Acquitted 'Riders' officer sues Oakland for $5 million  Hornung's lawsuit claims officers Keith Batt and Steve Hewison, who were rookies at the time, Sgt. Jon Madarang, who worked in internal affairs, lied on the stand in hopes of convicting Hornung and officers Clarence "Chuck" Mabanag and Jude Siapno. [more] "Batt, Hewison and Madarang engaged in intentionally and deliberately making false and misleading statements, destroying or hiding exculpatory evidence, intentionally creating false documentary evidence and then providing further false testimony to cover up the creation of the false documentary evidence," said the suit filed April 3 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

Chuck D behind new mobile music effort [more] "To see a black person on TV now is commonplace, you take it for granted," he said. "But do you see yourself? As a black person trying to go to school, trying to get a job and make a difference you don't see that on TV." The draw of money makes it easy for the media and artists to put out stereotypes and derogatory images, he said. Hip-hop once challenged those stereotypes, but money has changed the situation, he added. [more]