Civil Rights Roundup: 08/20/08

Your daily dose of civil rights and related news

The cellmate of a immigrant who died in US custody described the incredible pain he was in — and how detention center staffers laughed and said he was faking.

A study finds that minority students are far more likely to be paddled in school.

A noose was found at a Chicago police station, triggering an investigation.

A Las Vegas Review Journal columnist apparently got smoked by his readers when he made the simple factual observation that the ACLU is often at the fore-front of defending religious liberty.

The son of illegal immigrants is now a gold medalist in wrestling for the United States Olympic squad. So, who wants to call him an “anchor baby” now?

A transgender women (and former special forces officer) is suing after the Library of Congress withdraw a job offer after finding out she was transitioning from man to woman. I was at the hearing on transgender discrimination where she testified and she got screwed over badly.

A new museum exhibit helps illustrate how the concept of race has evolved in America over the years.

A former border patrol agent has pled guilty to violating the civil rights of several undocumented immigrants (specifically, pistol-whipping them).

A Yonkers cop has been indicted on civil rights charges stemming from an excessive force complaint.

The State (South Carolina’s flagship paper): Outreach to minority contractors and subcontractors is not a technicality.

A majority of New Jersey voters now say they are in favor of same-sex marriages.

USA Today: racial diversity is leading to political diversity in our nation’s board rooms.