All things Racist...USA edition

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I was looking for a place to put this so we could discuss but didn't really find a place that worked so I created this thread so we can all place articles, experiences, videos and examples of racism in the USA.

This is one that happened this week. The lady even called and filed a complaint on the officer. This officer also chose to wear the body cam (apparently, LA doesn't require this yet). This exchange wasn't necessarily racist IMO until she started with the "mexican racist...you will never be white, like you want" garbage. That is when it turned racist IMO

All the murderer and other insults, I think are just a by product of CRT and ACAB rhetoric that is very common on the radical left and sadly is being brought to mainstream in this country.

Another point that I think is worth mentioning is she is a teacher and the sense of entitlement she feels is mind blowing.

https://news.yahoo.com/black-teacher-berates-latino-la-221235341.html

 

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KOLR) — The outspoken co-founder of Return to the Land, a relatively new whites-only group based in northern Arkansas, said the group could be expanding to Missouri.

Eric Orwoll, co-founder of Return to the Land (RTTL), told Nexstar’s KOLR that a group of people is considering developing an RTTL community near Springfield.

According to RTTL’s website, RTTL is a private member association exclusively made for white people. Jewish people are also barred from membership. Members are vetted through an application process based on European ancestry.

“We seek to create a decentralized movement, formed of various individuals and societies returning to the land,” RTL’s website says. “We will promote strong families with common ancestry and raise the next generation in an environment that reflects our traditional values.”

The group’s homebase land association is based on 160 acres in northern Arkansas and has been in development since 2023. Orwoll said the draw to northern Arkansas was its “affordable land, natural beauty, abundant water resources and a conservative, predominantly white population.”

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a statement on X earlier this month saying the Arkansas development not only revives “discredited and reprehensible forms of segregation,” but it should also be illegal under the Arkansas Fair Housing Act, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, as well as other federal and state civil rights laws.............

https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/a-whites-only-community-could-be-coming-to-missouri/

 

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The University of Edinburgh, one of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious educational institutions, played an “outsized” role in the creation of racist scientific theories and greatly profited from transatlantic slavery, a landmark inquiry into its history has found.

The university raised the equivalent of at least £30m from former students and donors who had links to the enslavement of African peoples, the plantation economy and exploitative wealth-gathering throughout the British empire, according to the findings of an official investigation seen by the Guardian.

The inquiry found that Edinburgh became a “haven” for professors who developed theories of white supremacism in the 18th and 19th centuries, and who played a pivotal role in the creation of discredited “racial pseudo-sciences” that placed Africans at the bottom of a racial hierarchy.


It reveals the ancient university – which was established in the 16th century – still had bequests worth £9.4m that came directly from donors linked to enslavement, colonial conquests and those pseudo-sciences, and which funded lectures, medals and fellowships that continue today.

Sir Peter Mathieson, the university’s principal, who commissioned the investigation, said its findings were “hard to read” but that Edinburgh could not have a “selective memory” about its history and achievements.………

Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds

Exclusive: Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories

www.theguardian.com

 

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In the early 1940s, Gloria Moore’s parents migrated west from Arkansas, seeking – as many Black southerners did at the time – work, and a reprieve from poverty and Jim Crow.

They first found jobs working in the wartime shipbuilding industry in Portland, Oregon, before ultimately settling in Russell City – a small, unincorporated community in the San Francisco East Bay, and a bastion of Black and Latino culture and life. There, the Moores bought several acres of land, built a house, and raised Gloria and her three siblings.

Now 82, Moore remembers life in Russell City as rich, pastoral, and communal. The local school, where her mother worked as a cook, had dedicated teachers and an impressive orchestra; the dirt roads that cut through town led to vast oak fields that exploded with wildflowers every spring; and residents always looked out for one another.

“We really were a village,” Moore said, recalling reading National Geographic magazines over milk and cookies at the home of the local librarian.

But in 1963, that village was razed to the ground. Citing eminent domain, the predominantly white city of Hayward forcibly removed residents of Russell City from their land, paying homeowners paltry sums for their property before incinerating every building in the community to make way for an industrial park.

