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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
James A. Baldwin
David Cross: “At least 25% of America has always been ignorant, racist, xenophobic and backwards, people prone to demagoguery. That’s not a surprise,” he says. “The surprise is that there’s this loud, brash, arrogant narcissist giving these people a voice and making them feel proud.”
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Mark Twain: “How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be ‘American’ before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, & having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries? It is really too easy a disguise for our shortcomings to dress them up as a form of patriotism!”
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
...white Americans have lived in a country where the celerity with which they mask their racism matters as much as the color of their skin. One might look forward, unhappily, to white conservatives disassociating themselves from this massacre by claiming, in effect, that they're not "white trash"—meaning, in effect, that they've profited enough from their racism that they can afford to dress it up better; or look forward to white liberals disassociating themselves by claiming, in effect, that they're not "white conservative" hypocrites—meaning, in effect, that they've profited enough from their racism that they can afford to dress it up better still; or to white leftists disassociating themselves by claiming, in effect, that they're not "white liberal" hypocrites.
Why Are White Racists Always Called “White Trash"?
By Frank Guan
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Headlines: ignorance, racism, and stupidity america's trinity
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(sources: raw story, politicus usa, daily kos)
*Texas man screams 'Jesus is coming' before fatally stabbing his baby
*female roy moore: Alabama teacher avoids jail on conviction for raping teen boy at school
An Alabama teacher won’t spend any time in jail despite admitting to raping a teenage boy at school.
*Oregon racist pushing stroller arrested for attacking Hispanic laborers: ‘Go back to Mexico!
*NJ school board candidate busted for racist Facebook comments urging Black Lives Matter ‘monkeys’ to be gunned down
A union carpenter running for the school board in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey is under fire after the New Jersey Globe uncovered racist Facebook posts he made between 2013 and 2016.
*Former GOP official quits reality TV show 'Southern Charm' as he faces multiple allegations for rape
*Wisconsin GOP candidate under fire after telling opponent that his fiancee should be forced to keep baby from rape
A Republican running for state treasurer in Wisconsin is under fire after telling her opponent that she hoped his fiancee would have to keep a baby fathered by rape.
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New Jersey school board candidate called Black people ‘animals’ and ‘useless wastes of life’
Richard Jankowski made all the Facebook posts public, so anyone could read them.
ADRIENNE MAHSA VARKIANI - thinkprogress
AUG 19, 2018, 10:47 AM
(PHOTO CREDIT: RICK JANKOWSKI FOR MONROE BOE/FACEBOOK)
A New Jersey school board candidate often made racist comments on Facebook, calling Black people “animals” and “useless wastes of life.” He also frequently made homophobic and transphobic comments, mocked people with disabilities, and disparaged those calling for criminal justice reform.
Richard Jankowski, a 51-year-old candidate in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, made the comments on Facebook from 2013 to 2016, according to a report from the New Jersey Globe. Jankowski’s posts were all public, meaning anyone could see them.
“Glad the legal system finally got it right,” Jankowski wrote in July 2013, a day after George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges for killing Travyon Martin, a Black unarmed teenager.
Jankowski added that he hopes the NFL suspends all the players who tweeted about the verdict. “Call me a racist if you want but I’m a realist… YOU are the racists and the problems with this country, if you don’t like being profiled, start being productive members of society or get the hell out of this country.”
A year later, he criticized the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after a white cop shot and killed Michael Brown, another unarmed Black teenager. At the time, the militarized police response to the Ferguson protests unsettled people across the country. Jankowski, however, was more interested in the instances of looting, calling the protesters “animals.”
“Hats off to the residents of Ferguson, Missouri … once again you animals showed your stupidity and ignorance by looting and burning businesses in your own town because a shoplifting kid who assaulted a cop was shot … act like a law abiding citizen and this crap never happens!,” he wrote in August 2014.
Four days later, he wrote again, “You are not Americans, you are animals who disgust me. … Get a f—— job and contribute you useless wastes of life instead of constantly committing crimes and protesting when you get what you deserve.”
During the protests in April 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland — after 25-year-old Freddie Gray died in the back of a police car — Jankowski said it was “time to start firing bullets into these fucking monkeys and send them to their grave.”
Six candidates are vying for three open seats on the Board of Education in Monroe Township. About a quarter of the district’s population is non-white, according to U.S. Census data. That number increases to 33 percent for the local high school, according to an analysis from U.S. News and World Report.
Jankowski also criticized Caitlyn Jenner, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins, the LGBTQ community, former President Barack Obama, criminal justice reform, Cher, and LeBron James.
“GAY BLACK MAN KILLS 2 STRAIGHT WHITE REPORTERS,” read one post with the image of the Pride flag behind it. “TIME TO BAN THIS FLAG.” The image did not link to an actual article and was originally posted on Facebook by the blog Right Wing News.
“I’m going to make sure with my base, that they know about this gentleman who’s running for school board,” Gloucester NAACP President Loretta Winters told the Globe. “He should not – he should not – represent anyone. He refers to people as animals, he shouldn’t even be representing animals.”
“You can’t refer to black folks or anybody as monkeys or animals,” she told the Washington Post on Saturday. “And to say that ‘we need to get our guns out, and be shooting them,’ to me that’s almost a terroristic threat against any people of color.”
Winters said that Jankowski called to apologize and say that he was dropping out of the race. She told the Post she accepted the apology but added that she believed it only happened because “he got exposed.”
Jankowski’s personal Facebook page and the public one for his campaign have both either been set to private or deactivated.
Richard Jankowski, a 51-year-old candidate in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, made the comments on Facebook from 2013 to 2016, according to a report from the New Jersey Globe. Jankowski’s posts were all public, meaning anyone could see them.
“Glad the legal system finally got it right,” Jankowski wrote in July 2013, a day after George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges for killing Travyon Martin, a Black unarmed teenager.
Jankowski added that he hopes the NFL suspends all the players who tweeted about the verdict. “Call me a racist if you want but I’m a realist… YOU are the racists and the problems with this country, if you don’t like being profiled, start being productive members of society or get the hell out of this country.”
A year later, he criticized the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after a white cop shot and killed Michael Brown, another unarmed Black teenager. At the time, the militarized police response to the Ferguson protests unsettled people across the country. Jankowski, however, was more interested in the instances of looting, calling the protesters “animals.”
“Hats off to the residents of Ferguson, Missouri … once again you animals showed your stupidity and ignorance by looting and burning businesses in your own town because a shoplifting kid who assaulted a cop was shot … act like a law abiding citizen and this crap never happens!,” he wrote in August 2014.
Four days later, he wrote again, “You are not Americans, you are animals who disgust me. … Get a f—— job and contribute you useless wastes of life instead of constantly committing crimes and protesting when you get what you deserve.”
During the protests in April 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland — after 25-year-old Freddie Gray died in the back of a police car — Jankowski said it was “time to start firing bullets into these fucking monkeys and send them to their grave.”
Six candidates are vying for three open seats on the Board of Education in Monroe Township. About a quarter of the district’s population is non-white, according to U.S. Census data. That number increases to 33 percent for the local high school, according to an analysis from U.S. News and World Report.
Jankowski also criticized Caitlyn Jenner, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins, the LGBTQ community, former President Barack Obama, criminal justice reform, Cher, and LeBron James.
“GAY BLACK MAN KILLS 2 STRAIGHT WHITE REPORTERS,” read one post with the image of the Pride flag behind it. “TIME TO BAN THIS FLAG.” The image did not link to an actual article and was originally posted on Facebook by the blog Right Wing News.
“I’m going to make sure with my base, that they know about this gentleman who’s running for school board,” Gloucester NAACP President Loretta Winters told the Globe. “He should not – he should not – represent anyone. He refers to people as animals, he shouldn’t even be representing animals.”
“You can’t refer to black folks or anybody as monkeys or animals,” she told the Washington Post on Saturday. “And to say that ‘we need to get our guns out, and be shooting them,’ to me that’s almost a terroristic threat against any people of color.”
Winters said that Jankowski called to apologize and say that he was dropping out of the race. She told the Post she accepted the apology but added that she believed it only happened because “he got exposed.”
Jankowski’s personal Facebook page and the public one for his campaign have both either been set to private or deactivated.
Louisiana Sheriff Fired from Department After Affiliation with ‘Proud Boys’ Hate Group
By Tia Berger - atlanta black star
August 17, 2018
A Plaquemines Parish sheriff deputy was terminated after photos showed his connection with the organization “Proud Boys”.
Deputy Brian Green has been officially fired from the police force after internal affairs’ investigation proved he was guilty of violating their social media policy. The officer’s termination is effective immediately, The Times-Picayune reported.
“The Proud Boys” is considered a hate group of “western chauvinists” who have “anti-white guilt” and “anti-political correctness” views. They also believe in the “veneration of the housewife.” Members of the association claimed to be far from any “alt-right” group, but the Southern Poverty Law Center describes the white organization as anti-muslim and anti-women.
Plaquemines Parish stated in their policy that employees may not enlist in social media activity which “negatively affects the public perception of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office.” Law enforcement is also prohibited from engaging in speech “that would reasonably be considered reckless or irresponsible.”
“Green’s affiliation and promotion of the organization known as the Proud Boys in uniform inevitably affected the public trust bestowed upon him and questioned the values of the PPSO,” said police.
The “PB” was created by the founder of Vice Magazine Gavin McInnes. He claimed the group rejects white nationalist labels, but members were seen participating in the 2017 violent Charlottesville, Va rally of “Unite The Right”.
A Facebook account under the former deputy’s name has a photo with the words “The West is The Best” as his profile picture. Green also posted a video of himself saying, “I’m Brian Green and I’m a proud western chauvinist who refuses to apologize for creating the modern world.” The video is reportedly the first step in being accepted into the group. The video has been removed.
The Louisiana department stated, “The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s office does not support the organization or its ideals, and law enforcement in general has an obligation to treat all people equally, fairly and impartially.”
The statement continued, “Green’s decision to utilize the PPSO uniform to promote the views of the Proud Boys, whose values are contradictory to the values and the vision of the PPSO will not be tolerated.”
Green was the deputy sheriff of Plaquemines Parish for five years.
Deputy Brian Green has been officially fired from the police force after internal affairs’ investigation proved he was guilty of violating their social media policy. The officer’s termination is effective immediately, The Times-Picayune reported.
“The Proud Boys” is considered a hate group of “western chauvinists” who have “anti-white guilt” and “anti-political correctness” views. They also believe in the “veneration of the housewife.” Members of the association claimed to be far from any “alt-right” group, but the Southern Poverty Law Center describes the white organization as anti-muslim and anti-women.
Plaquemines Parish stated in their policy that employees may not enlist in social media activity which “negatively affects the public perception of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office.” Law enforcement is also prohibited from engaging in speech “that would reasonably be considered reckless or irresponsible.”
“Green’s affiliation and promotion of the organization known as the Proud Boys in uniform inevitably affected the public trust bestowed upon him and questioned the values of the PPSO,” said police.
The “PB” was created by the founder of Vice Magazine Gavin McInnes. He claimed the group rejects white nationalist labels, but members were seen participating in the 2017 violent Charlottesville, Va rally of “Unite The Right”.
A Facebook account under the former deputy’s name has a photo with the words “The West is The Best” as his profile picture. Green also posted a video of himself saying, “I’m Brian Green and I’m a proud western chauvinist who refuses to apologize for creating the modern world.” The video is reportedly the first step in being accepted into the group. The video has been removed.
The Louisiana department stated, “The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s office does not support the organization or its ideals, and law enforcement in general has an obligation to treat all people equally, fairly and impartially.”
The statement continued, “Green’s decision to utilize the PPSO uniform to promote the views of the Proud Boys, whose values are contradictory to the values and the vision of the PPSO will not be tolerated.”
Green was the deputy sheriff of Plaquemines Parish for five years.
Mississippi city parks service accused of covering up child sex crimes involving an employee
Noor Al-Sibai - raw story
16 AUG 2018 AT 21:10 ET
The Hernando, Mississippi Parks Service has been accused of covering up child sex crimes involving an employee after a former staffer was arrested for attempts to entice minors.
Memphis’ Local 24 news reported that several Hernando City Parks and Recreation supervisors have been suspended after the arrest of former parks employee James Michael Richardson.
Hernando police said they got a tip that Richardson had been sending inappropriate text messages to at least two children in attempts to get them to have sex with him.
“There were text messages, sexting and texting pictures,” Hernando Police Capt. Kyle Hodge told Memphis’ WREG. “The conversation as a whole was that he victimized these juveniles.”
Richardson was with the parks department for more than a decade and reportedly knew the children for two years prior to when he began sending them explicit messages.
In the wake of the former employee’s arrest, Local 24 learned that a number of supervisors were under investigation “for their alleged cover-up of incidents involving children.”
Capt. Hodge didn’t provide the names of the people under investigation, but said he believes there are more victims.
“There will be additional charges. We’re pretty confident in that,” he told Local 24. “And even in outside jurisdictions there will probably be some charges.”
Richardson was released on a $55,000 bond.
Memphis’ Local 24 news reported that several Hernando City Parks and Recreation supervisors have been suspended after the arrest of former parks employee James Michael Richardson.
Hernando police said they got a tip that Richardson had been sending inappropriate text messages to at least two children in attempts to get them to have sex with him.
“There were text messages, sexting and texting pictures,” Hernando Police Capt. Kyle Hodge told Memphis’ WREG. “The conversation as a whole was that he victimized these juveniles.”
Richardson was with the parks department for more than a decade and reportedly knew the children for two years prior to when he began sending them explicit messages.
In the wake of the former employee’s arrest, Local 24 learned that a number of supervisors were under investigation “for their alleged cover-up of incidents involving children.”
Capt. Hodge didn’t provide the names of the people under investigation, but said he believes there are more victims.
“There will be additional charges. We’re pretty confident in that,” he told Local 24. “And even in outside jurisdictions there will probably be some charges.”
Richardson was released on a $55,000 bond.
Franklin Graham Says Chelsea Clinton’s Views on Abortion Are Like Hitler’s Views on ‘Killing the Jews’
Despite excusing Donald Trump's affair, Franklin Graham blasted then-President Clinton for the Monica Lewinski affair.
By David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement - alternet
August 16, 2018, 3:42 AM GMT
Franklin Graham is out with a new attack, this time on Chelsea Clinton.
Graham, a pro-Trump far right wing Christian evangelist and the son of the late Billy Graham, tweeted out an article about Clinton's remarks at an event protesting Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Kavanaugh, if confirmed, is expected to be a vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal.
In the article, at the far right wing Breitbart website, Clinton makes the argument that the legalization of abortion allowed many women to enter the workforce, adding trillions of dollars to the economy since "Roe became the law of the land in January of 1973."
