security rounds found a graffiti drawing of a stick figure with a noose around its neck hanging on a wall. A second disturbing pencil drawing was found nearby.
In the August case, federal prosecutors say an electrician, who was white, was fired after he refused to take down a noose he hung in a workspace at CHOP after an African-American co-worker repeatedly asked him to take it down.
That worker now faces federal charges.
According to the federal complaint the man who found the noose felt intimidated and told federal investigators the noose represented the lynching of African-Americans.
In statement released about this most recent case, CHOP said it is disturbed by two such incidents happening so close together.
Although this incident happened on Sept. 5, CHOP just notified employees here about it on Monday.
It said in a statement that its very important that employee believe he or is safe in their work environment. And that every family that comes through their doors feel the same.
At this time, CHOP doesn't know who hung the drawing of the stick figure with the noose drawn around its neck but the FBI is investigating.
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/pa...ale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
Evidence Of Second Hate Crime Found At CHOP
Drawing Showed Noose Around Neck
Created: Monday, 15 Sep 2008, 9:05 PM EDT
PHILADELPHIA -- Fox 29 has learned that for the second time in two months, there is evidence of a hate crime at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Chop management confirms an employee there has found a stick figure drawing with a noose around its neck hanging in a construction area.
Last month, Fox 29 was the first to report that a union worker who was fired in August for refusing to take down a noose he had hung in his workspace.
CHOP says this most recent case is also in the hands of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The hospital has an excellent reputation in the medical community for care of its young patients...
So it is hard for CHOP administrators to believe for the second time in as many months there is evidence of a hate crime in one of their buildings.
CHOP says on Sept. 5th an employee doing security rounds found a graffiti drawing of a stick figure with a noose around its neck hanging on a wall. A second disturbing pencil drawing was found nearby.
In the August case, federal prosecutors say an electrician, who was white, was fired after he refused to take down a noose he hung in a workspace at CHOP after an African-American co-worker repeatedly asked him to take it down.
That worker now faces federal charges.
According to the federal complaint the man who found the noose felt intimidated and told federal investigators the noose represented the lynching of African-Americans.
In statement released about this most recent case, CHOP said it is disturbed by two such incidents happening so close together.
Although this incident happened on Sept. 5, CHOP just notified employees here about it on Monday.
It said in a statement that its very important that employee believe he or is safe in their work environment. And that every family that comes through their doors feel the same.
At this time, CHOP doesn't know who hung the drawing of the stick figure with the noose drawn around its neck but the FBI is investigating.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Man-Allegedly-Confronted-by-Co-Worker-with-Noose.html
Man Allegedly Confronted by Co-Worker with Noose
By HARRY HAIRSTON
Updated 7:15 AM EST, Wed, Jan 14, 2009
Some say there's no fighting City Hall, but what about your Union Hall?
Well, that's been done in the past, and successfully at that.
Now, a Philadelphia man hopes he can do it too. He says he has to do it -- his livelihood depends on it.
Since Paul Solomon spoke out to the NBC10 Investigators and authorities about a racially charged incident at a Center City construction site, he says he’s been shutout of work.
"I no longer work for East Coast Hoist which was the company I was working for as a full time employee," Solomon told the NBC 10 investigators in an exclusive interview. "It sends a bad, bad message.
Don't say anything. You say something you get punished, cut off at the knees," Solomon added.
Solomon described what happened when a white co-worker allegedly confronted him with a hangman noose on the 45th floor at the Comcast building.
The incident went down in October of 2007.
"That individual when I arrived at the 45th floor had a noose in his hand, a real noose, he shook it at me, a hangman noose, he shook it at me and said that he wanted to hang someone," Solomon explained.
Solomon says he feared for his life and that’s why he originally contacted authorities and the NBC 10 Investigators in October of 2007.
Now, Solomon says he's fighting a discrimination problem with his union. He claims officials at Local 542 operating engineers have blackballed him.
