texas
-
Texas Attorney General Stands With School That Expelled Teen for Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
Turns out that the president of the United States, old white men who wear pants with elastic waist bands and rabid NFL fans aren’t the only ones concerned with who stands during the national anthem. In 2017, an African-American high school teen in Texas was expelled because she refused to stand for the Pledge of…
-
Texas Senator Ted Cruz Thinks Beto O'Rourke Shouldn't Blame Dallas Officer For Shooting Botham Jean in His Home
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the grown-up Eddie Munster, thinks that challenger Rep. Beto O’Rourke was wrong to rush to judgment when he criticized the shooting of Botham Jean, the 26-year-old black man who was shot dead in his own home by a Dallas police officer. “It’s possible what happened was a horrifying and horrific misunderstanding,…
-
Texas Farm Bureau and Mississippi Dept. of Public Safety Ban Employees From Wearing Nikes
In a devastating blow to the apparel giant’s bottom line, two organizations comprised of people who never wore Nikes anyway, announced a ban on employees wearing Nikes because they love the flag, the troops, the national anthem and everything America has to offer except for the First Amendment of the Constitution. Well actually, they love…
-
Ex-Officer Who Killed 15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards Found Guilty of Murder
After two days of deliberations, jurors found Roy Oliver, the ex-Balch Springs, Texas cop who shot and killed Jordan Edwards, an unarmed 15-year-old boy, guilty of murder on Tuesday afternoon. The 38-year old Oliver was on trial for murder and two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant, reports DallasNews.com. He was found not…
-
Texas Prison System Slashes Price of Inmate Phone Calls by 77 Percent, Contractor to Set Up Video Phones
Perhaps not coincidentally during a #NationalPrisonStrike2018, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Friday voted to drastically slash the cost of calls from prison inmates by more than 75 percent, a boon to the cash-strapped black and brown communities that feed the prison industrial complex. Angela Davis put it best: “Mass imprisonment generates profits as…
-
Texas Grandmother Shoots Masturbating, Bicycle-Riding Burglar
One of the favorites for best BMX bike trick in the 2019 X Games suffered a severe setback to his chances at a gold medal when a 68-year-old woman shot him as he masturbated on a bicycle after trying to break into her house. The woman, only identified as “Granny Jean” said that she was…
-
Texas Waiter Who Received 'We Don't Tip Terrorist' Note Admits to Writing Racist Message Himself
Last week we brought you the story of Khalil Cavil, a server at a Texas steakhouse who received no tip and had a racist note scrawled across the bill totaling $108.73 that was allegedly left by the customer. “We don’t tip terrorist,” the note, which had Khalil’s name circled, read. The customer was subsequently banned…
-
What a Newly Discovered Gravesite Can Tell Us About Black Life Post-Slavery
Earlier this year, the remains of 95 people were found just outside Houston at a construction site for a new school. After analyzing the remains, archaeologists announced on Monday that newly discovered bones belonged to former enslaved African American who were still forced to work on plantations post-emancipation. As the New York Times reports, experts…
-
Texas Shouldn't Execute Chris Young for Murder Even Though He Is Guilty of the Crime [Updated]
Updated: Monday, July 17, 2018; 3:53 EDT: When I wrote this piece, I was not aware that, according to court records, Chris Young sexually assaulted a woman in front of her three children at gun point the morning before the murder. Gunpoint. Three children. I have no words. That act is evil; the man who did…
-
Former Firefighter Arrested on Charges He Hanged Doll With Noose Outside His Black Neighbor’s Apartment
When 28-year-old Dante Petty moved to Grapevine, Texas, with his young daughter in June 2017, he says they immediately began to have issues with his white neighbor who lived in the apartment beneath them. Back in January, Petty made a Facebook post describing the torment he had been put through, the acts of aggression that…