Legalized abortion has allowed women to work and grow their careers, and start families if and when they want, and when they are financially able.
Graham, however, unleashed an astonishing rebuke, likening Clinton's views in support of the right to choose to Hitler's views on "killing the Jews."
.@ChelseaClinton, daughter of former President @BillClinton & @HillaryClinton, claims that legalizing abortion added trillions of dollars to the economy. What a lie. Hitler probably also claimed that killing the Jews would be good for their economy. 1/3 https://t.co/q381oYx7nP
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) August 15, 2018Graham has targeted the Clinton family. Even though he excuses Donald Trump's affairs he blasted then-President Clinton for the Monica Lewinski affair.
He's also explained his defense of Trump over Clinton by saying, "These alleged affairs, they're alleged with Trump, didn't happen while he was in office."
Graham, a pro-Trump far right wing Christian evangelist and the son of the late Billy Graham, tweeted out an article about Clinton's remarks at an event protesting Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Kavanaugh, if confirmed, is expected to be a vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal.
In the article, at the far right wing Breitbart website, Clinton makes the argument that the legalization of abortion allowed many women to enter the workforce, adding trillions of dollars to the economy since "Roe became the law of the land in January of 1973."
Legalized abortion has allowed women to work and grow their careers, and start families if and when they want, and when they are financially able.
Graham, however, unleashed an astonishing rebuke, likening Clinton's views in support of the right to choose to Hitler's views on "killing the Jews."
.@ChelseaClinton, daughter of former President @BillClinton & @HillaryClinton, claims that legalizing abortion added trillions of dollars to the economy. What a lie. Hitler probably also claimed that killing the Jews would be good for their economy. 1/3 https://t.co/q381oYx7nP
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) August 15, 2018Graham has targeted the Clinton family. Even though he excuses Donald Trump's affairs he blasted then-President Clinton for the Monica Lewinski affair.
He's also explained his defense of Trump over Clinton by saying, "These alleged affairs, they're alleged with Trump, didn't happen while he was in office."
This Oklahoma school is closed because parents threatened one of its transgender students
Parents in a community Facebook group referred to the 12-year-old as "maggot," "thing," and "it."
ZACK FORD - thinkprogress
AUG 14, 2018, 1:53 PM
A group of parents planned a silent rally outside an Oklahoma school Tuesday morning on a behalf of a transgender 12-year-old who has been subjected to threats of violence.
The school is closed through Wednesday in response to those threats.
The student, identified simply as “Maddie” to protect her identity, has identified as a girl at school for over two years now, but has typically used the staff bathroom to avoid being harassed. However, when she arrived at the newly-reopened middle school building this year, she was reportedly unable to find the staff bathroom and used the girls’ room instead.
Maddie’s mother, Brandy Rose, later clarified to CBS affiliate KXII that Maddie had only used the girls’ room “one single time.”
A parent in the district subsequently found out about that bathroom visit and posted threatening comments in a private Facebook group called “Achille ISD Parent Group,” referring to Maddie in transphobic terms.
“The transgender is already using the girls bathroom,” Jamie Crenshaw wrote before misgendering Maddie several times. “We have been told how the school has gone above and beyond to make sure he [sic] has his [sic] own restroom yet he [sic] is still using the girls.”
Other members of the group piled on with similarly transphobic language. “How old is this thing?” one user asked.
“This thing !!!! I love it,” another person replied. “Got a name 4 it now. Perfect name.”
“This is terrible !!” one user wrote. “Y’all have great kids and a lil half baked maggot is causing them probs. We feel 4 y’all.”
The comments quickly turned to threats of violence. “If he [sic] wants to be a female make him [sic] female,” one user wrote. “A good sharp knife will do the job really quick.”
“Just tell the kids to kick ass in the bathroom and it won’t want come back!!” another suggested.
Another person encouraged a specific student to “whip his [sic] ass until he [sic] quits coming to school.”
Many of the responses seemingly come from individuals who do not have students enrolled in the school and who may not even live in the district.
Nevertheless, the threats triggered alarm bells for school officials. According to Achille superintendent Rick Beene, the school was closed this week after the comments were discovered. The small town has no permit process for demonstrations, and officials weren’t sure who might show up at the school to protest.
“The thought was, for law enforcement, that you can have an opposing group that might be here and that could lead to problems, so law enforcement asked me if we could shut down until Wednesday so they didn’t have to worry about those 360 kids in addition to what they were already having to deal with,” he said.
Beene said he remains committed to a school where “everyone should receive a safe and free education.”
According to Maddie’s mother, Brandy Rose, her daughter has gone from being upbeat and positive to being afraid for her life.
“She’s an awesome kid,” Rose said. “To see any fear in her, I can’t explain how bad that hurts me for them to hurt her.”
Rose has also taken out a protective order against one of the parents who threatened Maddie in the Facebook group.
Nevertheless, the threats triggered alarm bells for school officials. According to Achille superintendent Rick Beene, the school was closed this week after the comments were discovered. The small town has no permit process for demonstrations, and officials weren’t sure who might show up at the school to protest.
Several groups across the state have since shown support for the 12-year-old. The Oklahoma City-based LGBTQ group “Free Mom Hugs” and the Oklahoma City chapter of PFLAG have both sent letters advocating on behalf of Maddie. Both groups also offered to provide education to the school and community, and PFLAG specifically called on the school community to “show that they stand by their stated values by actively and publicly supporting and protecting this family.”
Oklahoma state law does not currently guard transgender people against discrimination, and the Trump administration withdrew guidance last February protecting trans students under federal law. The Department of Education has also made it clear it will not process any complaints from transgender students experiencing discrimination in schools.
Though Beene says he knows of no specific reports of Maddie being bullied, Rose’s comments suggest the seventh grader’s mental health is clearly caught in the crossfire. A pair of studies published last year found a connection between anti-trans victimization and the startling high rates of depression and suicidal thinking among transgender youth.
Tuesday morning’s demonstration in support of Maddie will be completely silent. Its organizers think the visible but solemn display is the best way for their message to reach the people who threatened her family.
The school is closed through Wednesday in response to those threats.
The student, identified simply as “Maddie” to protect her identity, has identified as a girl at school for over two years now, but has typically used the staff bathroom to avoid being harassed. However, when she arrived at the newly-reopened middle school building this year, she was reportedly unable to find the staff bathroom and used the girls’ room instead.
Maddie’s mother, Brandy Rose, later clarified to CBS affiliate KXII that Maddie had only used the girls’ room “one single time.”
A parent in the district subsequently found out about that bathroom visit and posted threatening comments in a private Facebook group called “Achille ISD Parent Group,” referring to Maddie in transphobic terms.
“The transgender is already using the girls bathroom,” Jamie Crenshaw wrote before misgendering Maddie several times. “We have been told how the school has gone above and beyond to make sure he [sic] has his [sic] own restroom yet he [sic] is still using the girls.”
Other members of the group piled on with similarly transphobic language. “How old is this thing?” one user asked.
“This thing !!!! I love it,” another person replied. “Got a name 4 it now. Perfect name.”
“This is terrible !!” one user wrote. “Y’all have great kids and a lil half baked maggot is causing them probs. We feel 4 y’all.”
The comments quickly turned to threats of violence. “If he [sic] wants to be a female make him [sic] female,” one user wrote. “A good sharp knife will do the job really quick.”
“Just tell the kids to kick ass in the bathroom and it won’t want come back!!” another suggested.
Another person encouraged a specific student to “whip his [sic] ass until he [sic] quits coming to school.”
Many of the responses seemingly come from individuals who do not have students enrolled in the school and who may not even live in the district.
Nevertheless, the threats triggered alarm bells for school officials. According to Achille superintendent Rick Beene, the school was closed this week after the comments were discovered. The small town has no permit process for demonstrations, and officials weren’t sure who might show up at the school to protest.
“The thought was, for law enforcement, that you can have an opposing group that might be here and that could lead to problems, so law enforcement asked me if we could shut down until Wednesday so they didn’t have to worry about those 360 kids in addition to what they were already having to deal with,” he said.
Beene said he remains committed to a school where “everyone should receive a safe and free education.”
According to Maddie’s mother, Brandy Rose, her daughter has gone from being upbeat and positive to being afraid for her life.
“She’s an awesome kid,” Rose said. “To see any fear in her, I can’t explain how bad that hurts me for them to hurt her.”
Rose has also taken out a protective order against one of the parents who threatened Maddie in the Facebook group.
Nevertheless, the threats triggered alarm bells for school officials. According to Achille superintendent Rick Beene, the school was closed this week after the comments were discovered. The small town has no permit process for demonstrations, and officials weren’t sure who might show up at the school to protest.
Several groups across the state have since shown support for the 12-year-old. The Oklahoma City-based LGBTQ group “Free Mom Hugs” and the Oklahoma City chapter of PFLAG have both sent letters advocating on behalf of Maddie. Both groups also offered to provide education to the school and community, and PFLAG specifically called on the school community to “show that they stand by their stated values by actively and publicly supporting and protecting this family.”
Oklahoma state law does not currently guard transgender people against discrimination, and the Trump administration withdrew guidance last February protecting trans students under federal law. The Department of Education has also made it clear it will not process any complaints from transgender students experiencing discrimination in schools.
Though Beene says he knows of no specific reports of Maddie being bullied, Rose’s comments suggest the seventh grader’s mental health is clearly caught in the crossfire. A pair of studies published last year found a connection between anti-trans victimization and the startling high rates of depression and suicidal thinking among transgender youth.
Tuesday morning’s demonstration in support of Maddie will be completely silent. Its organizers think the visible but solemn display is the best way for their message to reach the people who threatened her family.
'They're Not Welcome in Here': Shocking Video Shows Aquarium Gift Shop Employee Who Ordered Young Black Girls from Store
The employee has been suspended.
By Chris Sosa / AlterNet
August 13, 2018, 8:23 AM GMT
A shocking video showing a Jenkinson's Aquarium gift shop employee telling an adult chaperone that a group of young black girls weren't "welcome" has led to the employee's suspension after the girls' group leader posted the video to social media.
The employee reportedly threw the young girls out of the gift shop due to a lack of chaperone. When they returned with a chaperone, they were ordered out of the store again when the employee didn't believe the chaperone was real.
Kianna Williams, 13, said that the employee "threatened to get security" after the girls returned with their 32-year-old chaperone, despite the fact other young girls were in the shop without apparent chaperones.
"We strive to provide all of our customers with an enjoyable experience and we clearly missed the mark this time," Jenkinson's marketing director Toby Wolf said in a written statement. "We sincerely apologize to the girls from the camp group for the way they felt upon leaving. We have been in contact with the group leader and will continue to work with her to make amends."
The girls want the employee to apologize for her "embarrassing" behavior towards them, specifically to the younger girls.(VIDEO)
The employee reportedly threw the young girls out of the gift shop due to a lack of chaperone. When they returned with a chaperone, they were ordered out of the store again when the employee didn't believe the chaperone was real.
Kianna Williams, 13, said that the employee "threatened to get security" after the girls returned with their 32-year-old chaperone, despite the fact other young girls were in the shop without apparent chaperones.
"We strive to provide all of our customers with an enjoyable experience and we clearly missed the mark this time," Jenkinson's marketing director Toby Wolf said in a written statement. "We sincerely apologize to the girls from the camp group for the way they felt upon leaving. We have been in contact with the group leader and will continue to work with her to make amends."
The girls want the employee to apologize for her "embarrassing" behavior towards them, specifically to the younger girls.(VIDEO)
QANON: MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATENING TO KILL TRUMP WAS A BELIEVER: REPORT
BY KASHMIRA GANDER - newsweek
ON 8/11/18 AT 8:37 AM
Jeffrey Gardner Boyd, the man charged with allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump and members of his family, repeatedly spoke about the QAnon conspiracy theory prior to his arrest according to a report.
Pennsylvania State Police arrested the 55 year old from Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 31 in Berwick, Columbia County. Officers discovered a loaded handgun and ammunition in his truck, ABC16 reported. He was charged with four counts of making terrorist threats with intent to terrorize another, according to court documents seen by Tulsa World, after he allegedly threatened to kill the President, as well as his daughter Ivanka, son Donald Trump Jr., and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Boyd, who is being held on a $1 million bail, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Days before Trump addressed a rally in Pennsylvania in early August, Boyd allegedly drove from Tulsa, uninvited, to meet a woman he spoke to on Twitter, Tulsa World reported citing Pennsylvania State Police.
He was convinced unknown agents were holding the woman, identified only as Kate, who tweets about QAnon, hostage, according to The Daily Beast.
Believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory claim an individual with the highest level of security clearance in the U.S. government shares top-secret information on message boards like 4Chan and 8Chan. It’s devotees are convinced members of the U.S. elite, including the CIA, Hollywood stars and high ranking Democrats, work together to scheme against Trump.
The woman, who identifies as a Trump supporter, told police she was “shocked” when Boyd arrived at her driveway on July 30 after the pair spoke on Twitter. She had not supplied him with her address, she said.
The next day, they dined at the Hog’s Hollow Saloon near Briar Creek. Its owner told ABC 16 Boyd appeared confused and manic in the parking lot.
He allegedly told the woman he heard voices telling him to kill President Trump and his family, and was convinced the CIA was performing tests on him.
The woman who asked to be identified only as Kate told The Daily Beast she warned him not to attack the President.
“I’ve been had by the f’ing Deep State and CIA,” Boyd reportedly wrote in one message to Kate seen by The Daily Beast, and also frequently used other QAnon vocabulary such “breadcrumbs”: the apparent clues the user feeds followers about what they portray as the nature of the U.S. government.
Kate also told The Daily Beast Boyd claimed during lunch that Donald Trump Jr. and Kushner headed MKULTRA, a defunct mind-control project run by the CIA, and described himself as being on a mission.
Pennsylvania State Police arrested the 55 year old from Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 31 in Berwick, Columbia County. Officers discovered a loaded handgun and ammunition in his truck, ABC16 reported. He was charged with four counts of making terrorist threats with intent to terrorize another, according to court documents seen by Tulsa World, after he allegedly threatened to kill the President, as well as his daughter Ivanka, son Donald Trump Jr., and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Boyd, who is being held on a $1 million bail, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Days before Trump addressed a rally in Pennsylvania in early August, Boyd allegedly drove from Tulsa, uninvited, to meet a woman he spoke to on Twitter, Tulsa World reported citing Pennsylvania State Police.
He was convinced unknown agents were holding the woman, identified only as Kate, who tweets about QAnon, hostage, according to The Daily Beast.
Believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory claim an individual with the highest level of security clearance in the U.S. government shares top-secret information on message boards like 4Chan and 8Chan. It’s devotees are convinced members of the U.S. elite, including the CIA, Hollywood stars and high ranking Democrats, work together to scheme against Trump.
