Month: December 2012

Abraham Watkins

More Must Be Done To Control Fatal Workplace Fires In Refineries

In the last 10 years, dozens of workers have been injured by explosions and sudden fires at refineries – from oil refineries to sugar refineries – across the United States. Three such explosions took place right here in Texas: Texas City – BP Refinery; 15 people killed Tyler – Delex U.S. Holdings; 2 people killed…

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Abraham Watkins

New York Police Department Accused of Violating Civil Rights

A New York Appellate court recently reinstated a class action lawsuit against the New York Police Department. The lawsuit claims that hundreds of thousands of people were stopped and frisked by New York police. Though those individuals were never convicted of a crime, the New York Police Department still maintained personal information about those persons…

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