For the surviving members of the 205 families that were displaced, that trauma is haunting. “We lost everything. Our community was erased. My parents, they lost their dignity,” said Moore, who now lives in Los Angeles. “Our dreams were shattered and we were forced to scatter.”

From West Oakland to San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunter’s Point neighborhood, the Bay Area has a long history of displacement that has largely been forgotten by those not directly impacted.

But thanks to the work of a state-wide reparations taskforce, as well as local reparations efforts – including in Hayward, where city and county officials last week committed to allocating $1m to a fund for former residents of Russell City – these little-known stories are coming to light.

For the next seven months, these histories are also on display at the Oakland Museum of California(Omca). Through the lenses of history, art, and architecture, Black Spaces: Reclaim and Remain explores patterns of displacement in the San Francisco East Bay as well as the resilience Black communities have shown despite being repeatedly pushed out of the homes and neighborhoods they have built – first from the racist deployment of policies like eminent domain and today through a housing affordability crisis that disproportionally affects communities of color.

For museum director Lori Fogarty, it’s a narrative with reverberations far beyond the Bay Area: “This is a very local story, but it’s also a national story.”……

‘Our dreams were shattered’: the Black Californians forced from the city they built

In the 60s, the white city of Hayward removed residents of Russell City. Now a $1m reparations fund has been approved – and important histories are coming to light

www.theguardian.com

 

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Ocala, Florida, is the center of an alleged racist incident. Ada Anderson, an 81-year-old white woman, now faces three counts of battery after allegedly using racial slurs and spraying bear mace at two Black children and their mother, April Morant.

According to WESH-2 News, Morant, the mother who was also allegedly assaulted with pepper spray by Anderson, moved into the neighborhood in November 2024, and made allegations on social media that her neighbor was hostile to her since the first day she and her children moved into the Marion County neighborhood.

Morant told the outlet that the incident incited by Anderson during the week of May 30 started over something small: bubbles.

“Bubbles. Literally. The bubbles put her in a whole other arena whatever going on with her mind,” Morant told WESH-2, before continuing to tell the outlet that she heard Anderson shout a racial slur before leaning over the fence with an object in her hand.

“What went through my head is I thought she had a gun. So I literally kind of jumped, it startled me ’cause when she was to the fence, she was over the fence like this, and I didn’t know what was in her hand, cause I’m looking at her really quick, and then she sprayed it,” Morant recalled.

Morant also said that she believed her neighbor, whom she has had problems with for months, is making her living situation untenable. She created a fundraiser to accelerate her departure from the neighborhood.

Although Anderson was charged with battery, Morant expressed disappointment that her neighbor was not given a hate crime charge, considering what she described her neighbor saying to her children. Anderson posted bail, was released, and did not respond to WESH-2’s attempts to contact her as of June 3......

81-Year-Old White Florida Woman Arrested For Pepper-Spraying Black Kids

April Morant described her 81-year-old neighbor's pepper spraying of her and her children while using slurs as an escalation of their issues.

www.blackenterprise.com

 

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A police department in Oklahoma is coming under fire after making controversial posts on social media promoting racial stereotypes about Black people to spread the word about a community blood drive.

The posts were made by the Owasso Police Department in Owasso, Oklahoma, a city roughly 14 miles north of Tulsa.

The agency’s official Facebook account shared two now-deleted posts to publicize a local blood drive on July 30.........

A pastor based in Tulsa took to social media to publicly condemn the posts and the decision to share them, stating that they were “deeply racist, offensive, and utterly disgraceful.”

“Let’s be clear there is no excuse for public servants to perpetuate harmful stereotypes or make light of the pain and injustice that communities of color continue to face every single day,” Pastor Chaz Glover of the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church wrote on Facebook. “That post wasn’t a mistake or a joke it was a reminder of the ugly truth: racism is still alive, embedded in systems of power, and still being defended in plain sight. The Owasso Police Department should

Other community members voiced similar sentiments.

“You’re especially targeting people of color. And you think it’s a funny joke. That’s not. It’s insensitive, disrespectful, and just not classy,” Sultana Xiong told KJRH. “Especially with our mayor being African-American, I would think to some extent there would be some type of public apology and accountability that goes with this.”

After backlash ensued, the police department reportedly posted an apology that they later deleted, stating they “apparently offended a few people,” adding, “apologies if you were offended.”