The woman, who identifies as a Trump supporter, told police she was “shocked” when Boyd arrived at her driveway on July 30 after the pair spoke on Twitter. She had not supplied him with her address, she said.
The next day, they dined at the Hog’s Hollow Saloon near Briar Creek. Its owner told ABC 16 Boyd appeared confused and manic in the parking lot.
He allegedly told the woman he heard voices telling him to kill President Trump and his family, and was convinced the CIA was performing tests on him.
The woman who asked to be identified only as Kate told The Daily Beast she warned him not to attack the President.
“I’ve been had by the f’ing Deep State and CIA,” Boyd reportedly wrote in one message to Kate seen by The Daily Beast, and also frequently used other QAnon vocabulary such “breadcrumbs”: the apparent clues the user feeds followers about what they portray as the nature of the U.S. government.
Kate also told The Daily Beast Boyd claimed during lunch that Donald Trump Jr. and Kushner headed MKULTRA, a defunct mind-control project run by the CIA, and described himself as being on a mission.
Racist couple held black man on the ground and threatened to run him over with their truck: police
Brad Reed - raw story
09 AUG 2018 AT 08:03 ET
Aaron Charles Stevens and Myrna Angelica Alanis (Photos via Stearns County Jail).
A black man who was picking up a fan in a neighborhood of St. Cloud, Minnesota found himself getting assaulted by a racist couple who hurled racial slurs at him and threatened to run him over with their truck.
Local radio station KNSI reports that 58-year-old Aaron Charles Stevens and his 41-year-old girlfriend, Myrna Angelica Alanis, emerged from their home after they saw a black man had parked his car in their neighborhood.
Police say Stevens threw a bottle at the black man, which wound up cutting him when it hit him in the face. Stevens then started yelling racial slurs against the man while telling him to get off his property.
Stevens then “charged at the man with a large tie strap with metal hooks,” KNSI reports, while urging Alanis to get in his truck and run the man over. She then proceeded to get in the truck and rev its engine while Stevens held the black man on the ground.
Stevens was arrested and subsequently charged with three counts of second degree assault with a weapon, while Alanis was arrested and charged with one count of second degree assault.
Local radio station KNSI reports that 58-year-old Aaron Charles Stevens and his 41-year-old girlfriend, Myrna Angelica Alanis, emerged from their home after they saw a black man had parked his car in their neighborhood.
Police say Stevens threw a bottle at the black man, which wound up cutting him when it hit him in the face. Stevens then started yelling racial slurs against the man while telling him to get off his property.
Stevens then “charged at the man with a large tie strap with metal hooks,” KNSI reports, while urging Alanis to get in his truck and run the man over. She then proceeded to get in the truck and rev its engine while Stevens held the black man on the ground.
Stevens was arrested and subsequently charged with three counts of second degree assault with a weapon, while Alanis was arrested and charged with one count of second degree assault.
a fool speaks!!!
Gun activist who put 3D blueprints online shrugs off potential murders
Cody Wilson says "We should expect and have a mature attitude that bad things can happen."
JOSH ISRAEL - thinkprogress
AUG 5, 2018, 11:33 AM
Cody Wilson, the 25-year-old radical libertarian whose Defense Distributed has posted online blueprints for 3D-printed guns and has fought in court for the legal right to do so, knows that his actions may lead to gun violence and murders. But, he explained on Fox News Sunday, this is why we have a Second Amendment.
Asked by host Chris Wallace on Sunday morning about the foreseeable impact of his efforts, Wilson showed no concern for the deaths he could enable.
“I literally believe in the Second Amendment, to the point that it’s alright and it should be expected that there will be social costs for protecting a right like this,” he answered. “Why is the people’s right to keep and bear arms on the Bill of Rights? Why is it even protected? Because we know that there are downsides and that there are consequences to allowing free people to own the means of self defense. Of course we should expect and have a mature attitude that bad things can happen.”
Wallace pointed out Congress has enacted laws to prevent certain people from having guns, including convicted felons, and to require serial numbers to make it possible to trace weapons. By making it easy for anyone with access to a 3D printer to make a plastic gun, criminals who are not able to legally purchase or own guns could have yet another way to circumvent criminal background checks.
Wilson dismissed this argument, claiming that the government has “never regulated the production of firearms that you’re allowed to own.” Ignoring the fact that convicted felons are prohibited from possessing firearms, even if they produce them themselves, he mocked elected officials who have expressed concern about his efforts.
“I’m sorry that a bunch of politicians woke up to the reality of this just last week, but this is the way it’s always been,” he concluded.
Asked by host Chris Wallace on Sunday morning about the foreseeable impact of his efforts, Wilson showed no concern for the deaths he could enable.
“I literally believe in the Second Amendment, to the point that it’s alright and it should be expected that there will be social costs for protecting a right like this,” he answered. “Why is the people’s right to keep and bear arms on the Bill of Rights? Why is it even protected? Because we know that there are downsides and that there are consequences to allowing free people to own the means of self defense. Of course we should expect and have a mature attitude that bad things can happen.”
Wallace pointed out Congress has enacted laws to prevent certain people from having guns, including convicted felons, and to require serial numbers to make it possible to trace weapons. By making it easy for anyone with access to a 3D printer to make a plastic gun, criminals who are not able to legally purchase or own guns could have yet another way to circumvent criminal background checks.
Wilson dismissed this argument, claiming that the government has “never regulated the production of firearms that you’re allowed to own.” Ignoring the fact that convicted felons are prohibited from possessing firearms, even if they produce them themselves, he mocked elected officials who have expressed concern about his efforts.
“I’m sorry that a bunch of politicians woke up to the reality of this just last week, but this is the way it’s always been,” he concluded.
CNN Reporter Confronts QAnon Believers: 'You Say Stuff That Doesn't Mean Anything'
By Karoli Kuns - crooks & liars
8/03/18 3:40pm
Before you watch this video of insane people doing insane things, let me give you my (and Fran's) theory: These are your original "organic" tea partiers, John Birchers, and the like. QAnon: White bigots who abandon all critical thinking in order to scratch their racist itch. You might find a few stray people of color in there, because conspiracy theories aren't uniquely a white person's venue, but the whole point of these is to justify whatever Trump does, no matter how insane, because they need him.
With that said, I give big props to CNN's Gary Tuchman for not just wandering into the fever swamps of backwater racists, but also to challenge them, however mildly.
At one point, Tuchman asks one woman why she thinks "Q" is someone highly placed in the government or national security structure.
She answered, "Well, I’m just telling you, that’s what it appears to be.”
“So you don’t have any proof of that. You’re just guessing,” Tuchman shot back.
To which she replied, “And you don’t have any proof there isn’t," which is of course true, because it is impossible to prove a negative. That is an important component of right-wing conspiracies -- lots of "you can't prove a thing didn't happen" because of course you can't.
In another exchange, Tuchman takes on their hostility to the press.
“You guys are our enemy,” one supporter tells Tuchman.
He answered, “So you don’t believe in the First Amendment.”
Nay, nay, says the man. “I totally believe in the First Amendment.”
Tuchman tries again. “Well, you don’t. You just said the press is the enemy.”
Again, the man comes back with the stock line of the conspiracy: "You guys are weaponized, you are totally weaponized by the CIA.”
Tuchman reacted the exact same way I did: “What does that even mean? You say stuff that doesn’t even mean anything.”
It just has the key triggers: "Weaponized" and "CIA". That makes them the enemy, because triggers. Logic doesn't have a thing to do with it.
It is critical for Trump to bolster these people and lift up their arguments. He was careful to make a distinction between the "fake news" (CNN) and the "good news" (Fox). His goal here is to erode trust in any media which approaches him with a critical eye. Having installed Fox "News" as official State TV, he has a vested interest in destroying all of the other, more objective news outlets. CNN is their biggest threat, particularly when there is breaking news.
But again, this "conspiracy" is intended to scratch the insecure itches of white bigots who cannot abide a changing country. Whatever excuses these people attach to their bizarre thought patterns, it is their fear of losing their white supremacy that drives them. (video)
With that said, I give big props to CNN's Gary Tuchman for not just wandering into the fever swamps of backwater racists, but also to challenge them, however mildly.
At one point, Tuchman asks one woman why she thinks "Q" is someone highly placed in the government or national security structure.
She answered, "Well, I’m just telling you, that’s what it appears to be.”
“So you don’t have any proof of that. You’re just guessing,” Tuchman shot back.
To which she replied, “And you don’t have any proof there isn’t," which is of course true, because it is impossible to prove a negative. That is an important component of right-wing conspiracies -- lots of "you can't prove a thing didn't happen" because of course you can't.
In another exchange, Tuchman takes on their hostility to the press.
“You guys are our enemy,” one supporter tells Tuchman.
He answered, “So you don’t believe in the First Amendment.”
Nay, nay, says the man. “I totally believe in the First Amendment.”
Tuchman tries again. “Well, you don’t. You just said the press is the enemy.”
Again, the man comes back with the stock line of the conspiracy: "You guys are weaponized, you are totally weaponized by the CIA.”
Tuchman reacted the exact same way I did: “What does that even mean? You say stuff that doesn’t even mean anything.”
It just has the key triggers: "Weaponized" and "CIA". That makes them the enemy, because triggers. Logic doesn't have a thing to do with it.
It is critical for Trump to bolster these people and lift up their arguments. He was careful to make a distinction between the "fake news" (CNN) and the "good news" (Fox). His goal here is to erode trust in any media which approaches him with a critical eye. Having installed Fox "News" as official State TV, he has a vested interest in destroying all of the other, more objective news outlets. CNN is their biggest threat, particularly when there is breaking news.
But again, this "conspiracy" is intended to scratch the insecure itches of white bigots who cannot abide a changing country. Whatever excuses these people attach to their bizarre thought patterns, it is their fear of losing their white supremacy that drives them. (video)
Trump supporter holds homophobic sign outside Orlando man's home
left-of-center2012 - demo underground
8/1/18
Ignoring Orlando's residential picketing ordinance, a Trump supporter was recently caught on video targeting a College Park man's home with a sign referring to him as a "Trump hater" and a "gay Asian with AIDS." The video, which has since gone viral, shows a man identified in the clip as Matt Sherman, sitting in front of a home in the College Park neighborhood of Orlando that has anti-Trump yard signs, as well as an Anna Eskamani sign.
The front of the man's homemade sign reads, "A butt hurt Trump hater lives here, who's the keyboard warrior now?", while the back says "A gay asian with AIDS who hates America + fireworks lives here!"
It's unclear at the moment what exactly fully triggered the seated asshole to picket in front of his neighbor's home, but the whole thing reportedly started as an argument on the NextDoor app that got out of hand. It should also be noted that it's illegal to directly target someone by picketing their residence in the City of Orlando.
Ordinance 43.42 was updated back in 2015, and now says that it is "unlawful for people to picket before or about the residence or dwelling of any person …"
In other words, as much as you may hate your neighbor's yards signs, you can't camp out in front of their house.
Short video at link:
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/07/10/trump-supporter-and-local-asshole-holds-homophobic-sign-outside-of-orlando-mans-home
The front of the man's homemade sign reads, "A butt hurt Trump hater lives here, who's the keyboard warrior now?", while the back says "A gay asian with AIDS who hates America + fireworks lives here!"
It's unclear at the moment what exactly fully triggered the seated asshole to picket in front of his neighbor's home, but the whole thing reportedly started as an argument on the NextDoor app that got out of hand. It should also be noted that it's illegal to directly target someone by picketing their residence in the City of Orlando.
Ordinance 43.42 was updated back in 2015, and now says that it is "unlawful for people to picket before or about the residence or dwelling of any person …"
In other words, as much as you may hate your neighbor's yards signs, you can't camp out in front of their house.
Short video at link:
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/07/10/trump-supporter-and-local-asshole-holds-homophobic-sign-outside-of-orlando-mans-home
Steve Bannon plots for Trump to exclude women voters: ‘The Republican college-educated woman is done — They’re gone’
David Edwards - raw story
31 JUL 2018 AT 13:12 ET
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon this week cautioned President Donald Trump that he is wasting his time by campaigning to Republican women because “they’re gone.”
In an interview with Vanity Fair writer Gabriel Sherman, Bannon suggested that Trump is on track to win the 2020 election.
“It’s like my white board’s there and Trump is checking shit off,” Bannon crowed. “Trump is on the full MAGA agenda.”
Bannon argued that the 2018 midterm election is like 2016’s contest, except Trump is running against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) instead of Hillary Clinton.
“She’s the Hillary,” he said. “She’s got some of the same tendencies!”
The former Trump adviser said that the threat of impeachment would drive Trump voters to the polls.
“When you focus on impeachment, it’s a game changer,” he explained. “It’s an emotional issue that raises the stakes.”
But Bannon’s also had some bad news for Trump concerning Republican women voters.
“This is a ‘deplorable-plus electorate.’ What I mean is, it’s deplorables plus Reagan Democrats and guys who voted for Trump who vote never. You bring them out in an off year.” he said.
“The Republican college-educated woman is done,” Bannon added. “They’re gone. They were going anyway at some point in time. Trump triggers them. This is now the Trump movement.”
In an interview with Vanity Fair writer Gabriel Sherman, Bannon suggested that Trump is on track to win the 2020 election.
“It’s like my white board’s there and Trump is checking shit off,” Bannon crowed. “Trump is on the full MAGA agenda.”
Bannon argued that the 2018 midterm election is like 2016’s contest, except Trump is running against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) instead of Hillary Clinton.
“She’s the Hillary,” he said. “She’s got some of the same tendencies!”
The former Trump adviser said that the threat of impeachment would drive Trump voters to the polls.
“When you focus on impeachment, it’s a game changer,” he explained. “It’s an emotional issue that raises the stakes.”
But Bannon’s also had some bad news for Trump concerning Republican women voters.
“This is a ‘deplorable-plus electorate.’ What I mean is, it’s deplorables plus Reagan Democrats and guys who voted for Trump who vote never. You bring them out in an off year.” he said.
“The Republican college-educated woman is done,” Bannon added. “They’re gone. They were going anyway at some point in time. Trump triggers them. This is now the Trump movement.”
Conservative candidate calls Melania Trump a ‘hoebag’ — then defiantly stands by his prostitution smear
Bob Brigham - raw story
31 JUL 2018 AT 14:07 ET
An Oregon man running an “independent conservative” bid for Congress is doubling down on his salacious attacks on First Lady Melania Trump.
Mark Roberts is challenging Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) in the state’s sprawling second congressional district, which prognosticators say is a safely Republican seat.
