Posts Tagged ‘Racist’

Bus Driver Fined for Racism Remarks on Ethiopian Woman

October 10 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , ,

Driver, Egged to compensate passenger for racist incident A bus driver who humiliated a young Ethiopian student by telling her he “doesn’t let blacks ride on the bus” has been ordered to pay NIS 60,000 compensation, the Courts Service announced on Sunday. The Rishon Lezion Magistrates’ Court ruled that bus driver Nissim Ben Yakar would pay the hefty compensation... Read more

Racist man convicted for Killing Ethiopian student with baseball bat dies at 45

July 29 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, People, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

PORTLAND — A man convicted of murder in a notorious 1988 Oregon hate crime has died from complications of hepatitis C. The Oregon Department of Corrections says Kenneth Mieske fell ill at the Oregon State Penitentiary and died Tuesday night at Salem Hospital at age 45. Mieske was sentenced to life in prison after his conviction for using a baseball bat to... Read more

Driver: ‘No black Ethiopians on my bus’

July 14 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , ,

Driver is sued over racist comments. An Egged bus driver is being sued for NIS 200,000 after allegedly slandering, insulting, and verbally and physically assaulting an Ethiopian passenger, according to a statement released by Tebeka, an advocacy organization for Ethiopian Israelis. The Ethiopian college student waited at a bus stop in Rishon Leziyyon, and tried to board the bus, but the driver... Read more