Days later, the department posted a more formal and lengthier apology from the city of Owasso, stating that the posts don’t “represent the culture and values” of the city or the police agency.

“There will be an investigation into this incident, and accountability will be sought for any employee who violates our standards of conduct, particularly in this matter,” the post reads. We are committed to maintaining a respectful and trusting relationship with our community and will take the necessary steps to ensure this never happens again.”...............

https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/07/31/oklahoma-police-department-deletes-insenstive-social-posts/

 

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A statue of a Confederate general that was torn down in 2020 during racial injustice protests will be restored in Washington, D.C., the National Park Service has announced.

In June 2020, the Albert Pike statue near D.C. police headquarters was toppled and vandalized by protesters. NBC4 Washingtonwas there when protesters used ropes to pull the statue down.

“Many of these protesters say that the Confederacy represents racism, slavery and here on Juneteenth they are trying to pull down…this statue,” local reporter Shomari Stone said during a broadcast at the time.

“People have spray-painted BLM, for Black Lives Matter, they have written Black Lives Matter on it, and they are continuing to try to pull this down.”

Protesters later poured lighter fluid on the statue and set it on fire.

On Monday, the National Park Service said it will restore and reinstall the statue.

“The restoration aligns with federal responsibilities under historic preservation law as well as recent executive orders to beautify the nation’s capital and re-instate pre-existing statues,” the service wrote in a press release.

The release cited two executive orders signed by Trump in March, including “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”

In this executive order, Trump ordered the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to determine whether, since January 2020, public statues and other monuments “have been removed or changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology,” and to take action to reinstate these statues as appropriate.…..

Confederate statue torn down in 2020 protests to be restored in Washington DC

In June 2020, the Albert Pike statue near D.C. police headquarters was toppled and vandalized by protesters

www.independent.co.uk

 

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An unsettling racist assault caught on cellphone footage has triggered widespread calls for hate crime charges, after several white teens were seen chasing and attacking a Black teenager while calling him racial slurs.

The assault happened at a Regal Cinemas movie theater at 11 p.m. on Aug. 1 in Simi Valley, California. Authorities identified the victims as an 18-year-old Black teenager and an 18-year-old white teenager.

The now-viral footage of the attack shows several assailants converge on the Black victim, Michael Robinson, before punching and kicking him, then chasing him around a parking lot. At one point, Robinson is seen trying to fend off the attackers with a chair while the group is heard shouting racial slurs at him.

Robinson told local news affiliates that the group initially targeted his friend and punched him. Then, they turned on Robinson, chased him, yelled racial profanities, and slammed him on the hood of a car.

“They end up pushing my head into a trash can, and they start hitting me in the back of my head, like this whole time I wasn’t getting hit anywhere else but the back in my head,” Robinson told KTTV. “Honestly, I thought I was going to die. Because I know what happens when you get hit on the back of your head. You could have internal bleeding. You could have brain damage.”

Robinson said he suffered a concussion, bruises, cuts, and a chipped tooth from the attack. He did not know the group that attacked him, but said his friend had prior issues with them.

Four of the teen assailants were arrested and cited with battery charges, then released. One of the charged individuals is the son of a Simi Valley police officer. The police department said the officer will not be involved in the investigation of the incident.

After footage of the attack went viral, local residents packed a city council meeting and demanded authorities tack on hate crime charges for the attack.

“He was chased down, jumped and mocked for the color of his skin,” Jared Jasson, a friend of Robinson’s, said at the meeting, per the Ventura County Star. “This wasn’t a fight. It was a hate-driven attack, and it happened right here in our city. … When we ignore or excuse this kind of behavior, we’re sending a message that racism is allowed to exist in our community.”..............

'It Was Evil!': Pack of White Teenagers Brutally Attack Black Teen While Calling Him Racial Slurs and Are Sent Home with Citations, Drawing Outrage

🚨 Outrage erupts as a group of white teenagers viciously assault a Black teen, hurling racial slurs. Watch the disturbing video now! #Hat...

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A viral video that’s raising alarms online shows a group of police officers in Flint, Michigan, indiscriminately macing a group of Black people who were just gathered by a food truck waiting for their orders.