During a Monday conversation on Twitter about the size of the East Wing staff, Roberts seemed to suggest that the First Lady was a “hoebag” prostitute.
Following criticism, Roberts did not retract his allegation, but instead also referred to the First Lady as a “hosebag” while mocking any worry of legal liability.
When The Daily Caller reached out for comment, Roberts said, “never heard of The Daily Caller.”
“I think I’m too big for you,” he added.
Rep. Walden, the incumbent Republican whom Roberts is challenging, will be raising money at a “secret” location next week with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
On Monday, addressing CEO Jack Dorsey, Rep. McCarthy said Roberts’ account “should be banned ASAP.”
Mark Roberts is challenging Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) in the state’s sprawling second congressional district, which prognosticators say is a safely Republican seat.
During a Monday conversation on Twitter about the size of the East Wing staff, Roberts seemed to suggest that the First Lady was a “hoebag” prostitute.
Following criticism, Roberts did not retract his allegation, but instead also referred to the First Lady as a “hosebag” while mocking any worry of legal liability.
When The Daily Caller reached out for comment, Roberts said, “never heard of The Daily Caller.”
“I think I’m too big for you,” he added.
Rep. Walden, the incumbent Republican whom Roberts is challenging, will be raising money at a “secret” location next week with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
On Monday, addressing CEO Jack Dorsey, Rep. McCarthy said Roberts’ account “should be banned ASAP.”
GOP candidate’s spokesman calls majority-black cities ‘shitholes’ and wishes the Confederacy had won
Tana Ganeva - raw story
30 JUL 2018 AT 09:58 ET
A spokesman for Corey Stewart, Virginia’s Republican nominee for US Senate, derided majority black cities as “s**tholes,” the Daily Beast reported Sunday.
Spokesman Rick Shaftan also cautioned against opening businesses in predominantly black areas.
“The message out of Ferguson and Baltimore is a simple one: DON’T OPEN A BUSINESS IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD!”
The “shitholes” in question were Memphis, New Orleans, and Baltimore. Shaftan’s boss, Corey Stewart, has been a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, who infamously referred to predominantly black countries as “s**tholes.”
Shaftan, a passionate advocate for the preservation of Confederate statues, doubled down on Twitter after the Beast exposed his tweets, daring reporters to find even worse things he’d said.
“I must have said something worse than that in all these years! They need to look harder.”
In another Sunday tweet, Shaftan appeared to link a shooting that claimed three lives to the removal of Confederate monuments.
“Here’s one city that’s really making a comeback now that those ‘racist’ monuments have been destroyed. #NOLAComeback!”
As for finding other controversial sentiments he’s expressed over the years: it doesn’t take a deep dive into his social media to find a graphic he’d posted to Facebook yearning for Confederate victory in the Civil War. Raw Story reached out to him for comment on the meaning of the graphic and will update accordingly.
Spokesman Rick Shaftan also cautioned against opening businesses in predominantly black areas.
“The message out of Ferguson and Baltimore is a simple one: DON’T OPEN A BUSINESS IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD!”
The “shitholes” in question were Memphis, New Orleans, and Baltimore. Shaftan’s boss, Corey Stewart, has been a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, who infamously referred to predominantly black countries as “s**tholes.”
Shaftan, a passionate advocate for the preservation of Confederate statues, doubled down on Twitter after the Beast exposed his tweets, daring reporters to find even worse things he’d said.
“I must have said something worse than that in all these years! They need to look harder.”
In another Sunday tweet, Shaftan appeared to link a shooting that claimed three lives to the removal of Confederate monuments.
“Here’s one city that’s really making a comeback now that those ‘racist’ monuments have been destroyed. #NOLAComeback!”
As for finding other controversial sentiments he’s expressed over the years: it doesn’t take a deep dive into his social media to find a graphic he’d posted to Facebook yearning for Confederate victory in the Civil War. Raw Story reached out to him for comment on the meaning of the graphic and will update accordingly.
Handgun-waving white man threatens to lynch blacks in Pennsylvania road-rage incident
Bob Brigham - raw story
27 JUL 2018 AT 12:51 ET
A man hold a black handgun out the window of his car (Shutterstock)
Police have charged a white Pennsylvania man with a felony hate crime after he allegedly used a racial slur while waving a handgun out the window of his car — while threatening a lynching — during a road rage incident.
Adam Kraus, 32, of Fayetteville, PA was charged with felony ethnic intimidation and misdemeanor simple assault and misdemeanor terroristic threats for the incident, The Sentinel reports.
The victims reported the incident to police, including the license plate number of his pickup truck.
They described the perpetrator as “a white man between 28 to 35 years old with gaps in his teeth and blond hair” and later identified Kraus in a photo lineup.
The affidavit of probable cause reportedly claimed Kraus tailgated the victims, flashing the high beams of his Chevrolet pickup truck.
He then allegedly pulled alongside and began yelling at the victims, including using “a racial slur directed at black people” as he threatened to murder them and hang one from a tree.
It was at that time that Kraus was allegedly waving a black handgun out the window.
After being contacted by Lower Allen Township police, Kraus allegedly denied being in the area and did not appear for a interview at the police station.
Kraus was released on unsecured bail following a Wednesday arraignment.
Adam Kraus, 32, of Fayetteville, PA was charged with felony ethnic intimidation and misdemeanor simple assault and misdemeanor terroristic threats for the incident, The Sentinel reports.
The victims reported the incident to police, including the license plate number of his pickup truck.
They described the perpetrator as “a white man between 28 to 35 years old with gaps in his teeth and blond hair” and later identified Kraus in a photo lineup.
The affidavit of probable cause reportedly claimed Kraus tailgated the victims, flashing the high beams of his Chevrolet pickup truck.
He then allegedly pulled alongside and began yelling at the victims, including using “a racial slur directed at black people” as he threatened to murder them and hang one from a tree.
It was at that time that Kraus was allegedly waving a black handgun out the window.
After being contacted by Lower Allen Township police, Kraus allegedly denied being in the area and did not appear for a interview at the police station.
Kraus was released on unsecured bail following a Wednesday arraignment.
Franklin Graham warns ‘media spin masters’ to shut up about Trump’s Playmate payoff or face God’s wrath
Travis Gettys - raw story
25 JUL 2018 AT 13:10 ET
Evangelical leader Franklin Graham won’t criticize President Donald Trump for authorizing the possibly illegal payoff of his mistress just before Election Day — and he doesn’t think anyone else should, either.
The right-wing Christian has defended Trump’s affair with another mistress, porn actress Stormy Daniels, as “nobody’s business” — although he insisted in 1998 that Bill Clinton’s “sins are not private.”
Graham continued his double standard for Trump after his former attorney released a recording of them discussing a hush money payout to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
“Everyone in the media is talking about the just-released tape & what the President said or didn’t say, what he meant or didn’t mean,” Graham tweeted. “It is a good moment to point out that everyone should realize that every word that is spoken or thought is recorded by God.”
The evangelical pastor warned the president’s critics that their dark deeds must one day become public.
“Here’s a sober warning from God’s Word, ‘What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, & what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs’ (Luke 12:3),” Graham tweeted.
Graham then warned Trump’s critics to remain silent or face God’s wrath.
“The Bible says it is appointed unto man once to die & then the judgment,” he tweeted. “We won’t be judged by media spin masters or forensic audio analysts, but you will be judged by truth & righteousness—by God Himself. Have you ever thought about what His verdict will be on your words?”
The right-wing Christian has defended Trump’s affair with another mistress, porn actress Stormy Daniels, as “nobody’s business” — although he insisted in 1998 that Bill Clinton’s “sins are not private.”
Graham continued his double standard for Trump after his former attorney released a recording of them discussing a hush money payout to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
“Everyone in the media is talking about the just-released tape & what the President said or didn’t say, what he meant or didn’t mean,” Graham tweeted. “It is a good moment to point out that everyone should realize that every word that is spoken or thought is recorded by God.”
The evangelical pastor warned the president’s critics that their dark deeds must one day become public.
“Here’s a sober warning from God’s Word, ‘What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, & what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs’ (Luke 12:3),” Graham tweeted.
Graham then warned Trump’s critics to remain silent or face God’s wrath.
“The Bible says it is appointed unto man once to die & then the judgment,” he tweeted. “We won’t be judged by media spin masters or forensic audio analysts, but you will be judged by truth & righteousness—by God Himself. Have you ever thought about what His verdict will be on your words?”
An angry racist fatally shot a white man who defended a black friend from being harassed: police
BRAD REED - RAW STORY
23 JUL 2018 AT 09:44 ET
24-year-old James Saylor, who allegedly shot a man for standing up to him for racially harassing a black man (Photo via York County Sheriff's Office).
An angry racist this weekend fatally shot a white man who stood up for his friend, a black man who had been getting harassed while sitting at the Red Rose restaurant in York County, Pennsylvania.
The York Daily Record reports that 25-year-old Chad Merrill had been sitting at the Red Rose bar with his friend, Jerrell Douglas, when they were accosted by a 24-year-old man named James Saylor, who yelled the n-word repeatedly at Douglas.
Merrill stood up to defend his friend, and the bartender at the Red Rose threw Saylor out of the bar for racially harassing a customer.
Merrill then followed Saylor out to the parking lot and tried to confront him while Saylor was in his car. At that point, Saylor shot Merrill in the chest with his .45-caliber handgun and drove away, police say.
Hellam Township Police Chief Doug Pollock tells the York Daily Record that surveillance footage shows Saylor “had a gun shoved into the waistband in the front of his shorts” that he used to shoot Merrill. Pollock also tells the paper that police subsequently conducted a manhunt for Saylor and located him at his living quarters in his parents’ basement.
Saylor has since been charged with criminal homicide and has been denied bail.
Merrill leaves behind his wife and a five-month-old son.
The York Daily Record reports that 25-year-old Chad Merrill had been sitting at the Red Rose bar with his friend, Jerrell Douglas, when they were accosted by a 24-year-old man named James Saylor, who yelled the n-word repeatedly at Douglas.
Merrill stood up to defend his friend, and the bartender at the Red Rose threw Saylor out of the bar for racially harassing a customer.
Merrill then followed Saylor out to the parking lot and tried to confront him while Saylor was in his car. At that point, Saylor shot Merrill in the chest with his .45-caliber handgun and drove away, police say.
Hellam Township Police Chief Doug Pollock tells the York Daily Record that surveillance footage shows Saylor “had a gun shoved into the waistband in the front of his shorts” that he used to shoot Merrill. Pollock also tells the paper that police subsequently conducted a manhunt for Saylor and located him at his living quarters in his parents’ basement.
Saylor has since been charged with criminal homicide and has been denied bail.
Merrill leaves behind his wife and a five-month-old son.
LISTEN: GOP congressman rants whites are the real victims of ‘racism’ and black people are addicted to welfare
Dominique Jackson - raw story
20 JUL 2018 AT 16:19 ET
Rep. Jason Lewis (R-MN) (Photo: Screengrab from video0
CNN’s KFile has uncovered more audio files from Rep. Jason Lewis (R-MN) and this time he is asserting that white people are the real victims of racial violence.
Lewis made these comments from 2009 to 2014 on his radio show entitled “The Jason Lewis Show.”
His first absurd claim was that black people have an “entitlement mentality.”
“There’s a cultural problem in the African-American community that is leading to this. The entitlement mentality,” Lewis said. “You’re a victim. It’s OK to hate women, beat up women. It’s OK to hate gays. All this, we’re just sort of feeding this to people who are very lost because of the breakdown of society to begin with.”
He went on to say that welfare has been more detrimental to the black community than Jim Crow.
“What the welfare state has done to the black community, a hundred years of racism could not do,” he said. “A hundred years of racism could not break it up, it could not destroy black families. Jim Crow could not do it. ”
In August 2012 he shared that when black people gather that violence and trouble follows.
“You simply can’t say the same thing about other groups. But when there is a festival, a gathering, call it what you will — June ninth, Juneteenth or urban weekend in Miami Beach or Myrtle Beach and Indianapolis. When there is a predominantly black festival, there’s trouble.”
He claimed black-on-white crime was the root of the “racial war” happening in America and blamed the media for ignoring it.
“The violent racial crime that’s going on, and most of it black on white, but the media choose to ignore that as well. Now, no one can discount the horrible legacy of slavery. No one can discount the sin of America’s past — but the chances today, and I want to be clear about this, I know it’s provocative, but I want to be clear — the chances today of a gang of KKK members beating up a black kid are remote compared to the opposite. A gang of black on white crime.”
In defense of his comments, his office said in a statement that the reporting of his remarks is “an orchestrated attempt at making anyone who supports reducing illegitimacy or crime in minority communities, Voter ID laws and work requirements for public assistance back [off] their public policy positions.” (video)
Lewis made these comments from 2009 to 2014 on his radio show entitled “The Jason Lewis Show.”
His first absurd claim was that black people have an “entitlement mentality.”
“There’s a cultural problem in the African-American community that is leading to this. The entitlement mentality,” Lewis said. “You’re a victim. It’s OK to hate women, beat up women. It’s OK to hate gays. All this, we’re just sort of feeding this to people who are very lost because of the breakdown of society to begin with.”
He went on to say that welfare has been more detrimental to the black community than Jim Crow.
“What the welfare state has done to the black community, a hundred years of racism could not do,” he said. “A hundred years of racism could not break it up, it could not destroy black families. Jim Crow could not do it. ”
In August 2012 he shared that when black people gather that violence and trouble follows.
“You simply can’t say the same thing about other groups. But when there is a festival, a gathering, call it what you will — June ninth, Juneteenth or urban weekend in Miami Beach or Myrtle Beach and Indianapolis. When there is a predominantly black festival, there’s trouble.”
He claimed black-on-white crime was the root of the “racial war” happening in America and blamed the media for ignoring it.
“The violent racial crime that’s going on, and most of it black on white, but the media choose to ignore that as well. Now, no one can discount the horrible legacy of slavery. No one can discount the sin of America’s past — but the chances today, and I want to be clear about this, I know it’s provocative, but I want to be clear — the chances today of a gang of KKK members beating up a black kid are remote compared to the opposite. A gang of black on white crime.”
In defense of his comments, his office said in a statement that the reporting of his remarks is “an orchestrated attempt at making anyone who supports reducing illegitimacy or crime in minority communities, Voter ID laws and work requirements for public assistance back [off] their public policy positions.” (video)
Homophobia, Misogyny, and Islamophobia: The Right’s New Darling — Mark Keith Robinson — Has It All
There is nothing more beloved by the GOP than a token visible minority who’s eager to promote their racist views.
