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Surprise, Surprise: Facebook Groups for Elite Military Members Become Platforms for Racism, QAnon-sense and Election Fraud Propaganda
It should surprise absolutely no one that some elite members of the U.S. armed forces are QAnon-following MAGAts who are gullible enough to buy into ex-y’all’s-president’s “stop the steal” propaganda and racist enough to believe that Black Lives Matter is an evil that should be punished. It’s also not surprising that these military veterans had…
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Cop Involved in Breonna Taylor Shooting Is Writing Some Whiny-Ass Book About His 'Truth' and Simon & Schuster Wants Nothing to Do With It
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the Louisville, Ky., police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, has signed a deal to write some whiny-ass blue lives matter book giving his raggedy side of the story on what happened the night of March 13, 2020. We already know this book will be nothing more…
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Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill Allowing Drivers to Hit Protesters Without Being Charged
Oklahoma lawmakers have passed a bill that they’re pretending is about protecting citizens when it’s really about their contempt for anti-racism protesters. The legislation that passed in the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday increases penalties for protesters who block streets while granting blanket immunity for drivers who injure or even kill protesters. To the GOP legislators…
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74-Year-Old Black Woman Sues Oklahoma City Cops Who She Said Broke Her Arm During Arrest Last Summer
When we talk about systemic racism in policing, we’re not just talking about shootings, lethal chokeholds and beatings; we’re also talking about harassment, racial profiling, wanton disregard for the well being and dignity of Black bodies, and the tendency of police officers to be generally more aggressive when dealing with Black suspects. Army Lieutenant Caron…
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2 North Carolina Cops Suspended After Video Shows Them Punching Black Man After He Fell to the Ground
Two North Carolina police officers have been suspended pending an investigation into an incident partially caught on video that showed officers repeatedly punching a Black man after he tripped and fell to the ground. According to the officers, the man ran from them after they were called to the scene over a disturbance, but if…
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Ex-Officer Kim Potter Charged With 2nd-Degree Manslaughter in the Death of Daunte Wright
Kim Potter, the now-former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday, was charged with second-degree manslaughter Wednesday. For activists and community members who have been demanding justice for Wright since the day of the shooting—and are likely already on edge due to the Derek Chauvin trial…
