http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black Rajnii Eddins, the 26-year-old African-American writer and teaching artist arrested by police for a disputed obstruction charge (Eddins said he was trying to calmly inquire about the arrest of one of his students, the police report said he was being "non-compliant," you can read about it here), had his arraignment yesterday. He plead not guilty. His case goes to trial May 29th. Eddins, a slam poet, has taught and led writing workshops at Seattle Public Library, Seattle Art Museum, schools, and (ironically) youth detention centers, mostly through youth-advocacy organizations like Arts Corps whose director, Tina LaPadula, attended the hearing. She... Copyright 2008 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:13:09 -0800 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:18:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hey, speaking of slog’s outrage over outrageous behavior, (and past Sloging) what ever became of the DJ DV-One story line? Solg built that up to milk it for racist police brutality, and then it just sorta died… What happened? (Did the story not pan out the way the Stranger would have liked?)

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691929 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691929 News Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:54:27 -0800 see also:

• Slog: "DJ DV-One Attacked by SPD", 2006-09-20 16:10
• Slog: "Re: DJ DV-One Assaulted By Police", 2006-09-20 16:14

]]> hyperlinker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691940 News Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:16:41 -0800 see also:

• Slog: "UPDATE: Officer’s report in DV-one assault", 2006-09-21 14:29
• Slog: "DV One Hearing, Sept 27, 2006", 2006-09-27 17:10

]]> hyperlinker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691941 News Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:17:48 -0800 You had me until "slam poet". Slam poetry itself should be against the law.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691942 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691942 News Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:21:14 -0800 Thanks hyperlinker, read all those. But then what happened? (Four stories in seven days and then silence?) Did he cop a plea? Jump bail? Get convicted? And more importantly was the cop pilloried to the Stranger’s satisfaction?

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c691949 News Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:35:08 -0800 toby (DV one) is currently awaiting trial. he was supposed to go to trial several weeks ago but the prosecutor is still involved in another trial, so his has been postponed until further notice. so he is stuck waiting for a resolution and currently has no idea when his case will be heard, hopefully in the next few weeks. the legal system is SLOW as molasses.

]]> kyd22 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c692141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/re_teaching_while_black#c692141 News Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:18:25 -0800