By Kali Holloway / Independent Media Institute - alternet
July 20, 2018, 11:17 AM GMT
This Saturday, pro-gun control MAGA hordes will gather at the Orange County Second Amendment (OC2A) rally in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Among the speakers will be the newest darling of the right—recently granted fawning coverage by outlets such as Breitbart, Twitchy, Tucker Carlson’s The Daily Caller and Glenn Beck’s The Blaze—Mark Keith Robinson. The right’s latest attack dog epitomizes the current Republican brand, as a “birther pundit who says gay people are ‘devil-worshipping child molesters,’ black Democrats are ‘slaves,’ the student survivors of the Parkland shooting are ‘silly little immature media prosti-tots,’ and Michelle Obama is a man.”
As Shareblue Media notes, Robinson became a favorite among alt-right and right-wing media back in April after delivering a pro-gun speech at a town council meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina. But he’s also incredibly vocal on social media. In a Facebook post dated February 7, Robinson wrote that homosexuality has been “pushed...over the top” and hysterically concludes “PEDOPHILLA is next, which will be closely followed by the END of civilization as we know it.”
There is nothing more beloved by the GOP than a token visible minority who’s eager to promote the party’s racist views. Robinson, who is African-American, frequently promotes the ahistorical GOP view that the party remains that of Abraham Lincoln, and tacitly accuses black people of being too stupid to understand their own political interests. “Half of black Democrats don't realize they are slaves and don't know who their masters are,” Robinson posted on Facebook in February, employing a corruption of a totally fake Harriet Tubman quote. “The other half don't care.” (“Nor do all of them vote. Yet always the first to complain,” wrote a fan of Robinson’s in the comments.)
In March, Robinson posted a meme that declares President Barack Obama “entered the White House with a fake birth certificate.” And in yet another example of his misunderstanding of how slavery worked, Robinson recently compared Senator Maxine Waters, an African-American woman, to 19th-century “PRO SLAVERY Democrat Preston Brooks,” and labeled her an “OVERSEER.” Following his lead, fans of Robinson filled the comments with overtly racist and misogynoir responses, including memes that paint Sen. Waters as a “crack addict” and imagine her speaking in clumsy, misspelled, inarticulate phrases.
Just this Friday, Robinson took to Facebook to call Hillary Clinton a “witch,” a word he apparently thinks works for pretty much any woman he doesn’t like, considering he used the same term in 2016 to describe Beyonce. Shareblue points out that Robinson “uses the male pronoun to refer to Michelle Obama, echoing a conservative theory that she is male.”
Robinson has also disparaged Muslims via his social media. In one deleted post (saved in this screenshot), he declared, “The question is not ‘When is the last time you saw anyone but a Muslim holding a severed head and smiling’....The question is, when is the last time you saw a Muslim protesting against a Muslim who severed a head, or bombed a shopping mall, or ran down a group of humans with a truck, or shot up a nightclub, or burned someone alive.....”
Despite—or rather, because of—Robinson’s remarks, he’s become a highly sought-after speaker on the right. There are appearances this summer in Broward County, Florida; Tallahassee, Florida; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, among many others. This month, Robinson shares a bill with Candace Owens, the black conservative provocateur who wrote that Trump “isn’t just the leader of the free world, but the savior of it as well.” During his April appearance on Fox & Friends, co-host Ainsley Earhardt gushed, “You’re great; I really think you should run for office.”
As previously mentioned, Robinson’s latest stop will be a speaking gig at the Orange County Second Amendment (OC2A) rally in Hillsborough, North Carolina, this Saturday. In a press statement, Hillsborough Progressives Taking Action (HPTA) notes that he’ll be joined by “speakers from Grass Roots NC, whose PAC ‘recommends’ white supremacist and anti-Semitic House candidate Russell Walker.”
As Shareblue Media notes, Robinson became a favorite among alt-right and right-wing media back in April after delivering a pro-gun speech at a town council meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina. But he’s also incredibly vocal on social media. In a Facebook post dated February 7, Robinson wrote that homosexuality has been “pushed...over the top” and hysterically concludes “PEDOPHILLA is next, which will be closely followed by the END of civilization as we know it.”
There is nothing more beloved by the GOP than a token visible minority who’s eager to promote the party’s racist views. Robinson, who is African-American, frequently promotes the ahistorical GOP view that the party remains that of Abraham Lincoln, and tacitly accuses black people of being too stupid to understand their own political interests. “Half of black Democrats don't realize they are slaves and don't know who their masters are,” Robinson posted on Facebook in February, employing a corruption of a totally fake Harriet Tubman quote. “The other half don't care.” (“Nor do all of them vote. Yet always the first to complain,” wrote a fan of Robinson’s in the comments.)
In March, Robinson posted a meme that declares President Barack Obama “entered the White House with a fake birth certificate.” And in yet another example of his misunderstanding of how slavery worked, Robinson recently compared Senator Maxine Waters, an African-American woman, to 19th-century “PRO SLAVERY Democrat Preston Brooks,” and labeled her an “OVERSEER.” Following his lead, fans of Robinson filled the comments with overtly racist and misogynoir responses, including memes that paint Sen. Waters as a “crack addict” and imagine her speaking in clumsy, misspelled, inarticulate phrases.
Just this Friday, Robinson took to Facebook to call Hillary Clinton a “witch,” a word he apparently thinks works for pretty much any woman he doesn’t like, considering he used the same term in 2016 to describe Beyonce. Shareblue points out that Robinson “uses the male pronoun to refer to Michelle Obama, echoing a conservative theory that she is male.”
Robinson has also disparaged Muslims via his social media. In one deleted post (saved in this screenshot), he declared, “The question is not ‘When is the last time you saw anyone but a Muslim holding a severed head and smiling’....The question is, when is the last time you saw a Muslim protesting against a Muslim who severed a head, or bombed a shopping mall, or ran down a group of humans with a truck, or shot up a nightclub, or burned someone alive.....”
Despite—or rather, because of—Robinson’s remarks, he’s become a highly sought-after speaker on the right. There are appearances this summer in Broward County, Florida; Tallahassee, Florida; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, among many others. This month, Robinson shares a bill with Candace Owens, the black conservative provocateur who wrote that Trump “isn’t just the leader of the free world, but the savior of it as well.” During his April appearance on Fox & Friends, co-host Ainsley Earhardt gushed, “You’re great; I really think you should run for office.”
As previously mentioned, Robinson’s latest stop will be a speaking gig at the Orange County Second Amendment (OC2A) rally in Hillsborough, North Carolina, this Saturday. In a press statement, Hillsborough Progressives Taking Action (HPTA) notes that he’ll be joined by “speakers from Grass Roots NC, whose PAC ‘recommends’ white supremacist and anti-Semitic House candidate Russell Walker.”
150 years later and they are still traitors!!!
Neo-Confederates reach out to their ‘Russian friends’ in new project
Once again, racist secessionists are looking to Moscow for succor.
CASEY MICHEL - thinkprogress
JUL 20, 2018, 1:06 PM
In late 2014, before Russian hackers had stolen emails from Hillary Clinton or accused Russian agents had met with Republican higher-ups, a small conference gathered in Moscow’s Izmailovo Alfa Hotel.
Organized by a group called the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia (AGMR), the one-day conference was, according to a press release, dedicated to the “struggle for independence and creation of new sovereign geopolitical entities on the map of the world.”
The 2014 gathering was the first of what would become an annual affair for AGMR. The group went on to host a series of conferences that would, in time, attract both Kremlin funding and secessionists from states like Texas, California, and Hawaii — and, this week, help spark the newest plea for help from neo-Confederates in the United States.
The 2014 event was small, and generated almost no press coverage, but it did attract the participation of one of the best-known neo-Confederate groups extant: the League of the South. Described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a group dedicated to reforming the Confederacy, the League of the South envisioned a new country in the American South that would be dominated by “white Christians.”
While the group’s president, Michael Hill, was unable to attend the 2014 event in Moscow in person — this was two years before AGMR, with Kremlin backing, could afford to help individuals from the Texas Nationalist Movement and Yes California groups travel to Moscow — he managed to Skype into the conference. Hill’s talk centered on some of his favorite, fascistic points: the “independence of the Southern people,” the “South’s identity as an historic ‘blood and soil’ nation.”
As Hill later wrote, his talk “was very well received (through a translator) by the largely Russian audience.”
The invitation for Hill to speak marks one of the earliest instances of interest in Russia in stoking secessionists — and white supremacist — movements across the U.S. It would set the tone for things like the opening of a “California Embassy” in Moscow or the “Heart of Texas” Facebook page, which advocated Texas secession.
Even after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office pointed directly to Russian operations like “Heart of Texas” as evidence of Russia’s social media interference, Russian pro-Confederate and pro-secession material is still floating around on social media sites — including the memorable “Captain Confederate,” first posted by the Russian “South United” page.
But Hill and the League of South never managed to make it to Russia. As California secessionists and Texas separatists flitted back and forth from Moscow, Hill and his group remained in the U.S., taking part in things like last year’s violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
While it’s unclear how popular the League of the South became over the past two years, Matthew Heimbach, one of the white supremacist faces of the so-called “alt-right,” took a photo with the group’s flag — while simultaneously holding a book written by Alexander Dugin, a Russian neo-fascist whose work has been assigned at Russia’s General Staff Academy.
Now, though, Hill is reaching out once more to his allies in Russia. First reported by Right Wing Watch’s Peter Montgomery, Hill penned a note to his “Russian friends” this week, announcing that the League of the South would soon have a “Russian language section” on the group’s website. Wrote Hill:
We understand that the Russian people and Southerners are natural allies in blood, culture, and religion. As fellow Whites of northern European extraction, we come from the same general gene pool. As inheritors of the European cultural tradition, we share similar values, customs, and ways of life. And as Christians, we worship the same Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and our common faith binds us as brothers and sisters….
[W]e believe that the Russian people and the Southern people are natural allies against the destructive and impersonal impulses of globalism. We ought to encourage closer ties between our two peoples and between those who represent our interests in all phases of life, including government, business, education, the arts, and other areas. Moreover, we should seek peace and goodwill between our peoples as the foundation for all our cooperative efforts.
Hill has not announced a timeline for the “Russian language section” on his group’s website. (He also wrote a similar statement in 2016, noting that both Russians and “Southern people” are “fellow Christians and traditionalists.”) It’s also unclear who, exactly, Hill has in mind regarding his “Russian friends”; AGMR appears to have effectively folded over the past year, with no secessionist conferences planned for the future.
Nonetheless, Hill’s missive highlights the fact that American white supremacists continue to view Russia as some kind of bastion, or some kind of ally, in their quest to either impose their own white supremacist beliefs in the U.S. — or, failing that, in breaking off part of the U.S. entirely.
As white supremacists at “Occidental Dissent” wrote in response to the League of the South’s move, “We were already pro-Russia long before this… Why wouldn’t the League of the South open a Russian language section on its website?”
Organized by a group called the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia (AGMR), the one-day conference was, according to a press release, dedicated to the “struggle for independence and creation of new sovereign geopolitical entities on the map of the world.”
The 2014 gathering was the first of what would become an annual affair for AGMR. The group went on to host a series of conferences that would, in time, attract both Kremlin funding and secessionists from states like Texas, California, and Hawaii — and, this week, help spark the newest plea for help from neo-Confederates in the United States.
The 2014 event was small, and generated almost no press coverage, but it did attract the participation of one of the best-known neo-Confederate groups extant: the League of the South. Described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a group dedicated to reforming the Confederacy, the League of the South envisioned a new country in the American South that would be dominated by “white Christians.”
While the group’s president, Michael Hill, was unable to attend the 2014 event in Moscow in person — this was two years before AGMR, with Kremlin backing, could afford to help individuals from the Texas Nationalist Movement and Yes California groups travel to Moscow — he managed to Skype into the conference. Hill’s talk centered on some of his favorite, fascistic points: the “independence of the Southern people,” the “South’s identity as an historic ‘blood and soil’ nation.”
As Hill later wrote, his talk “was very well received (through a translator) by the largely Russian audience.”
The invitation for Hill to speak marks one of the earliest instances of interest in Russia in stoking secessionists — and white supremacist — movements across the U.S. It would set the tone for things like the opening of a “California Embassy” in Moscow or the “Heart of Texas” Facebook page, which advocated Texas secession.
Even after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office pointed directly to Russian operations like “Heart of Texas” as evidence of Russia’s social media interference, Russian pro-Confederate and pro-secession material is still floating around on social media sites — including the memorable “Captain Confederate,” first posted by the Russian “South United” page.
But Hill and the League of South never managed to make it to Russia. As California secessionists and Texas separatists flitted back and forth from Moscow, Hill and his group remained in the U.S., taking part in things like last year’s violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
While it’s unclear how popular the League of the South became over the past two years, Matthew Heimbach, one of the white supremacist faces of the so-called “alt-right,” took a photo with the group’s flag — while simultaneously holding a book written by Alexander Dugin, a Russian neo-fascist whose work has been assigned at Russia’s General Staff Academy.
Now, though, Hill is reaching out once more to his allies in Russia. First reported by Right Wing Watch’s Peter Montgomery, Hill penned a note to his “Russian friends” this week, announcing that the League of the South would soon have a “Russian language section” on the group’s website. Wrote Hill:
We understand that the Russian people and Southerners are natural allies in blood, culture, and religion. As fellow Whites of northern European extraction, we come from the same general gene pool. As inheritors of the European cultural tradition, we share similar values, customs, and ways of life. And as Christians, we worship the same Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and our common faith binds us as brothers and sisters….
[W]e believe that the Russian people and the Southern people are natural allies against the destructive and impersonal impulses of globalism. We ought to encourage closer ties between our two peoples and between those who represent our interests in all phases of life, including government, business, education, the arts, and other areas. Moreover, we should seek peace and goodwill between our peoples as the foundation for all our cooperative efforts.
Hill has not announced a timeline for the “Russian language section” on his group’s website. (He also wrote a similar statement in 2016, noting that both Russians and “Southern people” are “fellow Christians and traditionalists.”) It’s also unclear who, exactly, Hill has in mind regarding his “Russian friends”; AGMR appears to have effectively folded over the past year, with no secessionist conferences planned for the future.
Nonetheless, Hill’s missive highlights the fact that American white supremacists continue to view Russia as some kind of bastion, or some kind of ally, in their quest to either impose their own white supremacist beliefs in the U.S. — or, failing that, in breaking off part of the U.S. entirely.
As white supremacists at “Occidental Dissent” wrote in response to the League of the South’s move, “We were already pro-Russia long before this… Why wouldn’t the League of the South open a Russian language section on its website?”
Avalon, PA: Neo-Nazi Group Linked to Republican Party Attacks Black Man at Bar
By Philly Antifa - its going down
July 17, 2018
Report from Philly Antifa about a recent racist attack carried out by the Keystone State Skinheads/United, who includes a member which is active within the local Republican Party.
