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Behind the Gates of the Guard
“Sexual harassment and hostile work environment is commonplace in the CANG (California Air National Guard).” That information uncovered in a previously unreported document was exposed in a joint investigation by NBC Bay Area and KNBC-TV. During a more than five-month investigation, journalists from the two television stations interviewed more than two dozen current and former members of the guard and uncovered a dark hidden culture “Behind the Gates of the Guard.” The reporting found the California National Guard failing to meet the National Guard standard and accepting, investigating and handling complaints involving sexual harassment, sexual assaults and racism. This investigation uncovered instances where sexual harassment, racism and sexual assault was not properly investigated by the California Guard.
Tags: national guard; sexual harrassment; CANG; collaboration; broadcast
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60 Minutes: The Murder of Louis Allen
An examination of the decades-old, civil rights-related murder of an unsung American hero, Louis Allen, in the Deep South.
Tags: Louis Allen; murder; civil rights; racism; FBI
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Dial M for Martyr
Investigation of the slaying of Edwin Pratt, 38; Edwin was considered to be the Martin Luther King of the Northwest by President Richard Nixon.
Tags: Edwin Pratt; Civil Rights; Racism; Murder
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CBS News Investigates: Air Marshalls
CBS News discovered that the U.S. Air marshals are riddled with internal problems. CBS News obtained information that shows supervisors routinely discriminating and intimidating air marshals according to their race, gender and sexual orientation.
Tags: military; U.S. airplanes; discrimination; sexual discrimination; racism
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Weighing the Options
"Significant numbers of black students fled on low-performing school only to land at another one, and many neighborhoods with the worst schools have yet to see new, better schools open. We also found black and Latino enrollment declining in magnet schools, the oldest schools of choice in the district."
Tags: racism; administration; education; Renaissance 2010; elementary; high school
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Blood Brother
Dale Jameton was highly ranked in the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a white supremacist prison gang that ordered killings and ran a sophisticated drug distribution network inside the prison walls. The story shows how prison can change a man for the worse, shown through Jameton's story of how he killed two people within weeks of being released from a decade in prison.
Tags: jail; incarceration; murder; cartel; smuggling; racism;
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The Gender Boondoggle
Christine Pelisek probed a department steeped in tradition yet struggling to improve its image following a series of fire house pranks and allegations of racism and cover-ups. The result was a fascinating, controversial story that helped fuel calls for an inspector general or independent assessor to review the LAFD's problems with minorities and women. A proposal linked to this story was slated for the 2009 Los Angeles municipal ballot
Tags: fire departments; discrimination; women; minorities; Los Angeles Fire Department; racism
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Living Nightmare
This investigation exposes a dramatic revenge plot, in which a Fresno County jail guard spent nearly ten months sending at least a dozen racially charged letters to violent gang members, all in the name of machine operator Paul Perry, who angered the guard over a traffic ticket.
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Stopwatch
The Fredrick News Post determined if disparity existed in discretionary traffic stops by using law enforcemnet's own records. It found that blacks were more likely to be searched when stopped than white motorists.
Tags: warrant; search; seizure; drugs; race; racism; minority; discrimination;
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Missed Signals; Killed by the Cops
This project, a collaboration between the Chicago Reporter and ColorLines, analyzed fatal police shootings among America's ten largest cities. The investigation found that African Americans were overrepresented among police shooting victims, and Latinos are also frequent victims.
Tags: police; violence; shootings; racism; demographics; city government; census