According to the Detroit Metro Times, the incident happened at 2 a.m. on Aug. 3 at the Family Recipes x All the Smoke food truck stop.

Witnesses stated that the cops pulled up and demanded that the food truck staff members close down shop for the night because it was getting late.

When the owner, Leon Lawson II, asked the cops if he could finish the remaining orders before shutting down, the officers allowed him to complete the dishes in progress.

They left, but returned a short time later, blasting sirens from their patrol cars.

“It agitated them that we were still fulfilling orders, but we weren’t taking new orders,” Lawson told Metro Times. “They weren’t getting the effect they were expecting.”

A 10-minute video of the scene showed the moments the cop cars pulled up, sounding loud sirens and pointing flashlights at the crowd.

Lawson’s son, Leon Lawson III, was seen preparing food on the grill and dancing to the sound of the sirens as soon as police came back.

Two cops exited the car, rushed toward Lawson, then grabbed and handcuffed him, even though he wasn’t displaying combative behavior and didn’t appear to be committing an offense. One of the cops also shoved another person who was standing near Lawson.

Lawson didn’t resist, but his detainment drew shouts of protest from the crowd witnessing the arrest.

“We just trying to get our food!” crowd members shout.

“What do I do about my food?” one woman asked.

“Go home,” the cop responded. “Go to McDonald’s.”

After placing Lawson in the back of a cop car, one cop returns, shouts at the onlookers, and sprays a substance directly at them, eliciting coughs from several people. The substance also landed on the grill, where the food was still cooking.

People are seen immediately dispersing from the area.

“These weren’t gangsters waiting on their food,” Lawson II says. “These are regular citizens. They could have de-escalated and told people to go home. It was sad. It was a black eye to our city.”.................

'Treated As We Were Animals': Michigan Cops Mace Black Crowd Waiting on Orders at Food Truck, Arrest Professional Boxer for Dancing, Video Shows

"Shocking video captures Michigan cops macing Black crowd waiting for food truck orders. Outrageous arrest of professional boxer caught o...

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A 12-year-old who was wrongfully handcuffed and detained by police in Lansing, Michigan on Thursday while he was taking out the trash spoke out in an exclusive interview with "Good Morning America" about what the family says was a "traumatic" experience.

"When it happened, I was really, like, shocked and frightened about like the situation, and how it happened," Tashawn Bernard said in an interview that aired on "GMA" Monday.

"This has been a very traumatic and emotional experience for him and his entire family," family attorney Rico Neal told "GMA."

Tashawn's father, Michael Bernard, said that the incident happened when he asked his son to take the trash out to the dumpster at their apartment complex.

But a few minutes later, realizing that Tashawn had not returned, he looked outside and saw that Tashawn was surrounded by police.

"I saw police around him, so I dropped what I had in my hand … and rushed downstairs," Bernard told "GMA." "So I say, 'why you have my son in handcuffs? What's the problem?'"

The incident was captured on cell phone video and went viral on social media. Tashawn was released moments after he was detained but appeared visibly shaken in the video.

According to a statement by the Lansing Police Department shared on social media Friday, officers were investigating a string of Kia thefts, including the theft of a vehicle that was reported on the 3600 block of W. Jolly Road, where a witness described the suspect as wearing neon-colored shorts and a white shirt.

While one officer pursued a suspect matching the description, police said that another "saw the young man pictured in the viral video wearing a very similar outfit and made contact with him," but he was later "released" after police clarified that he was not the suspect they were seeking..............

12-year-old speaks out about ‘traumatic’ wrongful detention by Lansing police

A 12-year-old who was wrongfully handcuffed and detained by police in Lansing, Michigan speaks out in an interview with “Good Morning America."

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are in response to an urgent public safety crisis.

Even as district officials questioned the claimsunderlying his emergency declaration, the president promised a “historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse.”

His rhetoric echoed that used by conservative politicians going back decades who have denounced American cities, especially those with majority non-white populations or led by progressive politicians, as lawless or crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention.

“This is liberation day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back,” Trump promised Monday.

But for many residents, the prospect of federal troops surging into the district’s neighborhoods represents an alarming violation of local agency. To some, it echoes uncomfortable historical chapters when politicians used language to paint historically or predominantly Black cities and neighborhoods with racist narratives to shape public opinion and justify aggressive police action…….