Coming a few weeks after holding a picnic in the area, Keystone United members were cited by police (but tellingly not arrested or charged) following an unprovoked attack on a regular patron of the Jackman Inn in Avalon PA on July 7th.
According to a local news report:
“An alleged neo-Nazi group is being accused of targeting an African American customer, assaulting him and using racial slurs against him at the Jackman Inn…
It happened when the victim, patron Paul Morris, walked into a backroom where a group of men were playing pool. The men allegedly used a racial epithet against the victim.
Police say the group of men may have been from Keystone United, which they describe as a racist neo-Nazi group formerly known as the Keystone State Skinheads…
when the bartender asked the group to leave, they attacked Morris…
‘Eight of them jumped Paul,’ (the bar manager) said. ‘He was hit in the face. He bent down to pick up his glasses. He was hit again’…
Morris is now California, but KDKA’s Andy Sheehan spoke with him on the phone. He says one member who called him the n-word said his group would eradicate blacks one-by-one, and then he attacked.
‘They attacked me because they had hate in their hearts. I didn’t do anything to these people,’ Morris said.
Avalon Police detained some members of the group, but did not charge them. Avalon Police Chief Thomas Kokoski said he believes they will be charged, but the incident is still under investigation….
The incident happened on July 7, and Morris’s lawyer, Fred Rabner, questions why no arrests have been made, saying they should be charged, not only with assault but with ethnic intimidation.
‘This is a hate crime, there’s no doubt about it,’ said Rabner. “
Fortunately, Morris received no serious injuries, nor did the bar employee, who was also attacked when they intervened.
It is unknown which KSS members were involved in the attack, but the event is not dissimilar from an attack on a black man by 3 KSS members in Scranton, PA back in 2003, one of whom was Luzerne County republican committeeman and co-founder of KSS Steve Smith.
Smith was in attendance at the KSS picnic in the area at the end of May, but it is unknown if he was involved in the attack on the 7th.
We could go on forever about state/cop bias in favor of white supremacists (and white people in general), for example, participating in an Anti-Racist march where some windows got broken can get you arrested and looking at 70 years while attacking 2 people during a hate crime gets you cited with no charges. Or we could belabor that those who equate Antifa with Nazis, or claim we have “Anti-White Bias” would be hard pressed to find an incident where Antifa randomly attack a white man for his race when he comes into a bar to deliver a thank you note to one of the employees, but we won’t.
This was a horrific attack that could have ended in much more serious injury or even death, as attacks by KSS members have in the past. We are glad Mr. Morris and the bar employee escaped serious injury.
Keystone United/KSS have been a blight on PA for too long. If we can hope for any silver lining to this attack, it is that people in this state will start taking the threat they represent seriously again, and that the years of PR spin KSS has employed to try and convince people that their “old days” of randomly attacking People of Color, Queers and Anti-Racists were behind them in favor of “positive white activism” have been debunked.
Anyone with information about this attack, specifically which KSS members were involved, should contact us. We plan to identify those involved and release their names, which is more than the state could be counted on. No one should be able to commit a racist assault on Saturday and go back to anonymity on Sunday.
Time to shut these fucks down. More to come.
Coming a few weeks after holding a picnic in the area, Keystone United members were cited by police (but tellingly not arrested or charged) following an unprovoked attack on a regular patron of the Jackman Inn in Avalon PA on July 7th.
According to a local news report:
“An alleged neo-Nazi group is being accused of targeting an African American customer, assaulting him and using racial slurs against him at the Jackman Inn…
It happened when the victim, patron Paul Morris, walked into a backroom where a group of men were playing pool. The men allegedly used a racial epithet against the victim.
Police say the group of men may have been from Keystone United, which they describe as a racist neo-Nazi group formerly known as the Keystone State Skinheads…
when the bartender asked the group to leave, they attacked Morris…
‘Eight of them jumped Paul,’ (the bar manager) said. ‘He was hit in the face. He bent down to pick up his glasses. He was hit again’…
Morris is now California, but KDKA’s Andy Sheehan spoke with him on the phone. He says one member who called him the n-word said his group would eradicate blacks one-by-one, and then he attacked.
‘They attacked me because they had hate in their hearts. I didn’t do anything to these people,’ Morris said.
Avalon Police detained some members of the group, but did not charge them. Avalon Police Chief Thomas Kokoski said he believes they will be charged, but the incident is still under investigation….
The incident happened on July 7, and Morris’s lawyer, Fred Rabner, questions why no arrests have been made, saying they should be charged, not only with assault but with ethnic intimidation.
‘This is a hate crime, there’s no doubt about it,’ said Rabner. “
Fortunately, Morris received no serious injuries, nor did the bar employee, who was also attacked when they intervened.
It is unknown which KSS members were involved in the attack, but the event is not dissimilar from an attack on a black man by 3 KSS members in Scranton, PA back in 2003, one of whom was Luzerne County republican committeeman and co-founder of KSS Steve Smith.
Smith was in attendance at the KSS picnic in the area at the end of May, but it is unknown if he was involved in the attack on the 7th.
We could go on forever about state/cop bias in favor of white supremacists (and white people in general), for example, participating in an Anti-Racist march where some windows got broken can get you arrested and looking at 70 years while attacking 2 people during a hate crime gets you cited with no charges. Or we could belabor that those who equate Antifa with Nazis, or claim we have “Anti-White Bias” would be hard pressed to find an incident where Antifa randomly attack a white man for his race when he comes into a bar to deliver a thank you note to one of the employees, but we won’t.
This was a horrific attack that could have ended in much more serious injury or even death, as attacks by KSS members have in the past. We are glad Mr. Morris and the bar employee escaped serious injury.
Keystone United/KSS have been a blight on PA for too long. If we can hope for any silver lining to this attack, it is that people in this state will start taking the threat they represent seriously again, and that the years of PR spin KSS has employed to try and convince people that their “old days” of randomly attacking People of Color, Queers and Anti-Racists were behind them in favor of “positive white activism” have been debunked.
Anyone with information about this attack, specifically which KSS members were involved, should contact us. We plan to identify those involved and release their names, which is more than the state could be counted on. No one should be able to commit a racist assault on Saturday and go back to anonymity on Sunday.
Time to shut these fucks down. More to come.
Woman Allegedly Defaced Black Neighbor's Home With N-Word, 'Hail Trump'
Toledo woman has been charged with ethnic intimidation, among other things
By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff
Posted Jul 18, 2018 10:44 AM CDT
(NEWSER) – A white Toledo woman was hit with charges including ethnic intimidation Monday after allegedly spray-painting "Hail Trump," "Nigger keep out," and a swastika across the front of her black neighbor's home over the weekend. Patricia Edelen, 47, pleaded not guilty; she was ordered not to have any contact with the victim, who is in the process of selling the house. The incident went viral after Monica Davis, the victim's realtor, posted a video on social media showing the vandalism, which took place less than three miles away from the location where, mere hours later, the Ohio city's annual African American Parade would be kicking off. Davis called for the video to go viral, and it did: Soon, community members were at the house, power washing and scrubbing away the spray-painted words, the Toledo Blade reports.
"This morning we had a great time celebrating our community’s diversity at the African American Festival parade. At the same time, a family in our community experienced a hate crime," Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz posted on Facebook on Saturday. But since the alleged crime does not meet the federal standards for a hate crime, the ethnic intimidation charge was filed, which increases the severity of the other misdemeanor charges Edelen is facing—criminal mischief, criminal damaging, and obstructing official business. Police tell the Washington Post the charge is rarely used. A neighbor caught Edelen on video allegedly vandalizing the home, and police used the recording to identify her, ABC 13 reports. They had to force their way into her house to arrest her Saturday night after she refused to allow them in. "I have never been more dismayed and [then] more proud of Toledo than today," a resident posted Saturday along with pictures of the clean-up.
"This morning we had a great time celebrating our community’s diversity at the African American Festival parade. At the same time, a family in our community experienced a hate crime," Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz posted on Facebook on Saturday. But since the alleged crime does not meet the federal standards for a hate crime, the ethnic intimidation charge was filed, which increases the severity of the other misdemeanor charges Edelen is facing—criminal mischief, criminal damaging, and obstructing official business. Police tell the Washington Post the charge is rarely used. A neighbor caught Edelen on video allegedly vandalizing the home, and police used the recording to identify her, ABC 13 reports. They had to force their way into her house to arrest her Saturday night after she refused to allow them in. "I have never been more dismayed and [then] more proud of Toledo than today," a resident posted Saturday along with pictures of the clean-up.
Racists caught on video pelting black bicyclist with bottles along Chattanooga road
TRAVIS GETTYS - raw story
17 JUL 2018 AT 11:30 ET
Racists threw a bottle at a black bicyclist in Tennessee and yelled slurs as they drove past — but he caught a clear shot of the attack on camera.
Charles Peacock was riding his bicycle July 9 in Chattanooga when a Ford Edge SUV drove up from behind, reported WRCB-TV.
Video recorded by three cameras Peacock mounted on his helmet and bicycle shows two white men or teenagers hanging out of the SUV’s passenger-side window and sunroof, just before one of them threw a bottle at the black man.
“He was about 20 to 25 yards behind me. He was already out of the window from his waist, drawn back with the object in his hand, getting ready to throw it,” Peacock said. “It was just uncalled for.”
Peacock was struck by what he believes was an empty bottle, and his arm remains bandaged a week later.
“After they threw it, they said I got that f*cking N-word,” Peacock said.
Peacock was unable to get a clear look at the assailants, but he recorded them on video and caught their license plate number — Tennessee R17 84N.
“That’s not the first time I had a racial slur said to me while riding a bike, but as far as someone to actually throw something at me like that, I feel like that’s going too far,” says Peacock. “They’re not going to run me away — I’m going to keep riding.”(video)
Charles Peacock was riding his bicycle July 9 in Chattanooga when a Ford Edge SUV drove up from behind, reported WRCB-TV.
Video recorded by three cameras Peacock mounted on his helmet and bicycle shows two white men or teenagers hanging out of the SUV’s passenger-side window and sunroof, just before one of them threw a bottle at the black man.
“He was about 20 to 25 yards behind me. He was already out of the window from his waist, drawn back with the object in his hand, getting ready to throw it,” Peacock said. “It was just uncalled for.”
Peacock was struck by what he believes was an empty bottle, and his arm remains bandaged a week later.
“After they threw it, they said I got that f*cking N-word,” Peacock said.
Peacock was unable to get a clear look at the assailants, but he recorded them on video and caught their license plate number — Tennessee R17 84N.
“That’s not the first time I had a racial slur said to me while riding a bike, but as far as someone to actually throw something at me like that, I feel like that’s going too far,” says Peacock. “They’re not going to run me away — I’m going to keep riding.”(video)
Bogus 911 Call Leads to Black Boys Being Held at Gunpoint by Minneapolis Cops
By Tanasia Kenney - atlanta black star
July 13, 2018
A visit to a Minneapolis area park turned frightening for four Black boys who found themselves detained at gunpoint by police after someone made a bogus 911 call.
Bystander Brianna Lindell described the incident in a Facebook post Tuesday, saying she and her partner were at the park and tried to de-escalate the situation. She managed to capture the boys’ arrest on video.
“Today at Minnehaha Falls, cops drew guns on 4 Black kids; ages probably ranging from 9-12,” Lindell wrote. ” … When my partner and I arrived, the kids were being harassed by a young white guy, who appeared to be around 17 years old. He was spouting racial slurs at them and aggressing them with a metal trash can lid and saying he had a knife.”
“A girl with him was on her phone, I’m assuming with police,” she added.
Lindell said another family at the park stepped in and seemed to calm things down. She and her partner continued walking but heard shouting moments later. They circled back around to see a patrol car with two of the boys sitting handcuffed in front of it.
“One was begging for his shirt on the ground because he was being bitten by mosquitos,” she wrote. “My partner tossed him his shirt and a cop jumped out of the squad car and started yelling at us that we were interfering with an arrest. I asked the cop why he was arresting the kids, as they had done nothing wrong, and he said they had received a call that the kids had a gun.”
Lindell said she later learned from the family who tried to de-escalate the situation earlier that cops had jumped out of their cars, with guns already drawn “with the guns right in the children’s faces.”
A statement posted on the Minneapolis Parks website says officers responded to a 911 call about four males holding sticks and knives, and a report that one of them had a gun in his book bag. Minneapolis Park Police acknowledged that one of the officers did “unholster his firearm and point it in the general direction of the suspects.”
“No weapons were recovered from the four detained people,” the department said. “Once the scene was controlled, officers investigated further. Officers were unable to contact, on scene or by phone, the 911 caller or the 911 caller’s boyfriend.
Witness accounts on the scene were inconsistent with the 911 callers account of the incident.”
The boys were eventually let go, except for one who was determined to be a runaway. That child was taken to a local youth supervision center, according to the statement.
Police say they’re now investigating the validity of the 911 call.
“The children in the video are safe and with their families,” Minneapolis Park Board President Brad Bourn wrote on Facebook. “The best thing the Park Board can do is invest in our kids and provide them a fun, positive, structured activities to engage in. For the last decade, investment in our youth has been virtually stagnant.”
Bystander Brianna Lindell described the incident in a Facebook post Tuesday, saying she and her partner were at the park and tried to de-escalate the situation. She managed to capture the boys’ arrest on video.
“Today at Minnehaha Falls, cops drew guns on 4 Black kids; ages probably ranging from 9-12,” Lindell wrote. ” … When my partner and I arrived, the kids were being harassed by a young white guy, who appeared to be around 17 years old. He was spouting racial slurs at them and aggressing them with a metal trash can lid and saying he had a knife.”
“A girl with him was on her phone, I’m assuming with police,” she added.
Lindell said another family at the park stepped in and seemed to calm things down. She and her partner continued walking but heard shouting moments later. They circled back around to see a patrol car with two of the boys sitting handcuffed in front of it.
“One was begging for his shirt on the ground because he was being bitten by mosquitos,” she wrote. “My partner tossed him his shirt and a cop jumped out of the squad car and started yelling at us that we were interfering with an arrest. I asked the cop why he was arresting the kids, as they had done nothing wrong, and he said they had received a call that the kids had a gun.”
Lindell said she later learned from the family who tried to de-escalate the situation earlier that cops had jumped out of their cars, with guns already drawn “with the guns right in the children’s faces.”
A statement posted on the Minneapolis Parks website says officers responded to a 911 call about four males holding sticks and knives, and a report that one of them had a gun in his book bag. Minneapolis Park Police acknowledged that one of the officers did “unholster his firearm and point it in the general direction of the suspects.”
“No weapons were recovered from the four detained people,” the department said. “Once the scene was controlled, officers investigated further. Officers were unable to contact, on scene or by phone, the 911 caller or the 911 caller’s boyfriend.
