Governor: Civil rights director should resign over comments
LANSING (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says the state's civil rights director should resign after making inappropriate comments objectifying women.
The governor said Wednesday that if Agustin Arbulu refuses to step down, then the Michigan Civil Rights Commission should immediately dismiss him.
The panel has reprimanded Arbulu but not removed him from the post.
Whitmer says she will no longer let Arbulu participate in her Cabinet meetings. While Arbulu oversees the state Department of Civil Rights, the commission has the authority to hire and fire the agency's director.
A male staffer reported that Arbulu told him such things as “would you look at that woman” and said he should “check out” her butt. The staffer said Arbulu then commented on the staffer’s sexual orientation when the staffer objected to Arbulu's remarks.
Woman awarded $725K in suit against founder of neo-Nazi website
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first black woman to serve as American University’s student government president has won a lawsuit against a neo-Nazi website operator who orchestrated an online harassment campaign against her.
A federal judge recently granted default judgment to Taylor Dumpson and awarded her more than $725,000 after The Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin and a follower failed to respond to her lawsuit.
The judge awarded Dumpson compensatory damages of $101,429.28, punitive damages of $500,000, and attorneys’ fees and costs of $124,022.10. The judge also entered a restraining order against Anglin, his Moonbase Holdings limited liability company, and Brian Andrew Ade.
After Dumpson became student government president in 2017, someone hung nooses with bananas containing derogatory messages on the university’s campus. Anglin posted an article about the incident and directed followers to “troll storm” Dumpson on social media.
“This ruling should send a strong message to other white supremacists that they can and will be held accountable for hateful activity that constitutes unlawful discrimination, no matter whether it occurs online or in the real world,” said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Son can’t use name shared with dad to market competing firm
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina personal injury lawyer known for his ads has won an order keeping his son from using their shared name to market a competing law firm.
The Post and Courier reports that a federal judge says George Sink Jr. cannot use that name in any sort of marketing until an arbitrator considers the matter.
George Sink Sr. fired his son in February, nearly a year after he began working for George Sink P.A. Personal Injury Lawyers. Days later, Sink Jr. opened George Sink II Law Firm.
Judge David Norton’s temporary order says the names and logos are confusingly similar. He says the older firm has spent “an exorbitant amount of money” on ads, and it wouldn’t be fair to let the son benefit from that marketing.
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