The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 15, 2011 Shirley Sherrod Sues Conservative Blogger ------------------------------------------ Former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod has sued conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart. Sherrod was forced out of her job after Breitbart posted a video clip that was deceptively edited to make it appear that she was racist toward a white farmer. .