Witness accounts on the scene were inconsistent with the 911 callers account of the incident.”
The boys were eventually let go, except for one who was determined to be a runaway. That child was taken to a local youth supervision center, according to the statement.
Police say they’re now investigating the validity of the 911 call.
“The children in the video are safe and with their families,” Minneapolis Park Board President Brad Bourn wrote on Facebook. “The best thing the Park Board can do is invest in our kids and provide them a fun, positive, structured activities to engage in. For the last decade, investment in our youth has been virtually stagnant.”
Papa John’s Founder Wonders Why He Can’t Be a Racist Too Without Backlash — Promptly Resigns from Board
By Associated Press - atlanta black star
July 12, 2018
Papa John’s founder and CEO John Schnatter attends a meeting in Louisville, Ky. Schnatter is apologizing after reportedly using a racial slur during a conference call in May 2018. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — Papa John’s founder John Schnatter has resigned as chairman of the pizza chain’s board.
The company made the announcement late Wednesday, hours after Schnatter apologized for using a racial slur during a conference call in May. Schnatter, who has appeared in TV ads for the pizza chain, still owns about 30 percent of the company’s shares.
Forbes reported that Schnatter used the N-word during a media training exercise. When asked how he would distance himself from racist groups, Schnatter reportedly complained that Colonel Sanders never faced a backlash for using the word.
In a statement released by Louisville, Kentucky-based Papa John’s, Schnatter said reports attributing use of “inappropriate and hurtful” language to him were true.
“Regardless of the context, I apologize,” the statement says.
The University of Louisville also said Wednesday that Schnatter resigned from its board of trustees, effective immediately.
Schnatter had already stepped down as CEO of Papa John’s last year after blaming slowing sales growth on the outcry surrounding football players kneeling during the national anthem.
As of Thursday morning, Schnatter’s image remained on Papa John’s website. The company had noted in a previous regulatory filing that its business could be harmed if Schnatter’s reputation were negatively impacted.
Papa John’s shares were up 4 percent Thursday morning after the company announced Schnatter’s departure.
The company made the announcement late Wednesday, hours after Schnatter apologized for using a racial slur during a conference call in May. Schnatter, who has appeared in TV ads for the pizza chain, still owns about 30 percent of the company’s shares.
Forbes reported that Schnatter used the N-word during a media training exercise. When asked how he would distance himself from racist groups, Schnatter reportedly complained that Colonel Sanders never faced a backlash for using the word.
In a statement released by Louisville, Kentucky-based Papa John’s, Schnatter said reports attributing use of “inappropriate and hurtful” language to him were true.
“Regardless of the context, I apologize,” the statement says.
The University of Louisville also said Wednesday that Schnatter resigned from its board of trustees, effective immediately.
Schnatter had already stepped down as CEO of Papa John’s last year after blaming slowing sales growth on the outcry surrounding football players kneeling during the national anthem.
As of Thursday morning, Schnatter’s image remained on Papa John’s website. The company had noted in a previous regulatory filing that its business could be harmed if Schnatter’s reputation were negatively impacted.
Papa John’s shares were up 4 percent Thursday morning after the company announced Schnatter’s departure.
Bystanders stop racist Oregon man from pushing black teenage girl into traffic
Travis Gettys - raw story
12 JUL 2018 AT 08:56 ET
Samuel Corbett
Witnesses stepped in to stop a racist Oregon man from assaulting a black teenage girl as she walked along a Beaverton street.
Police arrested 37-year-old Samuel Corbett outside the convenience store Monday afternoon on a variety of charges after several witnesses reported the abuse, reported KPTV-TV.
Witnesses told police that Corbett had been following the 17-year-old girl screaming racial slurs and threatening to harm her.
“Bunch of, you know, N-word, racial slurs, all you guys should die, if I had a switchblade on me I’d kill you right now,” said witness Ain Avila, who first noticed the incident from his car.
Avila pulled into the gas station parking lot and confronted Corbett.
“I hopped out the car and got him away from her before he pushed her into oncoming traffic,” Avila said.
Gas station employee Douglas Short and another man helped the girl flee to safety inside the store.
“(Corbett) grabbed ahold of her backpack and tried to pull her, but she got free from the strap, and that’s when (Short) intervened,” Avila said.
The assailant then fled, but police arrested him nearby on charges of second-degree intimidation, menacing and second-degree disorderly conduct.
Police thanked the bystanders for helping the girl, and officers have reached out to the victim and her family to offer support and assistance.
“This type of crime won’t be tolerated in our community, which is evident by the response from our community members,” said Jim Monger, chief of Beaverton police. “Thank you for standing up against racism.”
Police arrested 37-year-old Samuel Corbett outside the convenience store Monday afternoon on a variety of charges after several witnesses reported the abuse, reported KPTV-TV.
Witnesses told police that Corbett had been following the 17-year-old girl screaming racial slurs and threatening to harm her.
“Bunch of, you know, N-word, racial slurs, all you guys should die, if I had a switchblade on me I’d kill you right now,” said witness Ain Avila, who first noticed the incident from his car.
Avila pulled into the gas station parking lot and confronted Corbett.
“I hopped out the car and got him away from her before he pushed her into oncoming traffic,” Avila said.
Gas station employee Douglas Short and another man helped the girl flee to safety inside the store.
“(Corbett) grabbed ahold of her backpack and tried to pull her, but she got free from the strap, and that’s when (Short) intervened,” Avila said.
The assailant then fled, but police arrested him nearby on charges of second-degree intimidation, menacing and second-degree disorderly conduct.
Police thanked the bystanders for helping the girl, and officers have reached out to the victim and her family to offer support and assistance.
“This type of crime won’t be tolerated in our community, which is evident by the response from our community members,” said Jim Monger, chief of Beaverton police. “Thank you for standing up against racism.”
ignorance is bliss!!!
Kentucky governor ripped for racism after saying black kids playing chess is ‘not something’ you’d expect
DOMINIQUE JACKSON - raw story
10 JUL 2018 AT 21:31 ET
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin thought his visit to the West Side of the city was harmless, but his tweet about his experience drew major backlash as residents called him out for unconscious racism, reported the Courier-Journal.
Bevin visited the West Louisville chess club at Nativity Academy. “It’s not something you necessarily would have thought of when you think of this section of town,” he said in a video.
In the video, Bevin takes a moment to play with the kids, and praised the faculty for the program. “Some incredible young minds, some incredible young minds, some incredible teachers, people pouring into these young people,” he posted on Twitter.
Councilman David James, said he visited the school just for a photo opportunity. “It was just an obvious move by the governor to take photos with the African-American community,” James said. “To perpetuate a stereotype of the African-American community like that is unbelievable.”
Other community members dragged him for the offenses comments.
“Bevin, Blacks in West Louisville enjoy chess, tennis, and many other activities not associated with guns and violence,” Donovan Taylor, the secretary for the Chickasaw Neighborhood Association said on Facebook. “To think less of west Louisville shows your thinking of the residents of the area.”
Sports Radio Host Matt Jones called him tone-deaf.
“That’s a really tone-deaf, dumb intro by the Governor,” Jones said on Twitter.
Bevin’s spokeswoman Elizabeth Kuhn released this statement: “Governor Bevin met with the West Louisville Chess Club to showcase an important program that is encouraging sportsmanship and character building among Kentucky’s youth. “It is disappointing that some are trying to shift the focus away from the incredible accomplishments of these talented kids.”
Bevin visited the West Louisville chess club at Nativity Academy. “It’s not something you necessarily would have thought of when you think of this section of town,” he said in a video.
In the video, Bevin takes a moment to play with the kids, and praised the faculty for the program. “Some incredible young minds, some incredible young minds, some incredible teachers, people pouring into these young people,” he posted on Twitter.
Councilman David James, said he visited the school just for a photo opportunity. “It was just an obvious move by the governor to take photos with the African-American community,” James said. “To perpetuate a stereotype of the African-American community like that is unbelievable.”
Other community members dragged him for the offenses comments.
“Bevin, Blacks in West Louisville enjoy chess, tennis, and many other activities not associated with guns and violence,” Donovan Taylor, the secretary for the Chickasaw Neighborhood Association said on Facebook. “To think less of west Louisville shows your thinking of the residents of the area.”
Sports Radio Host Matt Jones called him tone-deaf.
“That’s a really tone-deaf, dumb intro by the Governor,” Jones said on Twitter.
Bevin’s spokeswoman Elizabeth Kuhn released this statement: “Governor Bevin met with the West Louisville Chess Club to showcase an important program that is encouraging sportsmanship and character building among Kentucky’s youth. “It is disappointing that some are trying to shift the focus away from the incredible accomplishments of these talented kids.”
91-year-old man beaten with brick, told 'go back to Mexico'
By Paul Vercammen, CNN
6:18 AM ET, Tue July 10, 2018
(CNN)Tears glistened on the black and purple bruises covering 91-year-old Rodolfo Rodriguez's face as he described being attacked by a group of people while going for a walk on the Fourth of July.
"I can't walk anymore," Rodriguez said in Spanish. "I'm in so much pain."
He'll be turning 92 in September, Rodriguez said, and he's never been hurt like this before, in a life working the fields with cattle and corn.
He had traveled from Michoacan, Mexico, to visit his family in Willowbrook, California, a city in Los Angeles County, his grandson Erik Mendoza said.He makes the trip about twice a year, and takes a walk through the neighborhood every day after lunch, Mendoza said. "Everyone in the neighborhood knows him already," he said.
Rodriguez said he was walking to a nearby park on Wednesday when he passed a woman and a little girl. Without warning, the woman assaulted him, he said, hitting him with a concrete block and enlisting a group of men to join in beating him.
"I didn't even bump into her kid," Rodriguez said. "I just passed her and she pushed me and she hit me until she was done."
Police are looking for "a female suspect and three to four male suspects" in the assault, the LA County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Monday night.
Authorities don't know at this time if any weapons were used or what the motive might have been, the statement said.
"We are concerned, especially with the type of crime they committed," Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo Robinson told CNN affiliate KTLA. "There was what appears to be a 4-year-old child there who witnessed the entire thing. We can't have these kind of people like that out in the streets."
Misbel Borjas was driving by when she saw the woman hitting Rodriguez repeatedly in the head with a concrete block, she said.
"I heard her saying, go back to your country, go back to Mexico," she told CNN by phone. "When I tried to videotape her with my cell phone, she threw that same concrete block, tried to hit my car."
Rodriguez said he doesn't remember when the woman picked up the concrete block, but he remembers being hit repeatedly. At one point, he says, the woman ran up to a group of men nearby and told them Rodriguez was trying to take her daughter away from her -- so the men joined her and started kicking him as he lay bleeding on the sidewalk, Rodriguez said.
"But that's not true," he said, through tears. "In the years I have been alive I have never offended anyone."
Mendoza said his grandfather suffered a broken jaw, broken cheekbones, two broken ribs and bruises on his face, back and abdomen. He spent five or six hours in the hospital, he said.
The family has started a GoFundMe campaign to help cover Rodriguez's medical costs.
As his grandfather laid back in a reclining chair at the family home, wearing a white T-shirt and blue plaid pajamas, Mendoza kissed him on one of the few places he hadn't been injured: the top of his head.
"We think we have an idea (on who the suspects are) but I just want police to find them," Mendoza said. "That's all our family wants, justice for our grandpa."
RELATED: Arrest made in brutal beating of 92-year-old man
"I can't walk anymore," Rodriguez said in Spanish. "I'm in so much pain."
He'll be turning 92 in September, Rodriguez said, and he's never been hurt like this before, in a life working the fields with cattle and corn.
He had traveled from Michoacan, Mexico, to visit his family in Willowbrook, California, a city in Los Angeles County, his grandson Erik Mendoza said.He makes the trip about twice a year, and takes a walk through the neighborhood every day after lunch, Mendoza said. "Everyone in the neighborhood knows him already," he said.
Rodriguez said he was walking to a nearby park on Wednesday when he passed a woman and a little girl. Without warning, the woman assaulted him, he said, hitting him with a concrete block and enlisting a group of men to join in beating him.
"I didn't even bump into her kid," Rodriguez said. "I just passed her and she pushed me and she hit me until she was done."
Police are looking for "a female suspect and three to four male suspects" in the assault, the LA County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Monday night.
Authorities don't know at this time if any weapons were used or what the motive might have been, the statement said.
"We are concerned, especially with the type of crime they committed," Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo Robinson told CNN affiliate KTLA. "There was what appears to be a 4-year-old child there who witnessed the entire thing. We can't have these kind of people like that out in the streets."
Misbel Borjas was driving by when she saw the woman hitting Rodriguez repeatedly in the head with a concrete block, she said.
"I heard her saying, go back to your country, go back to Mexico," she told CNN by phone. "When I tried to videotape her with my cell phone, she threw that same concrete block, tried to hit my car."
Rodriguez said he doesn't remember when the woman picked up the concrete block, but he remembers being hit repeatedly. At one point, he says, the woman ran up to a group of men nearby and told them Rodriguez was trying to take her daughter away from her -- so the men joined her and started kicking him as he lay bleeding on the sidewalk, Rodriguez said.
"But that's not true," he said, through tears. "In the years I have been alive I have never offended anyone."
Mendoza said his grandfather suffered a broken jaw, broken cheekbones, two broken ribs and bruises on his face, back and abdomen. He spent five or six hours in the hospital, he said.
The family has started a GoFundMe campaign to help cover Rodriguez's medical costs.
As his grandfather laid back in a reclining chair at the family home, wearing a white T-shirt and blue plaid pajamas, Mendoza kissed him on one of the few places he hadn't been injured: the top of his head.
"We think we have an idea (on who the suspects are) but I just want police to find them," Mendoza said. "That's all our family wants, justice for our grandpa."
RELATED: Arrest made in brutal beating of 92-year-old man
California Prosecutor Goes on Online Rampage with Attack on Michelle Obama -- And then Calls for Maxine Waters to be Shot
Deputy District Attorney Michael Selyem -- a 12-year veteran of the DA's office -- is facing calls for his dismissal over the comments made on Facebook.
By Tom Boggioni / Raw Story - alternet
July 8, 2018, 4:19 AM GMT
A veteran prosecutor in the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office is under fire after a series of vulgar posts and comments online called for the shooting of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) as well as attacks on former First Lady Michelle Obama and Mexican immigrants.
According to The Sun, Deputy District Attorney Michael Selyem -- a 12-year veteran of the DA's office -- is facing calls for his dismissal over the comments made on Facebook.