"The union was very dissatisfied that I complained about the noose incident," Solomon said.
At one point he had a job at a crane company for three weeks, but the company let him go after getting
a call from a union official, Solomon told Hairston.
"There was another job that I had solicited the guy said that the union said that I wouldn't be the ideal person and they would send somebody else out for the job," Solomon continued.
"There's a lot of discrimination it would make your hair stand up," said Joanne Rathbeger, Solomon’s attorney.
She says the union has a history of discriminating against African Americans.
"This has been going on with this union since 1971," Rathbeger explained.
Court documents from a past case show that a federal judge determined the union intentionally discriminated against 12 black workers.
Now, more than 30 years later, Solomon is just one of many taking the union to court again.
"We are in the process of bringing suit on behalf of half a dozen black guys,” Rathebeger said. Workers all came forward over the past 6 months, she went on.
Hairston went to the union headquarters to get their side of the story
, but no one was available. And, despite several calls over a week, none were returned.
Solomon's attorney says the law does what it can but rarely totally compensates the person who has suffered the loss.
“So a win is actually a loss for someone like Paul?” Hairston asked Rathbeger. “Very often, most often."
Hairston went to the union headquarters to get their side of the story, but no one was available. And, despite several calls over a week, none were returned.
Despite numerous calls to East Coast Hoist, no one would comment, Investigative reporter Harry Hairston reported.
Man Allegedly Confronted by Co-Worker with Noose
By HARRY HAIRSTON
Updated 7:15 AM EST, Wed, Jan 14, 2009
Some say there's no fighting City Hall, but what about your Union Hall?
Well, that's been done in the past, and successfully at that.
Now, a Philadelphia man hopes he can do it too. He says he has to do it -- his livelihood depends on it.
Since Paul Solomon spoke out to the NBC10 Investigators and authorities about a racially charged incident at a Center City construction site, he says he’s been shutout of work.
"I no longer work for East Coast Hoist which was the company I was working for as a full time employee," Solomon told the NBC 10 investigators in an exclusive interview. "It sends a bad, bad message.
Don't say anything. You say something you get punished, cut off at the knees," Solomon added.
Solomon described what happened when a white co-worker allegedly confronted him with a hangman noose on the 45th floor at the Comcast building.
The incident went down in October of 2007.
"That individual when I arrived at the 45th floor had a noose in his hand, a real noose, he shook it at me, a hangman noose, he shook it at me and said that he wanted to hang someone," Solomon explained.
Solomon says he feared for his life and that’s why he originally contacted authorities and the NBC 10 Investigators in October of 2007.
Now, Solomon says he's fighting a discrimination problem with his union. He claims officials at Local 542 operating engineers have blackballed him.
"The union was very dissatisfied that I complained about the noose incident," Solomon said.
At one point he had a job at a crane company for three weeks, but the company let him go after getting
a call from a union official, Solomon told Hairston.
"There was another job that I had solicited the guy said that the union said that I wouldn't be the ideal person and they would send somebody else out for the job," Solomon continued.
"There's a lot of discrimination it would make your hair stand up," said Joanne Rathbeger, Solomon’s attorney.
She says the union has a history of discriminating against African Americans.
"This has been going on with this union since 1971," Rathbeger explained.
Court documents from a past case show that a federal judge determined the union intentionally discriminated against 12 black workers.
Now, more than 30 years later, Solomon is just one of many taking the union to court again.
"We are in the process of bringing suit on behalf of half a dozen black guys,” Rathebeger said. Workers all came forward over the past 6 months, she went on.
Hairston went to the union headquarters to get their side of the story
, but no one was available. And, despite several calls over a week, none were returned.
Solomon's attorney says the law does what it can but rarely totally compensates the person who has suffered the loss.
“So a win is actually a loss for someone like Paul?” Hairston asked Rathbeger. “Very often, most often."
Hairston went to the union headquarters to get their side of the story, but no one was available. And, despite several calls over a week, none were returned.