Trump's rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump's rhetoric in his federal takeover of Washington police echoes that of conservative politicians going back decades who've denounced American cities with majority non-white populations or progressive leaders as crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention.

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Less than 12 hours after seizing control of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, the President of the United States—almost certainly guided by the twisted hand of Stephen Miller—weaponized the official White House social media page to resurrect one of America’s oldest and deadliest lies: the criminal Black male stereotype, posting Black mugshots.

In a grotesque display of state power, the administration began parading the arrest photos of Black men like hunting trophies—men who had not yet seen a judge, spoken to an attorney, or exercised their constitutional right to due process. These are American citizens. Fathers. Sons. Brothers. Human beings. And yet, they were reduced to mugshots, broadcast to the world by the highest office in the land, as if guilt were a foregone conclusion.

The White House’s decision to post images of Black men under the banner “Operation Making D.C. Safe & Beautiful” echoes a long and troubling history in America. Since Reconstruction, law enforcement and political leaders have used public displays of Black suspects to reinforce stereotypes and justify discriminatory policies.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, newspapers frequently printed the names and photos of Black men accused of crimes—often without trial—to stoke fear and, in some cases, incite mob violence. During Jim Crow, this tactic helped justify over-policing and segregation, while the mid-20th century “mugshot parade” in local papers cemented the visual link between Blackness and criminality.

This pattern persisted into the War on Drugs and the 1990s “super predator” myth, when televised images of young Black men in handcuffs were used to push harsh sentencing laws and expand mass incarceration. Today, social media amplifies that legacy. When the federal government shares arrest photos online, it revives this historical practice—now at internet speed—turning policing into political theater and reinforcing dangerous racial narratives.................

White House Posts Black Mugshots on Social Media; It's Racism

White House mugshot posts revive racist history, criminalizing Black men to justify fear and authoritarian crackdowns.

theblackwallsttimes.com

 

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Less than 12 hours after seizing control of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, the President of the United States—almost certainly guided by the twisted hand of Stephen Miller—weaponized the official White House social media page to resurrect one of America’s oldest and deadliest lies: the criminal Black male stereotype, posting Black mugshots.

In a grotesque display of state power, the administration began parading the arrest photos of Black men like hunting trophies—men who had not yet seen a judge, spoken to an attorney, or exercised their constitutional right to due process. These are American citizens. Fathers. Sons. Brothers. Human beings. And yet, they were reduced to mugshots, broadcast to the world by the highest office in the land, as if guilt were a foregone conclusion.

The White House’s decision to post images of Black men under the banner “Operation Making D.C. Safe & Beautiful” echoes a long and troubling history in America. Since Reconstruction, law enforcement and political leaders have used public displays of Black suspects to reinforce stereotypes and justify discriminatory policies.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, newspapers frequently printed the names and photos of Black men accused of crimes—often without trial—to stoke fear and, in some cases, incite mob violence. During Jim Crow, this tactic helped justify over-policing and segregation, while the mid-20th century “mugshot parade” in local papers cemented the visual link between Blackness and criminality.

This pattern persisted into the War on Drugs and the 1990s “super predator” myth, when televised images of young Black men in handcuffs were used to push harsh sentencing laws and expand mass incarceration. Today, social media amplifies that legacy. When the federal government shares arrest photos online, it revives this historical practice—now at internet speed—turning policing into political theater and reinforcing dangerous racial narratives.................

White House Posts Black Mugshots on Social Media; It's Racism

White House mugshot posts revive racist history, criminalizing Black men to justify fear and authoritarian crackdowns.

theblackwallsttimes.com

But hey, Republicans and Trump aren't a bunch of racist, white supremacist, Neo-Nazi's. Am I right?

 

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On a recent summer day, Reggie Lenear took his four kids to a local park in Minnesota, but an incident occurred that left them shaken and upset. A white mom allegedly hurled racial slurs at Lenear and his family, leading to a tense confrontation that the father caught on video.

