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Post by Olan on Apr 16, 2018 20:02:51 GMT
Racist Vicki Momberg
A South African woman who hurled racist abuse at a black police officer in a clip that went viral has been sentenced to three years in prison with one year suspended. Vicki Momberg was found guilty in November on four counts of crimen injuria, or the willful injuring of someone's dignity. It's the first time a South African has received prison time for the offense. The prison sentence brings a clear warning that race-based abuse for which Momberg was found guilty "will not be tolerated", the Nelson Mandela Foundation said Wednesday in a statement. It was not enough to act against "incidents" of racism, and underlying privileges that cause racism in post-apartheid South Africa must be addressed, the non-profit organization added. Momberg's sentence is significant for its severity, but not for the act itself. In 2016, a real estate agent, Penny Sparrow, was ordered to pay around $10,000 to charity after she was convicted of hate speech for a Facebook post in which she referred to blacks as "monkeys."
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Post by Olan on Apr 17, 2018 11:59:50 GMT
Georgia CheddarsA confrontation over a parking space at a Macon restaurant escalated into an all-out brawl that ended in the arrest of a 71-year-old woman, according to a Bibb County sheriff deputy’s report. Cellphone footage of the incident Saturday night shows a scene of people lunging and slapping each other inside the Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen. Before deputies arrested Judy James Tucker, she told them that the incident “started over a parking spot” and it was “because she was white and it was a race issue,” the deputy’s write-up said. Tucker, who is white, was with her son and daughter, but neither of them are named in the incident report.
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Post by carhoch on Apr 17, 2018 13:25:29 GMT
Sadly racism is alive and well a little bit everywhere in the world but I’m glad that lady got jail time ,there is no excuse for that kind of behavior .
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Post by Olan on Apr 17, 2018 18:09:02 GMT
Sadly racism is alive and well a little bit everywhere in the world but I’m glad that lady got jail time ,there is no excuse for that kind of behavior . I think South Africa will be "one to watch" as it relates to how to best heal from racial violence. The Charlottesville ALT rally and its organizers are being sued. The latest development involved outing a racist Marine. Thus far the case had used his alias "Tyrone" in court documents. I love a good racist outing story and it's especially rich when they reveal the tracks the anon person forgot to cover. admin disagrees that racist comments deserve a first and last name *shrugs* www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/neo-nazi-tyrone-exposed-marine-180413104204554.html"Tyrone's statements garnered media attention last August, but it was not publicly known who was behind the alias. That changed recently, when an anti-racist activist exposed Tyrone's identity as Michael Joseph Chesny, a 36-year-old active duty marine who was stationed at an airbase in Havelock, North Carolina with a speciality in explosives. Chesny received a general discharge from the Marines on April 5th" "I hope she stands in the street," he wrote, posting a photo of his truck bumper, and adding "My ARB bull bar is hungry." With this photo and two other clues, Gorcenski said it took her 45 minutes to identify the 30-year-old man who had made the threat. "I am sharing this so that people can make safe decisions to avoid him," she wrote on Twitter. Soon after, Gorcenski also came across Tyrone. It took her 90 minutes to discover his true identity. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 17, 2018 18:22:14 GMT
I just did a quick search to see if hate was a crime in Canada.
Provinces and territories
The provinces and territories all have human rights legislation and human rights commissions, except for British Columbia, which has a tribunal but no longer has a commission. As a rule, the legislation forbids discrimination—in the absence of a lawful reason—on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, creed, political opinion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, age, and conviction for which a pardon has been granted (hereinafter referenced as "common grounds"). As a rule, the legislation forbids discrimination in at least five contexts: accommodation, employment, the purchase of property, membership in unions and associations, and publications. The context of publications is where the issue of hate speech arises. The provincial and territorial human rights acts usually have provisions similar to these provisions (Section 12 of Prince Edward Island's Human Rights Act):
(1) No person shall publish, display or broadcast, or permit to be published, displayed or broadcast on lands or premises, or in a newspaper or through a radio or television broadcasting station or by means of any other medium, any notice, sign, symbol, implement or other representation indicating discrimination or an intention to discriminate against any person or class of persons.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to interfere with the free expression of opinion upon any subject in speech or in writing.