Despite numerous calls to East Coast Hoist, no one would comment, Investigative reporter Harry Hairston reported.
Rasp
Senior Editor
3 Fired Over Noose Display At Airport
Noose Was Allegedly Hung Over A Black Employee's Desk At T.F. Green Airport
WARWICK, R.I. -- Three people have been fired from a company at Rhode Island's main airport after a noose was allegedly hung over the desk of a black employee.
John Valles said a colleague found the noose hanging over his desk on Feb. 15, when Valles was on vacation. He works for fuel company Allied Aviation at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick.
Valles, a nigger, told WJAR-TV that the incident left him disappointed and uncomfortable. He said a co-worker who admitted making the noose had previously used racial slurs when referring to him.
Allied Aviation officials said three people were fired over the incident.
One dismissed man claims in a lawsuit that he was fired for u
sing a company cell phone to photograph the noose for evidence.
Noose Was Allegedly Hung Over A Black Employee's Desk At T.F. Green Airport
WARWICK, R.I. -- Three people have been fired from a company at Rhode Island's main airport after a noose was allegedly hung over the desk of a black employee.
John Valles said a colleague found the noose hanging over his desk on Feb. 15, when Valles was on vacation. He works for fuel company Allied Aviation at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick.
Valles, a nigger, told WJAR-TV that the incident left him disappointed and uncomfortable. He said a co-worker who admitted making the noose had previously used racial slurs when referring to him.
Allied Aviation officials said three people were fired over the incident.
One dismissed man claims in a lawsuit that he was fired for u
sing a company cell phone to photograph the noose for evidence.
Gman
News Editor
Fired nigger "professor" looks to cash in!! 200 Million!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/23/professor.lawsuit/index.html
Monkey professor's former hangout, Columbia University
Former professor in noose case seeks $200M in lawsuitStory Highlights
Madonna Constantine sues school, says reputation ruined by plagiarism allegations
School claims Constantine published academic work without crediting others
Noose was found outside Constantine's school office
Constantine's lawyer says evidence proving client's innocence is being withheld
Next Article in Crime »
By Edmund DeMarche
CNN
(CNN) -- A professor who gained national attent
ion when a noose was found on her office door and was later fired for alleged plagiarism has filed a defamation lawsuit against her former school.
A former professor is suing Columbia University's Teachers College for defamation.
Madonna Constantine, formerly of the Teachers College of Columbia University, is seeking $200 million in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court.
Constantine contends her scholarly reputation was ruinedwhen the school in February 2008 released the results of what it said was an 18-month investigation into the plagiarism allegations. The school at the time said it found "numerous instances in which she used others' work without attribution in papers she published in academic journals over the past five years."
She was immediately suspended and later fired in June 2008.
"This was a scheme cooked up between the head of the department and former faculty," said Paul J. Giacomo Jr., the lawyer representing Constantine.
"We had evidence of her original writing that dates back to the 1990s, but it was altered or dismissed."
A spokeswoman for the Teachers College said, "This case is totally without merit and (the college) intends to defend against it vigorously."
Giacomo said the "baseless" charges of plagiarism, coming on the heels of the October 2007 noose incident, made some members of the media question that incident.
The plagiarism investigation was under way when the noose was found, and Constantine has charged that the two were connected. During the controversy she sent an e-mail addressed to students that read, "As one of only two tenured black women full professors at Teachers College, it pains me to conclude that I have been specifically and systematically targeted."
"It blew our minds," Ricco Wright, the president of the Student Senate at the Teachers College, said Wednesday. "After the noose situation she was being celebrated, and then allegations of plagiarism surfaced and we didn't kn
ow who to believe."
Wright said the student body at the school was virtually kept out of the loop regarding the plagiarism investigation.
Giacomo says evidence proving Constantine's innocence was suppressed by the school. What's more, he said, journal editors who said they were not contacted during the initial investigation claim to have manuscripts proving her case.
"We look forward to fighting this," Giacomo said.
