UK NEWS: MP DIANE ABBOTT CAUGHT UP IN NEW “RACE ROW” FOR ‘IMPLYING’ THAT TAXI DRIVERS DRIVE PAST BLACK CUSTOMERS

January 6, 2012

There is no stopping Diane Abbott this week! The woman is on a roll. (LOL). The Labour MP is is in trouble again after accusing taxi drivers of drving past black customers. Abbott tweeted, “Dubious of black people claiming they’ve never experienced racism,” . “Ever tried hailing a taxi I always wonder?” In response to her tweet the OUTRAGED spokesman for the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association Steve McNamara said: “This is a typically silly comment by Diane Abbott and deeply unfair.  The modern generation of taxi […]

UK NEWS: BOY ACCUSED OF BEING A WITCH TORTURED AND DROWNED

January 6, 2012

Via The Voice A teenage boy was tortured and killed by his sister and her husband because they believed he was a witch, the Old Bailey heard yesterday (Jan 5). Eric Bikubi helped his wife Magalie, attack her brother Kristy Bamu, 15, with sticks, a metal bar, hammer and chisel, before drowning him in their bath. The victim and his sisters, who had come from France to spend Christmas with the couple, was said to have undergone a ‘prolonged attack of unspeakable […]

UK NEWS: THE SOCIETY OF BLACK LAWYERS SENDS OPEN LETTER TO THE EVENING STANDING DEFENDING DIANE ABBOTT

January 6, 2012

Yesterday Labour MP/Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott caused OUTRAGE (yes it all kicked off folks!) after she tweeted that “white people love playing divide and rule. We should not play their game” during a conversation about the Stephen Lawrence murder trial, and then added that her comments were taken out of context – she was referring to 19th century European colonialism. Now the Society of Black Lawyers has stepped forward to publicly defend Abbott and sent this open letter to the Evening Standard. “The Diane Abbott row is a sideshow […]

UK NEWS: MP DIANE ABBOTT APOLOGISES OVER TWITTER ‘RACE ROW’

January 5, 2012

Oh dear.. Oh dear… that strange old bird Diane Abbott is in trouble again! I wonder if she will still have a job by the end of next week… Anyway during a Twitter conversation with journalist Bim Adewunmi about the Stephen Lawrence murder trial, Labour MP/Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott tweeted, Read the full exchange below. Bin Adewunmi: I do wish everyone would stop saying ‘the black community’ though. WHICH ONE? Bin Adewunmi: Clarifying my ‘black community’ tweet: I hate the generally lazy thinking behind the […]

UK NEWS: NOEL CLARKE JOINS STAR TREK 2 CAST

January 4, 2012

Variety reports that actor, writer, producer, Godfather of UK Urban film and all around “good guy” Noel Clarke has landed a role in the forthcoming film Star Trek 2.  Clarke will apparently play a “family man with a wife and young daughter”. When I first heard this news I thought he had been cast as a Klingon. Congratulations Noel!

UK NEWS: STEPHEN LAWRENCE’S MURDERERS SENTENCED.

January 4, 2012

Gary Dobson and David Norris who were FINALLY found guilty of the 1993 racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in south-east London were jailed for life today. Dobson will serve a minimum of 15 years and two months, and Norris 14 years and three months. The pair were sentenced at the Old Bailey under guidelines in place at the time of the attack and as juveniles because both had been under 18. The judge, Mr Justice Treacy, described the crime as a “murder which scarred […]

VIDEO: DOREEN LAWRENCE SPEAKS OUTSIDE THE OLD BAILEY AFTER “GUILTY” VERDICT

January 3, 2012

Gary Dobson and David Norris have been found guilty of the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993. Stephen, 18, was killed in a racist attack by a gang of white youths in Eltham, South East London, 18 years ago. The trial into the black A-level student’s murder began at the Old Bailey on November 14 last year. There had been total silence in court as the foreman of the jury said “guilty” when asked if the four women and eight men […]

UK NEWS: JUSTICE FOR STEPHEN LAWRENCE AT LAST! – DOBSON AND NORRIS FOUND GUILTY

January 3, 2012

JUSTICE FOR STEPHEN AT LAST!!!! Via BBC News Two men have been convicted of the racist murder of black London teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after the attack. Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty by an Old Bailey jury after a trial based on forensic evidence. Scientists found a tiny blood stain on Dobson’s jacket that could only have come from Mr Lawrence. As he was led away, Dobson told the jury they had condemned an “innocent man”. Sentencing will […]