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Police Brutality in New York

September 7, 2011 by JasonO No Comments »

The police are there to protect us and keep the peace. While most officers are trustworthy and deserve our respect, some abuse their authority and overstep their bounds in enforcing the law. When they mistreat people in their custody, this is a civil rights violation.

NY police brutality lawyer Sanford Rubenstein fights passionately for those subjected to police abuse, such as physical assaults while in handcuffs or custody. Attorney Rubenstein does not hesitate to go up against the top ranking members of the NYPD and City of New York if that is what it takes to obtain justice. The New York personal injury attorneys at the Brooklyn-based law firm Rubenstein& Rynecki have more than 30 years of experience handling cases involving all types of police brutality and misconduct.

 

JFK’s Inauguration Speech

May 2, 2011 by Admin No Comments »

John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered his famous inauguration speech on January 20, 1961, when he was elected the 35th president of the United States.

Watch a video of JFK’s inaugural speech. It was during JFK’s inaugural speech, that he said the famous words, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

Another memorable line from the JFK speech is, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” JFK’s inauguration speech, although brief, is considered one the best presidential speeches in the history of the United States.

JFK ran against Richard Nixon as the Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election. His acceptance speech to the 1960 Democratic National Convention took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in California.

JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, and was survived by his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and two children. Though he only served in the White House from 1961 to 1963, JFK is one of the best loved former presidents of all time.

Personal injury lawyers in Charleston of Grimball & Cabaniss, L.L.C. have contributed resources for the development of this content.

 

Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream Speech

April 28, 2011 by Admin No Comments »

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered what is known as the “I Have a Dream” speech before the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th, 1963. The speech inspired the nation and galvanized the civil rights movement.

Watch this video of the “I Have a Dream” speech to see footage of the crowd singing “we shall overcome, let freedom ring” before the speech, during the March on Washington.

In front of a crowd of thousands of people in Washington D.C., Dr. King began his legendary speech with the words, “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”

Dr. King earned a PhD from Boston University and was a renowned Baptist pastor in Birmingham, Alabama. He was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, while standing on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee. He was in Memphis to lend support to striking city workers.

Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech built support for the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which made race and gender discrimination illegal, as well as racial segregation in public schools.

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To Kill a Mockingbird Trial Scene

February 5, 2011 by Admin No Comments »

Atticus Finch, played by Gregory Peck (who won an Academy Award for his performance), is a principled lawyer who defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. The 1962 movie is based on Harper Lee‘s 1960 book, also titled To Kill a Mockingbird, which won a Pulitzer Prize.

The narrative takes place in a small Alabama town in the 1930s and is told from the point of view of Atticus Finch‘s daughter, Scout.

In this scene from the contentious trial in To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch exposes the town‘s racial divide and its deep seated prejudice. Bob Ewell accuses Tom Robinson of beating and raping his daughter, Mayella. When Bob Ewell takes the stand, Atticus Finch instructs him to write down his name. It is revealed that Ewell is left-handed and therefore more likely to leave bruises on the right side of his daughter‘s face. But in the eyes of an all-white jury, Tom Robinson is guilty because he is black.

Although Atticus Finch loses the case, he succeeds in exposing the prejudice of the people who populate the town. The trial also made the book and film central in the discussion of 20th century racial tension in the South.

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