By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A white Supremacist from Oregon is off to prison. A federal judge in Toledo sentenced Daniel Lee Jones of Portland to 18 months in prison for sending the president of the Lima, Ohio, chapter of the NAACP, a noose by mail. He pleaded guilty in May. In his plea agreement, Jones…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Hate still burns in certain corners of the country. The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the indictment of three men on charges of burning a cross in the backyard of an African-American resident in Saldo, Ark. James Bradley Branscum, Tony Branscum, both of Salado, Ark., and Curtis Coffee of Batesville, Ark.,…
By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com Not everyone rejoiced the day after President Obama was elected as the first African-American President. In fact, Massachusetts resident Benjamin Haskell, 23, celebrated by burning down a yet to be completed, predominantly African-American church in Springfield, Mass., on Nov. 5, 2008, the morning after the election, authorities said. On Wednesday, he…
It’s interesting that in the year 2009 they are just breaking a racial barrier in a law enforcement post. By Milton J. Valencia Boston Globe BOSTON — A 30-year veteran of the State Police who has spent much of his career in investigative units could be named the next US marshal for the District of…
