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3 Fired, 34 Suspended After Picture of Corrections Employees Making Nazi Salute Surfaces
With blackface photos no longer en vogue, it appears that wayward white folks have moved on to the next best thing in order to jeopardize their livelihoods: Nazi salutes. NBC News reports that three West Virginia corrections trainees have been fired after a picture surfaced of well over a dozen idiots making a Nazi salute…
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Family Demands Justice in Officer-Involved Shooting in Kansas City, Mo.
An investigation is underway as another black man has lost his life as the result of an officer-related shooting. From the Kansas City Star: The incident began Tuesday afternoon when a disturbance between two vehicles was reported near 35th Street and College Avenue. A police helicopter tracked one of the vehicles, which pulled behind a…
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Michael Bloomberg Insists No One Asked Him About Stop-and-Frisk Until He Decided to Run for President…Which, of Course, Is a Damn Lie
Michael Bloomberg is a liar. Yes, the same guy who believes an “epidemic of dishonesty” is plaguing our democracy and probably tells his girlfriend “I love that color on you!” even though he fucking hates it to the core of his very being, is a lying-ass liar. And since Maury Povich isn’t around to expose…
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Virginia Department of Corrections Apologizes After Subjecting 8-Year-Old to Unauthorized Strip Search
The Virginia Department of Corrections has publicly apologized after it’s been revealed that an 8-year-old visiting her father at a state prison was subjected to a strip search. The Washington Post reports that on Nov. 24, Diamond Peerman drove her boyfriend’s daughter to visit him at the Buckingham Correctional Center in Dillwyn, Va. Upon their…
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Former Cheerleader Reaches $145,000 Settlement With Kennesaw State University for National Anthem Protest
A former Kennesaw State University cheerleader who took a knee during the national anthem at a KSU football game has reached an out-of-court settlement with the school. From the Marietta Daily Journal: Former KSU cheerleader Tommia Dean filed a lawsuit in 2018 after receiving backlash to her public protest with four other cheerleaders during the…
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Wide Receiver Jordan Veasy Signs with the Washington Redskins After Participating in Colin Kaepernick’s Workout
While Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout in November has since been proven to be nothing more than a farce, it has been fruitful for one of the players hand-picked to participate. Though Kap remains unsigned, the Washington Post reports the Washington Redskins have scooped up wide receiver Jordan Veasy. On Wednesday, he joined their practice squad…
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49ers Announcer Tim Ryan Suspended After Claiming Lamar Jackson's 'Dark Skin Color' Gives Him a Competitive Advantage
It’s no secret that melanin is the source of our superpowers as black people. But if you let idiots like sports announcer Tim Ryan tell it, it also gives black NFL players like Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson an unfair competitive advantage. No, really. And that’s exactly how he just got his ass suspended. From…
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Worst Father Ever Allegedly Abandons Son on the Side of the Highway Over Concerns About His Sexual Orientation
During a week in which future NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade made headlines for demonstrating his love and support for his child Zion, on the other end of the spectrum we have Evenaud Julmeus of Haines City, Fla., who did the unthinkable when he allegedly abandoned a boy on the side of a highway…
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NY High School Pulls the Plug on Tarzan Production Amid Concerns That Students Would Be Cast as Apes
Amid concerns of racial insensitivity, a New York high school has pulled the plug on its upcoming production of Disney’s Tarzan. The Rockland/Westchester Journal-News reports that the drama club at Alexander Hamilton High School was prepared to kick off auditions for their Tarzan adaptation on Dec. 4, but those plans came to a screeching halt…
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Perennial Piece of Shit George Zimmerman Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against the Parents of Trayvon Martin, Attorney Ben Crump
Unsatisfied with getting away with murder, the bane of the universe, George Zimmerman, has filed a $100 million lawsuit against attorney Ben Crump and the family of Trayvon Martin. According to a press release provided to The Root, the lawsuit alleges that Rachel Jeantel, the prosecution’s key witness during the 2013 trial, was both “an…