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https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1782089988462555218 Apr 21, 2024

No. It's not. Apparently it's now fine for airlines to drag off a passenger if it comes out later he has a criminal record Here’s a question: Did the media go digging up the guy’s criminal history on its own? Or did the airlines put some oppo researcher on the case and feed it to a friendly reporter? Because that would be one hell of a PR counteroffensive if it turned out the airline’s fingerprints were on it. Better question: Does it matter? Is a corporation justified in treating a customer like inhuman garbage if it comes out after the...

Federal employers would be prohibited from asking about a job applicant's criminal history. President Barack Obama on Monday will announce a series of measures designed to reduce obstacles facing former prisoners reintegrating into society, including an executive action directing federal employers to delay asking questions about a job applicant's criminal history until later in the application process. Many states, cities and private employers have already taken steps to "ban the box," which refers to the checkbox on employment applications asking if the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime. However, some federal employers and contractors still ask the question....

The EEOC ignored that judicial thrashing and pressed on. Last April, the agency unveiled its "Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions," declaring that "criminal record exclusions have a disparate impact based on race and national origin."

Employers in the U.S. may soon have to hire more workers with criminal backgrounds under new equality guidelines issued by the federal government. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidelines warn companies against rejecting minority applicants who have committed a felony or other offense, recommending that those companies eliminate policies which ‘exclude people from employment based on a criminal record.’ According to the EEOC, civil rights laws already prohibit employers from selectively hiring job applicants who are of different ethnic backgrounds but have matching criminal histories. The latest update from the EEOC was issued out of concern that employers might disproportionally...

For CCSU student John Wahlberg, a class presentation on campus violence turned into a confrontation with the campus police due to a complaint by the professor. On October 3, 2008, Wahlberg and two other classmates prepared to give an oral presentation for a Communication 140 class that was required to discuss a “relevant issue in the media”. Wahlberg and his group chose to discuss school violence due to recent events such as the Virginia Tech shootings that occurred in 2007. Shortly after his professor, Paula Anderson, filed a complaint with the CCSU Police against her student. During the presentation Wahlberg...

On site report from Kristinn at a Cindy Sheehan anti war rally being held at the Independence Mall outside the Constitution Center. , Cindy said that she is determined t not only wants to see George Bush impeached but she wants to see him tried for Crimes Against Humanity. She states is so determined to see this done she says she will live for 1000 years. She went further by saying that even if she were involved in a fiery plane crash she would walk out alive just to see this done. Kristinn yelled out to her as she was...

Eager to find a job after leaving jail for stalking, burglary and vandalism convictions, Richard Karelas filled out more than 30 applications that, he said, asked whether he had ever been convicted of a felony. "I would get a look from people like, 'Oh, man, a hardened criminal,' " said Karelas, 56, of Rancho Cordova. "As soon as they put a label on you, you don't have a fair chance." Experiences such as this are driving an effort in San Francisco to eliminate the practice of requiring applicants for city jobs to disclose upfront whether they have ever been convicted...

Turkey's supreme court has dealt a severe blow to the leader of the party tipped to win November's elections with a ruling which could stop him from standing. The Ankara court on Monday re-instated the criminal record of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK). The ruling overturns a decision in a regional court last week which quashed his conviction for inciting religious hatred. Turkey's election rules bar people with criminal records from standing for parliament. The country's election board is expected to make a final ruling on Mr Erdogan's candidacy in the next weeks. Party...

SPOKANE -- Charges against a woman accused in the death of her severely battered 4-year-old nephew have been raised to homicide by abuse, the equivalent of first-degree murder. Shirley Lynne Anderson, 38, of Spokane, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree manslaughter in the death of Alexander Wallace. The charge was elevated Friday because investigators found evidence that the boy had been abused, through assaults or lack of medical care, for a period of months. Homicide by abuse carries a standard-range minimum penalty of 20 years in prison. Deputy Prosecutor Dawn Cortez also filed an alternative charge of second-degree felony...