Posted on 02/14/2011 2:51:49 PM PST by Justaham
Shirley Sherrod, a former employee of the U.S. Agriculture Department, is suing conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart for posting a video online that she says damaged her reputation and forced her out of her job.
According to the New York Times, Breitbart was served with the lawsuit on Saturday, while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Sherrod, who formerly served as Georgia Director of Rural Development for the USDA, was pressured to resign last July after Breitbart posted an edited video of her online. She argues that the video was edited to make her appear racist.
In the edited video, Sherrod tells the story of an incident in which she declined to help a white farmer to the full extent of her ability because of his race. In the full-length version, which surfaced only after Sherrod had resigned from the USDA, it becomes clear that the story was part of a larger anecdote about Sherrod's own experience overcoming racial prejudices. Sherrod not only went back and helped the white farmer, but formed a long-lasting friendship with him.
The White House later apologized to Sherrod for the handling of the incident, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asked her to return to the USDA. (Sherrod declined the offer.)
On Monday, the former USDA employee said she was "still reeling" from the incident and said it had prevented her from finding further work.
"I'm not employed and no one's offered me a job anywhere, so I don't know where to look at this point,'' she told the Associated Press in an interview. "I'm just trying to survive.''
In a statement posted on his website, biggovernment.com, Breitbart said that he "categorically rejects the transparent effort to chill his constitutionally protected free speech." He also suggested that the timing of the lawsuit was politically motivated.
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I thought the government offered her another job right after it happened?
OF COURSE, no one will offer you a job ... You appear to have a HISTORY of SUING your Employers.
July 24, 2010
Sherrod offered special deputy director position
http://www.ajc.com/news/sherrod-offered-special-deputy-577877.html
She doesn't want a job.
Looks like CPAC is getting too much press.
Shirley’s gonna have a tough time claiming she couldn’t get a job, after being offered her old one back about a day after the dust settled.
Um, she's been offered employment by the people who actually did something to her.
If she wants to file lawsuits, an employment suit against Vilsack would be a good place to start.
yeah millions don't last as long when the government stops paying you..
She’s a public figure. No cause of action.
And now she is suing because she can't find work and no one has offered her a job?
http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2010/07/21/sherrod-offered-job-back-at-usda/
She still refuses to work.
She doesn’t have a real case but she may find a juror sympathetic to he claim.
“Ms. Sherrod, is that your image on the videotape?”
“Are the statements on the tape the statements you made on that occasion?”
“The defense rests, Your Honor”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011765-503544.html
She refuses to work.
**I thought the government offered her another job right after it happened?**
They DID ... and then offered her a BETTER job.. she didn’t take it
She has no complaint regarding employment. That’s between her and her former boss.
I don't think it will work because AB is not the type to shy away from this sort of thing and is undoubtedly prepared to meet the challenge.
If I recall correctly, her husband won copious bucks in a suit against the government. I think they have a pretty good stash of cash.
But I could be wrong.
Breitbart’s been gnawing around the edges of the Pigford case. This might be a good time for him to kick it into high gear.
she probably has the backing of the idiotin the Whine House whom will strive to distort the facts. Little does the idiot in the WH know that there has enough been said regarding her job offer that she refused. Breitbart caused her no harm, she just wants to sue and sue, Guess what the woman will lose and her Pigford settlement of over 1.3 million will be gone. Greed has a way of making someone losing sight of reality
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