Hiring niggers for any job is always a bad idea!!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/23/professor.lawsuit/index.html
Monkey professor's former hangout, Columbia University
Former professor in noose case seeks $200M in lawsuitStory Highlights
Madonna Constantine sues school, says reputation ruined by plagiarism allegations
School claims Constantine published academic work without crediting others
Noose was found outside Constantine's school office
Constantine's lawyer says evidence proving client's innocence is being withheld
Next Article in Crime »
By Edmund DeMarche
CNN
(CNN) -- A professor who gained national attent
ion when a noose was found on her office door and was later fired for alleged plagiarism has filed a defamation lawsuit against her former school.
A former professor is suing Columbia University's Teachers College for defamation.
Madonna Constantine, formerly of the Teachers College of Columbia University, is seeking $200 million in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court.
Constantine contends her scholarly reputation was ruined
when the school in February 2008 released the results of what it said was an 18-month investigation into the plagiarism allegations. The school at the time said it found "numerous instances in which she used others' work without attribution in papers she published in academic journals over the past five years."She was immediately suspended and later fired in June 2008.
"This was a scheme cooked up between the head of the department and former faculty," said Paul J. Giacomo Jr., the lawyer representing Constantine.
"We had evidence of her original writing that dates back to the 1990s, but it was altered or dismissed."
A spokeswoman for the Teachers College said, "This case is totally without merit and (the college) intends to defend against it vigorously."
Giacomo said the "baseless" charges of plagiarism, coming on the heels of the October 2007 noose incident, made some members of the media question that incident.
The plagiarism investigation was under way when the noose was found, and Constantine has charged that the two were connected. During the controversy she sent an e-mail addressed to students that read, "As one of only two tenured black women full professors at Teachers College, it pains me to conclude that I have been specifically and systematically targeted."
"It blew our minds," Ricco Wright, the president of the Student Senate at the Teachers College, said Wednesday. "After the noose situation she was being celebrated, and then allegations of plagiarism surfaced and we didn't kn
ow who to believe."
Wright said the student body at the school was virtually kept out of the loop regarding the plagiarism investigation.
Giacomo says evidence proving Constantine's innocence was suppressed by the school. What's more, he said, journal editors who said they were not contacted during the initial investigation claim to have manuscripts proving her case.
"We look forward to fighting this," Giacomo said.
Hiring niggers for any job is always a bad idea!!
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California To Make Nooses ILLEGAL! (pdf file)
Assembly Bill # 412
Punishable up to 1 year in nigger college or $5,000 fine or BOTH!
Assembly Bill # 412
Punishable up to 1 year in nigger college or $5,000 fine or BOTH!
Gman
News Editor
Uppity niggeress that proposes this stupid bill!! Wilmer Carter
Whitebear
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
Ex-Columbia prof in noose case sues for $200M
Madonna Constantine -
(suspected of 'noosing' herself to gain sympathy for nigro victimhood)
Madonna Constantine -
(suspected of 'noosing' herself to gain sympathy for nigro victimhood)
White Sail
Junior News Editor
http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/new...essee-Power-Plant/5-Bga8A6kkGQ6JidTualbw.cspx
Noose Found Hanging at Tennessee Power Plant; Investigation Continues
Reported by: Associated Press
Last Update: 6/23 3:40 pm
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Investigators are still looking for leads in the discovery last year of a hangman's noose at a Tennessee power plant where a massive coal ash spill occurred in December.
The Tennessee Valley Authority's Inspector General's Office said in a semi-annual report released this week that the noose was found near a stairway at the Kingston Fossil Plant in September.
TVA spokesman Gil Francis said Tuesday that managers warned employees in a memo that "this
type of behavior would not be tolerated" and offered a $5,000 reward.
But he said TVA police were unable to catch those responsible and have not "received any new information on the case."
