Tag: civil rights violation
Harvard Faces DOJ Over Campus Hate
⏱ 2 min read Harvard University is in the crosshairs of the Justice Department. The DOJ filed a civil rights lawsuit today in Illinois’ Southern District, accusing the Ivy League school of fostering a systemic pattern of antisemitic harassment and discrimination against its Jewish and Israeli students. It’s not isolated incidents, say sources – it’s…
Harvard Faces DOJ Bias Suit
⏱ 3 min read Cambridge’s hallowed halls just got a federal subpoena. The Department of Justice slammed Harvard University with a civil rights lawsuit today, alleging the Ivy League school allowed a festering climate of antisemitism to drive away and intimidate Jewish and Israeli students. The feds filed the complaint not in Massachusetts, but in…
Philly Guard’s Pepper Spray Rampage
⏱ 3 min read Christopher Knight, 47, a former guard at Philly’s Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, confessed today to a string of brutal attacks on inmates. Between January and March of last year, Knight systematically pepper-sprayed five already-subdued prisoners, then lied about it in official reports. The feds hit him with charges last May, but the…
Philly Guard Admits to Inmate Beatings
PHILADELPHIA – Former Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility guard Christopher Knight, 47, confessed in federal court today to a string of brutal assaults on inmates. Knight pleaded guilty to five counts of civil rights violations and two counts of falsifying records, admitting he repeatedly pepper-sprayed helpless prisoners and then lied about it in official reports. The indictment…
SC Man Admits to Racist Threat, Gunfire Act
A quiet suburban neighborhood in South Carolina became the stage for a chilling act of racial intimidation last summer, and the man responsible has now admitted his guilt. Jonathan Felkel, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court today to a hate-fueled display of aggression targeting his Black neighbor, identified only as J.M. The incident, which unfolded…
SC Man Admits to Racist Terror Act Against Neighbor
A quiet suburban street in Richland County, South Carolina, became the stage for a chilling act of racial intimidation last July. Jonathan Felkel, 34, confessed in federal court today to deliberately targeting his Black neighbor, identified only as J.M., with a firearm and a torrent of racist abuse. The incident, far from a spontaneous outburst,…
Guard Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Inmates, Lied About It
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Fraudster Lied on the Stand, Got Probation SEE ALSO: Deported Honduran Faces Federal Re-Entry Charge PHILADELPHIA – Christopher Knight, a former guard at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, finally admitted today to a pattern of brutalizing inmates and lying about it to cover his tracks. The 47-year-old pleaded guilty to five…
