Is Spartanburg South Carolina Sheriff Chuck Wright a racist? Are there Klansmen working at the county jail? Yes according to A lawsuit filed by a former detention officer. The sheriff says its not true. Tune in today Live at Five to Occupy The Microphone sponsored in part by Yellow Mama Music!
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In a symbolic vote, the largest U.S. academic group voted to boycott Israel over its treatment of the Palenstinians. Members of the American Studies Association voted by a 2-to-1 margin to endorse a boycott resolution citing Israel's violation of international law. However, Israel's oppressive policies are not limited to its treatment of the Palestinians. Jews and non-Jews of African descent have faced every sort of racial discrimination imaginable included segregation, eugenics and violent mobs which is a side of Israel that rarely makes the mainstream news reports.
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In the month of October, the GOP saw its lowest approval rating in 21 years. Governor Nikki Haley was among five Republicans interviewed by USA today who offered their views on the state of the Republican Party. White Separatist and hate crime fugitive Craig Cobb and another man have been taken into custody on terrorizing charges after approaching residents of Leith, North Dakota armed with a shotgun and rifle. Cobb wants to turn the small town into a whites-only enclave. Tune in today for these story and more on Occupy The Microphone, your news source for the 99%.
When radical Republican leaders pushed an anti-voter agenda in North Carolina people cried out in protest. Now a leader of the Tarheel GOP has admitted on late night TV that kicking Black folks off the voter rolls was the plan all along. What will happen now that the cat is out of the bag?
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Racist suspects are singing the same old “Take America Back” tune after a young woman of Indian descent won the Miss America pageant. Miss New York Nina Davuluri being crowned as Miss America 2014 caused social media to light up with racist rants and one tweet collected by Buzz Feed stated “Man our president nor our new Miss America isn't even American I'm sorry but Miss Kansas I salute you your the real American”. Todd Starnes, a radio host of Fox News & Commentary took a page out of Sarah Palin’s book when he tweeted “The liberal Miss America judges won’t say this – but Miss Kansas lost because she actually represented American values,” During a campaign stop in North Carolina during John McCain’s run for President in 2008, Palin implied that certain parts of the nation were “Pro-American” implying that others were not. Of course, Starnes is in full spin mode with the same old Palin talking points blaming the “mainstream media” for misreporting his implied derogatory comments about the crowning of Nina Davuluri.
A fourth sewage treatment plant in South Carolina has tested positive for the dangerous polychlorinated biphenyls chemicals also known as PCBs. It is believed that someone is engaged in illegal dumping in the Upstate area. Jeff Bailey, city of Inman wastewater treatment manager, said he notified the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control after detecting small amounts of the chemical were detected in septic sludge.
A Charlotte Mecklenburg Police officer is facing manslaughter charges after his shot at an unarmed man seeking help twelve times hitting him ten times and killing him. Jonathan Ferrell, a former Florida A&M football player who moved to Charlotte to be with his fiancée had a car accident and sought help from a nearby home. The woman who answered the door thinking it was her husband was startled when it was not, shut the door, and called police apparently reporting a breaking and entering. When police arrived to investigate, Ferrell approached the three officers when one tried to tazer him before CMPD Officer Randall Kerrick open fire on the unarmed man killing him. Kerrick was quickly charged with manslaughter after an investigation by homicide detectives. Lawyers representing Officer Randall Kerrick told the local new media that the shooting was justified but declined to take questions.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted to stay with her biological father and will hear arguments next week from the lawyers of Dusten Brown and those of the girl's adoptive parents from South Carolina, Matt and Melanie Capobianco. The Indian Child Welfare Act, which was established in 1978 in response to the high rate of adoption of Native American children by non-Native families is at the heart of the case. The US Supreme Court has already ruled that the act’s provisions do not apply to the case.
Charlotte based Freedom House Church is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The church is facing a controversy after one of its pastors sent out an email asking for “white only” volunteers to greet people coming through the church doors for services. One of the members of the church who has since stop attending, showed the email to the local media and the church says it has apologized for the email.
South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is going to federal court to defend South Carolina’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. In announcing the governor’s decision, spokesperson Doug Mayer stated in an email “Gov. Haley, like the majority of South Carolinians, supports traditional marriage as defined between one man and one woman, and in accordance with state law, will continue to uphold those values. The legislature has spoken on this issue, the people have spoken on this issue, and the governor remains resolute in her support of South Carolina’s Constitution and state’s rights and this lawsuit doesn't change that,”.
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A black man says that his family and friends were denied service at Wild Wing Café in Charleston, SC. Michael Brown and his party were made to wait two hours and then told they could not be seated and denied service because another customer felt threatened by their presence. London also said, "The manager looked me dead in the face and said she was refusing us service because she had a right to and simply she felt like it.” USA Today reports that the group had been offered an apology and meals all around and said the restaurant has a meeting planned for later this week with some members of the restaurant party.
Mary Olson of the Nuclear Information Resource Service will join us to talk about a major Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting coming to Charlotte, NC (only meeting in South of 9 meetings nationwide) on radioactive waste regulation and the environmental impact it will have.
Governor Nikki Haley last Friday announced that the state of South Carolina has changed the requirements of a proposed contract to continue credit monitoring for taxpayers who had there personal data stolen by hackers from state computers. Last week, speaking at a cabinet meeting on Information Security, Governor Haley said that data will never be 100% secure.
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