First you take away their right to vote, then you let ’em starve. That’s how Republicans like to treat America’s poor (read: black) people. Photo ID laws have been so successful at keeping the poor, elderly, and minorities from voting that the GOP now wants to impose similar requi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
February 12th, 2015 - 5:43 pm § in Politics
Republicans expand tactic for suppressing votes to food stamps
February 12th, 2015 - 1:38 pm § in Uncategorized
FBI director refuses to acknowledge America has a cop problem
America’s top cop had an opportunity to say America needs police reform. He blew it. Instead, he defended racist cops and killer cops. “FBI Director James Comey used a speech at Georgetown University on Thursday to comment on the contentious debate over race and criminal justice in Ameri[...]
February 11th, 2015 - 11:02 am § in Religion
Muslim family slain in N. Carolina
An angry white man is in jail awaiting arraignment on murder charges following the execution-style slayings of a Muslim couple and the wife’s sister in a North Carolina college town last night. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, turned himself in to police after allegedly shooting Deah Shaddy Barakat, [...]
February 10th, 2015 - 2:57 pm § in Uncategorized
Lawsuit challenges Ferguson’s debtor prison
The corrupt city government of Ferguson, Missouri, ruthlessly exploits its poor black residents by having its police write them tickets for everything from not mowing their grass to crossing a street or failing to use a turn signal. Then, its municipal judges impose hefty fines — on top of fin[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 3:58 pm § in Uncategorized
Why protesting against bad cops isn’t an affront to good cops
“Jon Stewart offered the perfect rebuttal to the vicious, disgusting, and inflammatory comments made by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and by other conservatives …. “The murder of police officers … tear at the fabric of our society. What also tears at that fab[...]
February 3rd, 2015 - 6:10 pm § in Uncategorized
Florida cops arrest 11-year-old girl for watching TV in her bedroom
Two Florida cops, responding to a burglar alarm, entered a home and found an 11-year-old girl laying on her bed watching TV. So what did they do? They threw her on the floor, pinned her down with a knee, and pointed a gun at her. Both of these cops have previously been disciplined. As you might [&h[...]
January 31st, 2015 - 6:43 pm § in Uncategorized
Quiz: Which of these guys was shot by the police?
The black guy (top) toted a toy gun in a Walmart store. The white guy (bottom) carried a loaded shotgun on the streets of Aurora, Colorado, and refused to identify himself to police. If you guessed the guy on top, you’re right! The guy on the bottom was only charged with misdemeanor obstruct[...]
January 31st, 2015 - 6:25 pm § in Uncategorized
Racist who made lynching remark to waitress charged with hate crime
Tommy Dean Gaa apparently didn’t like being served by an African-American waitress at a small-town diner. When she asked if he wanted white or wheat toast, he replied, “I’m prejudiced. I’ll take white,” then allegedly grabbed her arm and remarked about taking her to a p[...]
January 30th, 2015 - 12:58 pm § in Uncategorized
Vicious hockey fan who harassed Native American kids will face criminal charges
The 57 Native American grade-school kids from South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation earned a special trip to a hockey game as a reward for their classroom achievements. Some redneck asshole who thought he was being funny by taunting them with racial slurs and spraying beer on them has been ID&[...]