The incident occurred on the playground of Lion’s Park in Coons Rapids and is sparking outrage on social media, with many drawing comparisons to Shiloh Hendrix, a white mother from Minnesota who made national news for spewing racist vitriol at a Black child in a park in May. “What’s going on, Minnesota?! Specifically, the playgrounds,” asked a concerned person in the comments section of TikTok. “This is so exhausting,” said another.

In the video, Lenear can be heard confronting the unidentified mother, who is pushing a stroller and appears to be leaving the park with her young daughters, after she “went out of her way” to call his family the “N-word.”

“She likes to say the N-word at the park,” Lenear stated as he walked alongside her and filmed her leaving.

Upon realizing she’s being filmed, she turned around and exclaimed, “I said I have a brother who is a [n-word],” apparently in a misguided attempt to justify her behavior.

“Oh, look, she keeps saying it,” Lenear responded.

As the mother loaded the children into her minivan in the parking lot, Linear approached again to film her license plate, but he was quickly pushed back by the woman, who got into his face with her baby on her hip. “This is my personal property,” she yelled, indicating he should stop filming. “Walk away! We’re all the same. We’re human.”

Many TikTok users felt she was using her baby as a shield. “She’s carrying that baby because she thinks that will save her,” one observed. “Not her running up holding her baby,” said another.

“Don’t believe the part about the brother This is a tactic, they do this when called out for using racial slurs They claim to have a ‘fill in the blank’ father, brother, mother The point is to mk it seem like they have the right to say it or they are the same – baby ain’t nobody using that Hard R but a ra€ist!!!,” one Instagram user wrote...........

'My Brother is a N-----': White Woman Who Yelled Racial Slurs at Black Family at Minnesota Park Says She's Entitled to Say It In Viral Video

🔥 Outrage erupts as white mom hurls racial slurs at Black family in Minnesota park. Watch the tense confrontation that's gone viral! #Rac...

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Good luck in this environment

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A federal lawsuit filed in Columbia, North Carolina is targeting a Confederate monument outside a courthouse that bears an inscription with the line "IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FAITHFUL SLAVES."

The lawsuit is calling for that portion of the inscription to be removed or covered up.

“I just remember thinking that slaves had to be so-called faithful or they would be punished or even worse,” Sherryreed Robinson, one of the members of the lawsuit, told the New York Times.

“As an adult, the words sitting on the grounds of a courthouse made me question whether Blacks could really receive justice there.”

Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled that a portion of the lawsuit could move forward. Tyrrell County officials have been resistant to taking action themselves, citing state monument protection laws that, they say, bars them from making any changes to the monument.……..

Federal lawsuit demands Confederate statue to ‘faithful slaves’ be removed

The statue has stood outside the Tyrrell County Courthouse since 1902

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Good luck in this environment

They’re putting statues back up
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A federal lawsuit filed in Columbia, North Carolina is targeting a Confederate monument outside a courthouse that bears an inscription with the line "IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FAITHFUL SLAVES."

The lawsuit is calling for that portion of the inscription to be removed or covered up.

“I just remember thinking that slaves had to be so-called faithful or they would be punished or even worse,” Sherryreed Robinson, one of the members of the lawsuit, told the New York Times.

“As an adult, the words sitting on the grounds of a courthouse made me question whether Blacks could really receive justice there.”

Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled that a portion of the lawsuit could move forward. Tyrrell County officials have been resistant to taking action themselves, citing state monument protection laws that, they say, bars them from making any changes to the monument.……..

Federal lawsuit demands Confederate statue to ‘faithful slaves’ be removed

The statue has stood outside the Tyrrell County Courthouse since 1902

www.independent.co.uk

Republicans and Trump were worried about how many "black" skinned people are were buying lots of guns and ammo, They should click to see what happens next.

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Just days ahead of the 70th anniversary of his killing, the federal government made public thousands of pages of records Friday on the lynching of Emmett Till.

The records in the National Archives, released by the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, detail how the Justice Department, the FBI, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights responded to the 1955 killing of 14-year-old Till. The records were released in accordance with the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018.

“Our thoughts are with the Till family,” the National Archives and Records Administration said in a news release…….

U.S. releases Emmett Till investigation records ahead of 70th anniversary of his killing

Till, 14, was killed in 1955 by two white men who were acquitted by an all-white jury but later told a reporter that they kidnapped and murdered the boy.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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