Stanley Glanz, the Oklahoma sheriff at the center of last spring’s controversial killing of a black man by wealthy insurance executive and part-time cop Robert Bates, 73, said through a lawyer that he will resign after being indicted for misconduct by a grand jury that recommended his r[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
September 30th, 2015 - 6:51 pm § in Uncategorized
Update: “Pay to play” cop shooting costs Tulsa sheriff his job
September 30th, 2015 - 2:14 pm § in Uncategorized
Delaware cops kill black man in wheelchair
https://youtu.be/WV7fprd4qcU Last week, white cops in Wilmington, Delaware, killed Jerry McDole, 28, a black man who was a wheelchair-bound paraplegic. The police story is that McDole had a handgun, attempted suicide, and wounded himself; and the cops shot him when he refused to drop the handgun, wh[...]
September 22nd, 2015 - 2:39 pm § in Uncategorized
Wingnuts assert the clock boy built “half a bomb”
Eager to slap a “terrorist” label on a 14-year-old Muslim boy who built an electronic clock and brought it to school, only to be arrested by stupid cops because an ignorant English teacher (not his engineering teacher) who thought it looked like a bomb freaked out, a rightwing “thi[...]
September 21st, 2015 - 12:22 pm § in Uncategorized
Police chief blames “confusion” for clock boy’s arrest
Appearing on Chris Hayes’ MSNBC show, Irving police chief Larry Boyd admitted his cops knew 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed didn’t bring a bomb to school, or claim he had a bomb, and explained the kid’s arrest this way: Hayes: “Once it’s determined that this is just a clock or ju[...]
September 19th, 2015 - 6:08 pm § in Uncategorized
Man vandalizes own truck, blames Black Lives Matters
Police arrested a Texas man who allegedly vandalized his own truck to collect insurance money. Police say Scott Lattin spray-painted “Black Lives Matter” on the fenders and slashed interior upholstery himself. Lattin, who claimed the vandalism was retaliation against his family for suppo[...]
September 19th, 2015 - 3:13 pm § in Politics
Proof that (some) Republicans are racists
This “joke” was posted by the chairwoman of Montana’s Yellowstone County GOP organization.[...]
September 18th, 2015 - 3:07 pm § in Uncategorized
Minnesota students protest racist school board member
Hundreds of students walked out of a Minnesota high school this week to protest the school board’s refusal to expel a board member who posted racist tweets about Muslims on his Facebook account. The board voted 3-1 in favor of removing Grant Nichols from his elective position, but removing him[...]
September 16th, 2015 - 10:43 am § in Schools & Colleges
Stupid Texas school officials arrest Muslim genius kid for inventing electronic clock
“IRVING, Texas — Police detained a 14-year-old Muslim boy after a teacher at his North Texas high school decided that a homemade clock he proudly brought to class looked like a bomb, according to school and police officials.” — CBS News “The boy makes his own radios, re[...]
September 15th, 2015 - 10:39 pm § in Uncategorized
Seattle fires golf club cop
After being on paid leave for 14 months, Cynthia Whitlatch (left), the cop who arrested a 69-year-old black man (below) for using a golf club as a walking cane, was fired Tuesday by Seattle police chief Kathleen O’Toole, who cited violations of department policy and Whitlatch’s inability[...]
Stop filtering the Black Lives Movement
Instead of disregarding the fact that 93% of all homicides committed against African Americans are committed by another African American. We should acknowledge it. Why not make that an issue that the Black Lives Matter movement looks to address? It seems ridiculous not to hold all people t[...]