“Earlier today, the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, Mr. David A. Bowers, in the attached letter, joined several state governors in ordering that Syrian refugees not receive any government assistance, or be relocated to their jurisdiction. Apart from the lack of legal authority to do so (under the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
November 16th, 2015 - 8:12 pm § in Uncategorized
The Bigoted States of America
Yellow states are accepting Syrian refugees. Orange states are telling them to go to hell (or to a yellow state, which to them, is the same thing). How much sense does it make to blame the ISIS terror attacks on the victims of ISIS genocide and terrorism? “Syria” is the new hate term in [...]
November 11th, 2015 - 5:08 pm § in Uncategorized
We, as a society, simply must stop giving cops a free pass
All this guy was doing when cops stopped him was riding a bicycle. (And wearing a hoodie, which the cops said “fits the profile.”) All he did after they stopped him was try to call his sister on his cellphone. (Because he thought something bad was going to happen.) What followed was a br[...]
November 10th, 2015 - 4:54 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Missouri’s boorish students
The photographer in this video is working for ESPN, covering protests at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He’s on public property, where he has a right to be, exercising First Amendment rights. He can photograph the protesters for the same reason citizens have a right to videotape polic[...]
October 19th, 2015 - 10:11 am § in Uncategorized
Florida cops silent about why they killed a stranded black motorist
“Police in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida have refused to explain why an officer shot and killed a black man who was reportedly having car trouble over the weekend. According to WPTV, Palm Beach Gardens Police have only said that one of its officers had shot a man at around 3:15 a.m. on a southb[...]
October 14th, 2015 - 9:31 am § in Uncategorized
Jogging while black
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October 8th, 2015 - 9:38 pm § in Uncategorized
Police shooting victim’s family gets $6.5 million
Remember the South Carolina cop who shot a fleeing black man in the back? The city has agreed to pay the victim’s family $6.5 million. The ex-cop, who was fired, is awaiting trial on murder charges. Read the story here. [...]
October 1st, 2015 - 6:22 pm § in Politics
Alabama abolishes black voting
“Every single county in which blacks make up more than 75 percent of registered voters will see their driver license office closed. Every one.” — Mother Jones When the Supreme Court gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act, it said “things have changed dramatically” over the l[...]
The Student Athlete
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