Noose Found Hanging at Tennessee Power Plant; Investigation Continues
Reported by: Associated Press
Last Update: 6/23 3:40 pm
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Investigators are still looking for leads in the discovery last year of a hangman's noose at a Tennessee power plant where a massive coal ash spill occurred in December.
The Tennessee Valley Authority's Inspector General's Office said in a semi-annual report released this week that the noose was found near a stairway at the Kingston Fossil Plant in September.
TVA spokesman Gil Francis said Tuesday that managers warned employees in a memo that "this
type of behavior would not be tolerated" and offered a $5,000 reward.
But he said TVA police were unable to catch those responsible and have not "received any new information on the case."
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20090804__Noose__trial_opens.html
'Noose' trial opens
By MICHAEL HINKELMAN
Philadelphia Daily News
hinkelm@phillynews.com 215-854-2656
A senior electrician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said that he was "disgusted" when he saw a hangman's noose dangling inside the doorway of a supply shop frequented by a black electrician at the hospital.
The senior electrician, Michael Scroggins, made the comment during testimony on the first day of trial in federal district court yesterday for William Gould, a white electrician at Children's, charged with intimidating a fellow electrician, Darryl Sykes, who is black.
Gould has pleaded not guilty to a charge of racial intimidation. He was fired shortly after the incident in August 2008.
Gould gave a statement to in
vestigators that he hung the noose, an arrest affidavit said.
He told investigators that he and Sykes were friends. Sykes told authorities that the noose intimidated him and that he perceived it as representative of lynchings.
If convicted of the misdemeanor offense, Gould could potentially face a year behind bars.
Prosecutors Eric Gibson and Melanie Wilmoth sought to portray Gould as a disgruntled worker who believed that his superiors were promoted or given "unfair advantage" because they were black, and that he had frequently complained to them about a mentoring program for minority employees at the hospital.
Scroggins testified that Gould told him that he was qualified to be the senior electrician only because he was black.
Earlier yesterday, John Huff, the supervisor of electrical, maintenance and construction workers at Children's, said that Gould told "racially-driven jokes."
Gibson asked Huff to describe some of the jokes. "I never let him finish the joke. Th
ey referred to people of color," Huff testified.
Mark Bricker, the hospital's director of facilities services, testified that Gould complained to him about "political correctness" after Bricker asked him to take down photographs in his workstation of Frank Rizzo, former mayor and police commissioner, and four white cops killed in the line of duty.
Bricker testified that Children's had a policy against "politically sensitive" displays.
Defense attorneys David Kozlow and Elizabeth Toplin suggested to jurors during cross-examination that Gould was not the racist provocateur portrayed by the government, that he was friendly with Sykes and that numerous other employees besides Gould had access to the electrical shop where the noose was hung.
Huff acknowledged under cross-examination by Toplin that Gould had served as a union delegate in a majority-black union representing workers in disputes with management.
Kozlow asked Scroggins if he knew that Gould had represented Sykes in
a pay grievance against Children's. Scroggins said that he wasn't aware of that.
Kozlow did get Scroggins to admit that he, Gould and Sykes often had lunch together, and that Scroggins described the lunches as "cordial."
Scroggins also testified under cross-examination that about 30 to 40 other employees besides Gould had a key to the supply room where the noose was found.
Sykes is expected to take the stand this morning, and the defense could begin its case later today. It is not known whether Gould will testify.
'Noose' trial opens
By MICHAEL HINKELMAN
Philadelphia Daily News
hinkelm@phillynews.com 215-854-2656
A senior electrician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said that he was "disgusted" when he saw a hangman's noose dangling inside the doorway of a supply shop frequented by a black electrician at the hospital.
The senior electrician, Michael Scroggins, made the comment during testimony on the first day of trial in federal district court yesterday for William Gould, a white electrician at Children's, charged with intimidating a fellow electrician, Darryl Sykes, who is black.
Gould has pleaded not guilty to a charge of racial intimidation. He was fired shortly after the incident in August 2008.
Gould gave a statement to in
vestigators that he hung the noose, an arrest affidavit said.