A person who believes that his rights under a provincial or territorial human rights act have been violated may seek redress through a Human Rights Commission. As a rule, the commission receives a complaint and, if it appears to be within the commission's jurisdiction, the commission investigates the matter. The commission may try to bring the complainant and the respondent to a settlement, or it may turn the issue over to an adjudicator. In practice, many complaints are successfully resolved through mediation.
Differences between the provinces and territories appear in the authority granted to an adjudicator and in the amounts prescribed for compensation and penalties. All adjudicators have the authority to order a respondent to cease any contravention of the human rights legislation, and not to engage in any contravention from the date of the order. All adjudicators have the authority to order that the respondent compensate the complainant for any loss occasioned by the respondent's contravention. Some adjudicators have the authority to order that the respondent pay "emotional damages" to the complainant, or pay a penalty for wilful or reckless misconduct.
My province had a human rights tribunal as I worked one floor above them and was down there often due to work place issues for a coworker. I heard they were going to restablish it in the next while. I hope they do. All we have is the Ombudsman of the province.
I am not sure what else to say. It is common knowledge I have a biracial son and if anyone were to refer to him as anything other than his name or "your son" I will tear their eyes out. I am pretty hostile with people and that did include my mother whom I loved dearly. When she started to lose her mind, I made it as clear as I could to her that she wasn't to say a thing to DS ever that was derogatory. I am that person who will battle anyone who says anything about anyone.
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Post by Olan on Apr 18, 2018 23:36:03 GMT
I just did a quick search to see if hate was a crime in Canada. Provinces and territories The provinces and territories all have human rights legislation and human rights commissions, except for British Columbia, which has a tribunal but no longer has a commission. As a rule, the legislation forbids discrimination—in the absence of a lawful reason—on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, creed, political opinion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, age, and conviction for which a pardon has been granted (hereinafter referenced as "common grounds"). As a rule, the legislation forbids discrimination in at least five contexts: accommodation, employment, the purchase of property, membership in unions and associations, and publications. The context of publications is where the issue of hate speech arises. The provincial and territorial human rights acts usually have provisions similar to these provisions (Section 12 of Prince Edward Island's Human Rights Act): (1) No person shall publish, display or broadcast, or permit to be published, displayed or broadcast on lands or premises, or in a newspaper or through a radio or television broadcasting station or by means of any other medium, any notice, sign, symbol, implement or other representation indicating discrimination or an intention to discriminate against any person or class of persons. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to interfere with the free expression of opinion upon any subject in speech or in writing. A person who believes that his rights under a provincial or territorial human rights act have been violated may seek redress through a Human Rights Commission. As a rule, the commission receives a complaint and, if it appears to be within the commission's jurisdiction, the commission investigates the matter. The commission may try to bring the complainant and the respondent to a settlement, or it may turn the issue over to an adjudicator. In practice, many complaints are successfully resolved through mediation. Differences between the provinces and territories appear in the authority granted to an adjudicator and in the amounts prescribed for compensation and penalties. All adjudicators have the authority to order a respondent to cease any contravention of the human rights legislation, and not to engage in any contravention from the date of the order. All adjudicators have the authority to order that the respondent compensate the complainant for any loss occasioned by the respondent's contravention. Some adjudicators have the authority to order that the respondent pay "emotional damages" to the complainant, or pay a penalty for wilful or reckless misconduct. My province had a human rights tribunal as I worked one floor above them and was down there often due to work place issues for a coworker. I heard they were going to restablish it in the next while. I hope they do. All we have is the Ombudsman of the province. I am not sure what else to say. It is common knowledge I have a biracial son and if anyone were to refer to him as anything other than his name or "your son" I will tear their eyes out. I am pretty hostile with people and that did include my mother whom I loved dearly. When she started to lose her mind, I made it as clear as I could to her that she wasn't to say a thing to DS ever that was derogatory. I am that person who will battle anyone who says anything about anyone. Elannah Girl you must convene with quiltz. Her version of Canada's race relations will have black folks considering a mass exodus to Nova Scotia  |
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Post by Olan on Apr 18, 2018 23:37:53 GMT
Not Widely Reported "The case forced jurors to decide when hateful rhetoric escalated from legal speech to evidence of a violent plot. Expletive-filled recordings of the men played before the jury contained repugnant, bigoted language, the defense lawyers said, but not a federal crime." I hadn't heard of this case. Allyship looks like being an FBI informant.
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Post by Olan on Apr 23, 2018 13:41:07 GMT
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Post by Olan on Oct 23, 2019 0:43:49 GMT
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