Nipsey Hussle died over a year ago and his accused killer’s trial has still not begun. In the latest news regarding Holder’s trial, a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert J.Perry ruled that transcripts from his grand jury hearing can be released, the L.A Times reported. The judge ruled that the release of the […]
The woman who came forward and helped lead the LAPD to Nipsey Hussle’s alleged killer, Eric Holder, is now being investigated. The woman, whose name has not been released, alleged that she did not know she was driving Holder away from a murder scene when he hopped into her car on March 31st. TMZ has […]
As attorney general he presides over issues that keep Republicans riled.
(Wall Street Journal) — A measure in Congress that effectively bars the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the U.S. for trial drew a sharp reaction from the Obama administration Thursday, with Attorney General Eric Holder calling it “extremely unwise.” The restriction was tucked into a $1.1 trillion appropriations bill to fund the government that the […]
(News One) — The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off. “We are still determined to it, yes,” the Rev. […]
(Black America Web) — The House of Representatives passed a landmark bill Wednesday that reduces decades-old disparities in crack and powder cocaine prison sentencing that resulted in the disproportionate incarceration of blacks. By voice vote, House Democrats and Republicans acknowledged the racial injustice of a 1986 law that established mandatory minimum sentencing rates for possession […]
Allegations of reverse racism, it seems, always make for good GOP theatre.
(Black Politics On The Web) — Attorney General Eric Holder isn’t ruling out another federal lawsuit challenging Arizona’s immigration law—if there’s evidence of racial profiling. The Obama administration sued Arizona on Tuesday, arguing that the state is impinging on federal responsibilities for dealing with immigration. Holder tells CBS’ “Face the Nation” that if the law goes […]
(The Root) — To his credit, the nation’s first black U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, has not shied away from discussing race and its impact on our criminal justice system. Shortly after he was confirmed, he famously said that ”in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially […]
(Fast Company) — We were relieved last week when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into BP’s involvement in the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. But our relief may be unwarranted, according to Scott West, the former special agent-in-charge at the EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division. That’s because West […]