According to the report, the prosecutor who specializes in prosecuting gang violence, attacked the outspoken Waters online, writing: “Being a loud-mouthed cunt in the ghetto you would think someone would have shot this bitch by now …”
Selyem also posted a doctored picture of Michelle Obama holding up a sign saying, “Trump grabbed my penis.”
Discussing a police shooting in a comment section, the prosecutor went off, writing, “That shitbag got exactly what he deserved. … You reap what you sow. And by the way go fuck yourself you liberal shitbag.”
The Sun reports that the DA's office has been aware of Selyem's online outbursts since late June and the he is currently undergoing an internal review.
In a statement Friday, outgoing District Attorney Mike Ramos said: “We have been made aware of the negative comments and they do not represent the views of the District Attorney’s Office. Since this is a personnel matter I cannot comment any further.”
According to the report, Selyem has shuttered his Facebook and Instagram accounts.
According to The Sun, Deputy District Attorney Michael Selyem -- a 12-year veteran of the DA's office -- is facing calls for his dismissal over the comments made on Facebook.
According to the report, the prosecutor who specializes in prosecuting gang violence, attacked the outspoken Waters online, writing: “Being a loud-mouthed cunt in the ghetto you would think someone would have shot this bitch by now …”
Selyem also posted a doctored picture of Michelle Obama holding up a sign saying, “Trump grabbed my penis.”
Discussing a police shooting in a comment section, the prosecutor went off, writing, “That shitbag got exactly what he deserved. … You reap what you sow. And by the way go fuck yourself you liberal shitbag.”
The Sun reports that the DA's office has been aware of Selyem's online outbursts since late June and the he is currently undergoing an internal review.
In a statement Friday, outgoing District Attorney Mike Ramos said: “We have been made aware of the negative comments and they do not represent the views of the District Attorney’s Office. Since this is a personnel matter I cannot comment any further.”
According to the report, Selyem has shuttered his Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Pro-Trump groups plan ‘Speak English Please!’ rally in New York
The groups attending have ties to the far-right.
LUKE BARNES - thinkprogress
JUL 7, 2018, 8:00 AM
As any resident will tell you, New Yorkers love nothing more than complainingabout the millions of non-English speaking citizens who make up the bulk of the city’s working class and service economy sector.
That is why a several pro-Trump groups are set to descend on Trump Tower in Manhattan for a “Speak English Please!” rally.
“This rally is a celebration of freedom of speech and the beautiful and complex English language,” the event’s Facebook description reads. “Attacks on our language are one way that America is being stripped of its greatness. Therefore, promoting proficiency in English is one way to Make America Great Again!”
The demonstration, which is scheduled for noon on Saturday, bills itself as a peaceful celebration. A Facebook graphic publicizing the event, however, shows a MAGA-hat wearing Trump supporter with the barrel of gun forced into his mouth.
“Our goal is not to agitate or inflame but rather to unite,” the Facebook caption reads. “We believe our message is universal and beneficial to people of all ethnic/national backgrounds.”
But as is often the case, the peaceful veneer of the rally obscures some more extreme ties of the organizers, who have a history of brawling and agitation at public events.
The event has been organized by three groups; The Modern Patriots by Jovi Val, Boston Free Speech and Resist Marxism (also Boston-based).
The Modern Patriots Facebook page largely consists of Val posting videos and photos of himself “triggering” liberals by wearing his MAGA hat and waving his Trump flag around New York. But he also has connections to the far-right Proud Boys as well as conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.
The pair, along with right-wing activist Jovi Val, appeared together on Gavin McInnes’ (who founded the Proud Boys) show on Rebel Media last June to talk about why they disrupted a performance of Julius Caesar in Manhattan. Both Val and Cippola were self-described as “Proud Boys.” Val has also appeared on Infowars where he claimed he was viciously assaulted at a New York bar for wearing a MAGA hat.
Proud Boys bills itself as a “pro-Western fraternal organization” whose tenets include “venerating the housewife” and “reinstating a spirit of Western Chauvinism.”
Several Proud Boys have had links with the far-right. Jason Kessler, for instance, who organized the deadly Unite the Right rally last year, was a Proud Boy. Members of the group were also present last Saturday at the far right “Patriot Prayer” march in Portland, Oregon that quickly devolved into a riot — which group’s members gloated about on Twitter.
Another group which “sent a representative” to Portland last weekend was Resist Marxism. The Boston-based group, which is affiliated with Boston Free Speech, said that the organizers of the march were completely innocent.
“Patriots need to realize that we are up against hundreds to thousands of Antifa to prevent us from exercising our rights,” Resist Marxism said. “We are also opposed by hostile city governments led by corrupt mayors who are more concerned with pleasing their far left donors than protecting citizens.”
As ThinkProgress has previously documented, while Resist Marxism markets itself as a conservative/libertarian group which aims to “defend the Constitution against violent extremists and the left”, that facade hides a much more far-right leaning. This includes affiliation with the white supremacist group The American Guard, and at least one of Resist Marxism’s members has ties to the fascist, white supremacist group Patriot Front. Resist Marxism’s founder, Kyle Chapman A.K.A Based Stickman, also has an extensive criminal history including felony robbery, and felony possession of a firearm. In 2017, Chapman also founded FOAK (Fraternal Order of the Alt Knights), which bills itself as the “fighting arm” of the Proud Boys.
Resist Marxism categorically deny the claims made in ThinkProgress’ article.
“We are not responsible for doing a background check on everyone showing up to a public event. Resist Marxism is a small group of people who host public events where most of the attendees are not members,” the group said in response to the previous article.
“Of the hundreds of people that have attended our events, apparently the author could find only two that he finds unsavory. Since neither of them is part of our organization, we aren’t accountable for anything they may have said.”
That is why a several pro-Trump groups are set to descend on Trump Tower in Manhattan for a “Speak English Please!” rally.
“This rally is a celebration of freedom of speech and the beautiful and complex English language,” the event’s Facebook description reads. “Attacks on our language are one way that America is being stripped of its greatness. Therefore, promoting proficiency in English is one way to Make America Great Again!”
The demonstration, which is scheduled for noon on Saturday, bills itself as a peaceful celebration. A Facebook graphic publicizing the event, however, shows a MAGA-hat wearing Trump supporter with the barrel of gun forced into his mouth.
“Our goal is not to agitate or inflame but rather to unite,” the Facebook caption reads. “We believe our message is universal and beneficial to people of all ethnic/national backgrounds.”
But as is often the case, the peaceful veneer of the rally obscures some more extreme ties of the organizers, who have a history of brawling and agitation at public events.
The event has been organized by three groups; The Modern Patriots by Jovi Val, Boston Free Speech and Resist Marxism (also Boston-based).
The Modern Patriots Facebook page largely consists of Val posting videos and photos of himself “triggering” liberals by wearing his MAGA hat and waving his Trump flag around New York. But he also has connections to the far-right Proud Boys as well as conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.
The pair, along with right-wing activist Jovi Val, appeared together on Gavin McInnes’ (who founded the Proud Boys) show on Rebel Media last June to talk about why they disrupted a performance of Julius Caesar in Manhattan. Both Val and Cippola were self-described as “Proud Boys.” Val has also appeared on Infowars where he claimed he was viciously assaulted at a New York bar for wearing a MAGA hat.
Proud Boys bills itself as a “pro-Western fraternal organization” whose tenets include “venerating the housewife” and “reinstating a spirit of Western Chauvinism.”
Several Proud Boys have had links with the far-right. Jason Kessler, for instance, who organized the deadly Unite the Right rally last year, was a Proud Boy. Members of the group were also present last Saturday at the far right “Patriot Prayer” march in Portland, Oregon that quickly devolved into a riot — which group’s members gloated about on Twitter.
Another group which “sent a representative” to Portland last weekend was Resist Marxism. The Boston-based group, which is affiliated with Boston Free Speech, said that the organizers of the march were completely innocent.
“Patriots need to realize that we are up against hundreds to thousands of Antifa to prevent us from exercising our rights,” Resist Marxism said. “We are also opposed by hostile city governments led by corrupt mayors who are more concerned with pleasing their far left donors than protecting citizens.”
As ThinkProgress has previously documented, while Resist Marxism markets itself as a conservative/libertarian group which aims to “defend the Constitution against violent extremists and the left”, that facade hides a much more far-right leaning. This includes affiliation with the white supremacist group The American Guard, and at least one of Resist Marxism’s members has ties to the fascist, white supremacist group Patriot Front. Resist Marxism’s founder, Kyle Chapman A.K.A Based Stickman, also has an extensive criminal history including felony robbery, and felony possession of a firearm. In 2017, Chapman also founded FOAK (Fraternal Order of the Alt Knights), which bills itself as the “fighting arm” of the Proud Boys.
Resist Marxism categorically deny the claims made in ThinkProgress’ article.
“We are not responsible for doing a background check on everyone showing up to a public event. Resist Marxism is a small group of people who host public events where most of the attendees are not members,” the group said in response to the previous article.
“Of the hundreds of people that have attended our events, apparently the author could find only two that he finds unsavory. Since neither of them is part of our organization, we aren’t accountable for anything they may have said.”
White Texas man guns down black teenager for setting off fireworks — then claims self-defense
Noor Al-Sibai - raw story
06 JUL 2018 AT 13:31 ET
Jason Roche's mugshot (left, via Travis County) and a photo of Devonte Ortiz (right, via a GoFundMe page created by his family).
A white man in Austin has been charged with first-degree murder after shooting and killing a black teen over a fireworks dispute early on Independence Day.
The Austin-American Statesmen reported Friday that 41-year-old Jason Roche claimed he shot 19-year-old Devonte Ortiz in self-defense after the young man allegedly reached for his gun. According to police, video evidence taken at the scene of the crime proved otherwise.
Roche told police in his sworn affidavit that he shot Ortiz after coming outside for a second time early on the morning of July 4 to ask him and his friends to stop shooting fireworks. In his testimony, the older man claimed he saw the teen reach for a gun that he’d taken out of his car. The Statesmen‘s report noted that although police did find a rifle and a handgun at the scene, cell phone video shows that Ortiz was not holding a gun when Roche shot him.
“Jason Roche is observed displaying a firearm at Ortiz, re-holstering the firearm then displaying the firearm multiple times,” the affidavit, as quoted by Austin’s KXAN, stated. “During this point of the video footage, Ortiz was not holding a firearm.”
The affidavit also noted that the older man was seen in cell phone video following Ortiz around a car, and that “police believe Ortiz was moving away from the firearm and not lunging toward it like Roche had told detectives.”
Roche made headlines in April when he sued the city of Austin and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services after EMTs treated a police officer he hit with his truck before him.
According to a GoFundMe page created by Ortiz’s family, the young man was an honor roll student at the William B. Travis Early College High School, where he graduated in 2017. Commentary about his killing on Twitter also revealed that he was a star football player with the Travis Rebels football team. His family and friends are holding a memorial for him at the school’s football field on Friday night.
The Austin-American Statesmen reported Friday that 41-year-old Jason Roche claimed he shot 19-year-old Devonte Ortiz in self-defense after the young man allegedly reached for his gun. According to police, video evidence taken at the scene of the crime proved otherwise.
Roche told police in his sworn affidavit that he shot Ortiz after coming outside for a second time early on the morning of July 4 to ask him and his friends to stop shooting fireworks. In his testimony, the older man claimed he saw the teen reach for a gun that he’d taken out of his car. The Statesmen‘s report noted that although police did find a rifle and a handgun at the scene, cell phone video shows that Ortiz was not holding a gun when Roche shot him.
“Jason Roche is observed displaying a firearm at Ortiz, re-holstering the firearm then displaying the firearm multiple times,” the affidavit, as quoted by Austin’s KXAN, stated. “During this point of the video footage, Ortiz was not holding a firearm.”
The affidavit also noted that the older man was seen in cell phone video following Ortiz around a car, and that “police believe Ortiz was moving away from the firearm and not lunging toward it like Roche had told detectives.”
Roche made headlines in April when he sued the city of Austin and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services after EMTs treated a police officer he hit with his truck before him.
According to a GoFundMe page created by Ortiz’s family, the young man was an honor roll student at the William B. Travis Early College High School, where he graduated in 2017. Commentary about his killing on Twitter also revealed that he was a star football player with the Travis Rebels football team. His family and friends are holding a memorial for him at the school’s football field on Friday night.
Senior officer at VFW post is an ex-KKK leader who doesn’t see a problem with ‘hunting’ black people
Tana Ganeva - raw story
02 JUL 2018 AT 15:32 ET
A VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) chapter in Wallington, Connecticut, is standing by a member who headed a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in the nineties.
The Record Journal reports that Michael A. Del Monaco, commander of VFW Post 591 on Prince Street, is only concerned with the work Scott A. Palmer, a former KKK member with a history of hate crimes against minorities, does for veterans.
“All I can do is commend him on what he’s done,” Del Monaco told the Record Journal. “Look at what he’s done for the VFW to help veterans.”
But Palmer’s racist views aren’t in his past. Recently, a U.S. commander (who chose to remain anonymous) contacted the Record Journal after he discovered a Facebook post by pseudonymous account—Klaus Palmer—in which Scott Palmer defended an Air Force reservist caught on video joking that they were “n**ger hunting.”
“She spoke what was on her mind, given the circumstances,” the comment read. “All races do it. It’s what allowed tribes of people to survive and concur (sic). It applies today. Liberals have taken all the fun out of living.”
Prodded by the reporter about why Palmer declined to comment for the story, Del Monaco said that Palmer is going to therapy for “post traumatic stress disorder.” He also said he believed talking to reporters would stall his recovery.
The Associated Press reports that in the 1990s Palmer was arrested for punching a man outside of a gay bar and screaming slurs at Hispanic people.
The Record Journal reports that Michael A. Del Monaco, commander of VFW Post 591 on Prince Street, is only concerned with the work Scott A. Palmer, a former KKK member with a history of hate crimes against minorities, does for veterans.
“All I can do is commend him on what he’s done,” Del Monaco told the Record Journal. “Look at what he’s done for the VFW to help veterans.”
But Palmer’s racist views aren’t in his past. Recently, a U.S. commander (who chose to remain anonymous) contacted the Record Journal after he discovered a Facebook post by pseudonymous account—Klaus Palmer—in which Scott Palmer defended an Air Force reservist caught on video joking that they were “n**ger hunting.”
“She spoke what was on her mind, given the circumstances,” the comment read. “All races do it. It’s what allowed tribes of people to survive and concur (sic). It applies today. Liberals have taken all the fun out of living.”
Prodded by the reporter about why Palmer declined to comment for the story, Del Monaco said that Palmer is going to therapy for “post traumatic stress disorder.” He also said he believed talking to reporters would stall his recovery.
The Associated Press reports that in the 1990s Palmer was arrested for punching a man outside of a gay bar and screaming slurs at Hispanic people.
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