He told investigators that he and Sykes were friends. Sykes told authorities that the noose intimidated him and that he perceived it as representative of lynchings.
If convicted of the misdemeanor offense, Gould could potentially face a year behind bars.
Prosecutors Eric Gibson and Melanie Wilmoth sought to portray Gould as a disgruntled worker who believed that his superiors were promoted or given "unfair advantage" because they were black, and that he had frequently complained to them about a mentoring program for minority employees at the hospital.
Scroggins testified that Gould told him that he was qualified to be the senior electrician only because he was black.
Earlier yesterday, John Huff, the supervisor of electrical, maintenance and construction workers at Children's, said that Gould told "racially-driven jokes."
Gibson asked Huff to describe some of the jokes. "I never let him finish the joke. Th
ey referred to people of color," Huff testified.
Mark Bricker, the hospital's director of facilities services, testified that Gould complained to him about "political correctness" after Bricker asked him to take down photographs in his workstation of Frank Rizzo, former mayor and police commissioner, and four white cops killed in the line of duty.
Bricker testified that Children's had a policy against "politically sensitive" displays.
Defense attorneys David Kozlow and Elizabeth Toplin suggested to jurors during cross-examination that Gould was not the racist provocateur portrayed by the government, that he was friendly with Sykes and that numerous other employees besides Gould had access to the electrical shop where the noose was hung.
Huff acknowledged under cross-examination by Toplin that Gould had served as a union delegate in a majority-black union representing workers in disputes with management.
Kozlow asked Scroggins if he knew that Gould had represented Sykes in
a pay grievance against Children's. Scroggins said that he wasn't aware of that.
Kozlow did get Scroggins to admit that he, Gould and Sykes often had lunch together, and that Scroggins described the lunches as "cordial."
Scroggins also testified under cross-examination that about 30 to 40 other employees besides Gould had a key to the supply room where the noose was found.
Sykes is expected to take the stand this morning, and the defense could begin its case later today. It is not known whether Gould will testify.
Rasp
Senior Editor
Nooses prompt training changes for city workers
Davlin wants to require sessions on sensitivity, diversity
Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin’s administration is working on plans to require all city government and utility workers to undergo workplace-diversity and sensitivity training.
The move comes in the wake of two nooses being discovered hanging at City Water, Light and Power facilities within two weeks of each other.
A grand jury is set to decide whether criminal charges will be filed against three white employees allegedly responsible for tying and hanging the nooses in two separate incidents. One of the nooses was found July 26 at the workstation of CWLP waterworks assistant Mike Williams, who is black, and the other had been hung from a forklift at CWLP’s Gr
oth Street facility on Aug. 6.
Speaking to reporters recently, Davlin said it was “bizarreâ┚¬ to think sensitivity training would be needed in the year 2009. :rotfl:
“You would just think in today’s age that it’s not necessary,â┚¬ the mayor said. “We’ve also learned that we need to do more than what we’re doing right now.â┚¬
Davlin wants to require sessions on sensitivity, diversity
Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin’s administration is working on plans to require all city government and utility workers to undergo workplace-diversity and sensitivity training.
The move comes in the wake of two nooses being discovered hanging at City Water, Light and Power facilities within two weeks of each other.
A grand jury is set to decide whether criminal charges will be filed against three white employees allegedly responsible for tying and hanging the nooses in two separate incidents. One of the nooses was found July 26 at the workstation of CWLP waterworks assistant Mike Williams, who is black, and the other had been hung from a forklift at CWLP’s Gr
oth Street facility on Aug. 6.
Speaking to reporters recently, Davlin said it was “bizarreâ┚¬ to think sensitivity training would be needed in the year 2009. :rotfl:
“You would just think in today’s age that it’s not necessary,â┚¬ the mayor said. “We’ve also learned that we need to do more than what we’re doing right now.â┚¬
Rasp
Senior Editor
Noose and threatening note left in yard of Ohio Nigger fambly
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