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Gab is an “alternative” social media site that promises unfettered “free speech,” and while it says that calls to violence are prohibited, the site has been filled with the kind of hate speech that seems to have fueled (and was posted by) suspected...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Nov 01, 2018 at 09:03 AM PDT
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Sorry, just a quick and dirty diary here, but I am royally pissed.
I am of Jewish extraction and from Pittsburgh. Despite having moved away years ago, I’m still an avid fan of Pittsburgh sports teams, and I tuned in tonight for what I thought would...
by brianinca
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on Tue Oct 30, 2018 at 04:51 PM PDT
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has always been a racist. His most prominent opinions on race have always been based in the political discussion of immigration, and they have always been “white nationalist.” He’s been pretty openly a white supremacist racist...
by Walter Einenkel
69 comments
on Mon Oct 29, 2018 at 08:43 AM PDT
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It’s interesting that when white people call the police on black people and claim they feel insecure around them, it is frequently for banal things like attending their child’s soccer game; but when the police are called on white folks, it’s usually...
by Walter Einenkel
303 comments
on Thu Oct 25, 2018 at 12:27 PM PDT
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Okay. I'll say it out loud. Donald J Trump, These bombs are YOUR fault.
Not the new agencies "covering" your every move. Not former Presidents
and their families. Not people exercising their right to confront
politicians with grievances in...
by djohn817
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on Thu Oct 25, 2018 at 11:09 AM PDT
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What the hell do the Parties stand for? According to Trump, Republicans stand for anti-immigration. For stopping poor, abused women and children from ever entering America. How will he do it? Scare the hell out of people. He announces they have middle...
by djohn817
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on Wed Oct 24, 2018 at 08:49 AM PDT
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Golfcart Gail, Cornerstone Caroline, and BBQ Beckys have become the go-to way of discussing the stories of uncomfortable white folks who decide that the presence of a black person is freaking them out enough for them to call the authorities. The New...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Oct 22, 2018 at 02:47 PM PDT
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The banality of evil is never more present than in the names given to the random white people who decide it is time to call in the authorities when a person of color makes them feel uncomfortable—by being a person of color in public. Names like...
by Walter Einenkel
253 comments
on Wed Oct 17, 2018 at 03:07 PM PDT
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Matthew Johns almost got away with what he did to 15-year-old Antraveious Payne on September 15, 2016. It took over ten months—and an investigation ordered by a new police chief—for Johns to be fired from the Atlanta Police Department, in July 2017....
by Jessica Sutherland
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on Sat Oct 13, 2018 at 04:39 PM PDT
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WHAT. THE. FUCK?!?!?! Beyond the moral questions, why would any town take on this obvious liability??? He’s already been determined twice to be unfit for this line of work. Perhaps burn up the telephones???
“The former Cleveland police officer...
by Angryallen
86 comments
on Sat Oct 06, 2018 at 06:18 AM PDT
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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke has been convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the killing of Laquan McDonald. On October 20, 2014, Van Dyke shot and murdered teenager McDonald, shooting him 16 times, including a number of...
by Walter Einenkel
52 comments
on Fri Oct 05, 2018 at 12:39 PM PDT
with 146 Recommends
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Whether or not the deployment of body and dashboard cameras will have a deep impact on law enforcement agencies’ culture of violence remains to be seen. The fact of the matter is that we have enough video evidence to show that the use of such cameras...
by Walter Einenkel
37 comments
on Tue Oct 02, 2018 at 03:29 PM PDT
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Black History Month in the United Kingdom is celebrated in the month of October. Google Doodle kicked off the month with a celebration of the 230th birthday of Mary Prince, who was born into slavery in Bermuda in 1788.
Here is the text:
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by Black Kos
95 comments
on Tue Oct 02, 2018 at 02:00 PM PDT
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In August, a fifth grader was tased by an adult male police officer, after he claimed she was shoplifting from a Cincinnati grocery store he was patrolling. The 11-year-old girl was reported to stand a whopping 4’9” tall and weigh 90 lbs. Just a...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Sep 24, 2018 at 08:52 AM PDT
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The superintendent of schools in Onalaska, Texas, Lynn Redden, is apologizing after feeling the backlash from an old-timey racist comment he posted on the Facebook page of the Houston Chronicle. The comment referred to Sunday’s NFL game between the...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Sep 19, 2018 at 10:29 AM PDT
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The responses to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protest of racial injustice in our country have been charged. The protest has effectively highlighted the racial divisions and ideologies of white supremacy in our country far beyond...
by Walter Einenkel
176 comments
on Wed Sep 12, 2018 at 08:46 AM PDT
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Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley’s upset of 10-term Rep. Mike Capuano, in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District, was a surprising and moving moment for many. Rep. Mike Capuano was a progressive Democrat, but the...
by Walter Einenkel
48 comments
on Tue Sep 04, 2018 at 08:22 PM PDT
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The American Conservative is a magazine for people who want to pretend that conservatives being able to read equates to conservatives being intelligent. Founded in 2002, during a fit of Patriot-Actism, I can only imagine, the bi-monthly magazine covers...
by Walter Einenkel
104 comments
on Thu Aug 30, 2018 at 12:54 PM PDT
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Rep. Ron DeSantis’s campaign had a high and then a low in the span of a few hours last night. He won the Republican primary for governor in Florida—high. Then he went on Fox News and said choosing Democrat Andrew Gillum, who is African American, would...
by Walter Einenkel
163 comments
on Wed Aug 29, 2018 at 11:13 AM PDT
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Jordan Edwards was a bright kid. A happy kid. A model kid. He had the type of smile that could light up a room, those who knew him said. He had a loving family — among them his protective older brothers — supportive teammates, and he had a...
by JoanMar
34 comments
on Fri Aug 31, 2018 at 05:39 PM PDT
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