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Reparations racket. (Insider Report).(slave reparations)(Brief Article)
On March 26th in Brooklyn, the first lawsuit seeking reparations for blacks from companies that supposedly profited directly or indirectly from pre-Civil War slavery was filed in U.S. District Court. The targeted firms include Aetna Incorporated, CSX Corporation, and FleetBoston Financial Corporation.
Lead plaintiff is Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, 36, a black activist and attorney who entered Boston's New England School of Law specifically to research and build the case for reparations litigation. The main force behind the litigation strategy, however, is the Reparations Coordinating Committee co-chaired by Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree and TransAfrica founder and former president Randall Robinson.
Any reparations largesse would not likely go directly to individuals, but would instead be earmarked for new and expanded government programs for those ...
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