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Anderson Cooper Interview Of Juror B37 In The George Zimmerman Trayvon Martin Trial
Anthony is a lawyer and the Human Rights, Equity and Diversity Advisor at Humber College in Toronto, Canada. He is passionately committed to social justice and serving the principles of equity, civic engagement, and multiculturalism, interests he often explores as blogger for the Huffington Post Canada. Anthony has worked as a research assistant for both a sitting judge of the Court of Quebec, Judge Juanita Westmoreland-Traore, and McGill mLaw professor, Adelle Blackett. He has also worked as a civil-rights advocate at the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations in Montreal, and an associate editor of the *McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy*. In 2009-2010, he served as President of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada.
Anthony maintains an active interest in matters concerning Black Canadian social and political affairs, and Caribbean diaspora politics. In February 2012, he was one of 12 people to be officially recognized as a Black History Month Laureate by Quebec’s Roundtable on Black History Month. In addition to holding both a LL.B (Common Law) and B.C.L. (Civil Law) from McGill University, Faculty of Law, he holds an Hons. Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in Ethics, Society & Law.
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Six IT professionals, five black and one white (Kendrick Barnes, Gary L. Walker, Demetrius K. Harper, David A. Zirpolo, Clinton A. Stewart and David A. Banks), had a dream of developing law enforcement software that would assist local, state, and federal agencies in sharing information. They built a small company (IRP Solutions) that concentrated on developing a software application called CILC, which stands for Case Investigative Life Cycle. This software was developed to assist law enforcement in investigating a case through to prosecution. The necessity of this type of software was overly apparent as the government indicated the main reason 9/11 was able to occur was because of the inability of government agencies to share information.
Unfortunately for these six men (the IRP-6), their patriotic love for their country was rewarded with 7 to 11 year sentences in federal prison. On February 9th 2005, IRP Solutions (an 18 employee black owned company in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was raided by over twenty FBI agents.
Sam Thurman is president of A Just Cause and Cliff Stewart, brother of one of the IRP6 men. A Just Cause is a 501(c)(3) organization that was established in 2005 by a group of concerned citizens who were witness to a federal criminal case that was grossly over-criminalized. After seeing how a case can be misconstrued as criminal, and peoples’ lives turned upside down, A Just Cause was formed to fight abuse and misuse of power within the justice system.
Sam and Cliff joined us to discuss the “IRP6”. During our conversation, they talk about:
– How “A Just Cause” come into existence
– The history behind the company IRP Solutions (African American start up)
– The raid on the IRP’s offices and the trial of the “IRP6”
– Their reaction watching the trial
– The push to get a key part of the trial transcript released
– How are the “IRP6” holding up and the effects of the trial on their families
– What is the next step and how can the public help
– Their message for Black men
You can find out more information about the “IRP6” via:
Tavis Smiley expressed his outrage at the George Zimmerman verdict on yesterday on ABC’s “This Week,” calling it evidence of society’s “contempt” for black men.
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Reading of the George Zimmerman verdict
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Yesterday, George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the murder of Trayvon Martin. What does this mean for Black men in America? What should Black Americans do as a result of the verdict? What does this mean for America?
We will be discussing these questions, the trial and other issues that are related to the trial live tonight on a special Dr. Vibe’s Allies at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific.
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