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Tampa man says PricewaterhouseCoopers discriminated against him for his Arab/Muslim background
08/17/11 Sean KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Arab, Muslim, PricewaterhouseCoopers, discrimination, civil rights
Our guest today was Issam Azziz. He is suing the auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers for employment discrimination. He was fired in July 2009 from his position as senior audit manager in their Tampa office. Azziz says he was let go because he is an Arab, a Muslim, and was critical of PricewaterhouseCooper’s diversity hiring practices. He sued last week in U.S. District Court and wants his job back, plus back pay, and compensation for emotional suffering and humiliation. Our other guest wa...
Be the first to commentACLU slaps Pasco County Fair with discrimination lawsuit listen
01/08/10 Tom BaurWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: race, civil rights, discrimination, mexican-american, ACLU
Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida announced their filing of a federal discrimination lawsuit. The ACLU accuses Pasco County Fair Association of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against three Mexican-American Pasco County residents.
The Federal lawsuit alleges that when three Pasco county residents wanted to rent a hall they were overcharged because they were...
Be the first to commentSt. Pete police officer cleared in Dawson killing listen
11/03/08 Seán Kinane and Lisa MarzilliWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, African American, Race, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
Police administrators have cleared St. Petersburg Police officer Terrance Nemeth of all wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Javon Dawson in June.
Nemeth had previously been cleared of wrongdoing by Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe. His supervisors were looking to see whether Nemeth had violated any departmental policy, while McCabe’s review focused on whether he broke any laws.
Both investigations concluded he was justified in shooting Dawson after the teen alle...
Be the first to commentUhurus to protest at World Series listen
10/21/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, World Series, police violence, African American, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
Several groups plan to challenge two new St. Petersburg ordinances before the first World Series game tomorrow night. One ordinance calls for a “Clean Zone” surrounding Tropicana Field, and the other forbids handing out fliers and other activities in street medians. Some groups, including the Justice for Javon Dawson Committee, said this morning that the success of their leafleting campaign to challenge what they call the cover-up of Dawson’s murder by a St. Petersburg Police officer in June ...
Be the first to commentBrother of slain teen says police harassed him listen
09/03/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, police violence, African American, Race, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
In June, teenager Javon Dawson was shot twice in the back and killed by a St. Petersburg Police officer. Yesterday at school, his younger brother, Keon, was pulled out of class and his belongings were searched because the school received a tip that he had a gun.
Dawson’s family and supporters are calling it another example of the St. Pete Police harassing and intimidating people who witnessed his brother’s shooting.
At a press conference Wednesday morning at the Uhuru House in St. Pet...
Be the first to commentUhurus react to police suspensions listen
08/22/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, African American, Race, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
Two St. Petersburg Police officers were suspended Thursday for allowing their personal feelings to influence a decision to tow a truck in June.
The parked truck displayed posters supporting Javon Dawson, who had been shot and killed by a police officer a week earlier. One officer was suspended without pay for 20 days and the other for seven. Today, WMNF spoke with Nyabinga Dzinbahwe, press secretary for the Uhuru movement.
“I think what would effectively act as a deterrent for police o...
3 commentsGroup hires lawyer for shooting witnesses listen
06/12/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, police violence, African American, Race, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
This morning, supporters of Javon Dawson, a teen who was shot and killed by a St. Petersburg police officer last Saturday, unveiled their “Justice for Javon Dawson Committee.”
Omali Yeshitela is the Chair of the African Peoples’ Socialist Party. He said Dawson’s death was unnecessary and blamed the police.
The St. Petersburg Police claim that Officer Terrance Nemeth fired two shots after Dawson aimed a gun at him. They released photographs of a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver with...
4 commentsOn race and reconciliation listen
05/01/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: African American, 2008 election, Barack Obama, Charles McKenzie, District 55, Race, Stetson, civil rights, discrimination, history, racism
The racially divisive history of the United States, and more importantly, how the country can heal from centuries of violence and racism, were topics of discussion in St. Petersburg on Wednesday Evening. WMNF’s Seán Kinane reports on the final installment of Studio@620’s Roundtable on Social Justice Series, which addressed race and reconciliation.
During the recent controversy over excerpts of sermons by Barack Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, some have said that the black...
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