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Florida Man Facing Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Threatening to Lynch Local NAACP PresidentĀ
A 75-year-old Gainesville, Fla., man was arrested on Thursday after police say he threatened to lynch the president of the Alachua County NAACP. Ronald Morris Wadford, who is listed as homeless, was taken into custody on two counts of aggravated stalking, according to the Palm Beach Post. Allegations about Wadfordās terrifying behavior date back to…
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Arkansas Cop Fired After Telling Black Men 'You Don't Belong In My City'
It turns out, it was the Arkansas cop who didnāt belong in the city (and really, at his job) all along. England, Ark. police officer Michael Moore was fired from his job on Wednesday after telling a group of black men that āyou donāt belong in my city,ā late last month. The incident all started…
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Allegedly 'Smart' White People Keep Getting Dumber and Dumber About Racism
Iām going to keep this short, because variants of this piece have been written so many times that spending more than 600 words on this will make my ears explode. On Twitter earlier today, New York Times features writer Elizabeth Williamson shared a piece from columnist (and colleague) Bret Stephens about Sarah Jeong, whose hiring…
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Racist Minnesota Couple Accused in Attack on Black Man Allegedly Held Him to the Ground and Threatened to Run Him Over With a Truck
A St. Cloud, Minn., couple is facing multiple charges after they allegedly assaulted a black man, hurled racial slurs at him and then threatened to run him over with their truck. The brutal attack occurred on Monday when the man went to the home of Aaron Charles Stevens to pick up a fan. Stevens then…
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Elderly Sikh Man Spat On, Beaten; 'Disgusted' Police Chief's Estranged 18-Year-Old Son Is the Suspect
A 71-year-old Sikh man was brutally attacked by a park near his home in Manteca, Calif. early Monday morning, prompting outrage from the community. Surveillance footage showed the elderly man, identified as Sahib Singh Natt being confronted by two men wearing hoods. A suspect in a black hoodie is seen kicking Natt so hard that…
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#BrooklynBecky Exposes 'Wokewashed' White Supremacy
āYouāre standing on public property, maāam. This is not public property,ā starts the now-viral #BrooklynBecky video. The 19-year-old white woman of Puerto Rican heritage, who uses the name āBellaā on social media, directed her confused statement to Darsell Obregon, as she called the police on her. Why did Brooklyn Becky alert the authorities? For Obregonās…
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āBecause Heās Blackā: New Mexico Store Clerk Calls Police on College Student Buying Snacks
Are you as tired of hearing these stories as we are? Do you understand how horrible it is that black people canāt even mind their own business and buy snacks in peace without people weaponizing the police against them? At what point are these phone calls going to be declared a crime? At what point…
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A Belligerent Patriots Fan Tried to Bully a Black Woman Out of 'His' Neighborhood and Got Shut All the Way Down [Updated]
Updated Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 1:32 p.m. EDT: Police have arrested a Boston man who was caught on video aggressively confronting a black female motorcyclist in āhisā neighborhood. The Dorchester Reporter writes that 54 year-old Paul Sheehan was arraigned in Dorchester District Court on Monday on a disorderly conduct charge. Boston police are currently…
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Intense Segregation Is Returning to Boston's Public Schools, Report Finds
Boston is the latest city that is facing resegregation in its school system, an issue that many education advocates and experts say can intensify stark racial and economic divisions in the city. A new report from the Boston Globe details the cityās problems, finding that nearly 60 percent of Bostonās schools are āintensely segregatedāāmeaning students…
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White Brooklyn Firefighter Shouts Racist Insult at Medical Technician: 'Just Do Your Job You Black Bitch'
A white FDNY firefighter hurled a racist and sexist insult at an EMT while emergency medical services were attempting to bring power back to Starrett City residents last Sunday. According to the New York Daily News, during a heated exchange between an EMS crew and some firefighters, a white firefighter from Engine Co. 290 in…