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BREAKING: 4 white supremacists opened fire on protestors in Minneapolis at the #4thPrecinctShutDown after being confronted by protesters and community members.
5 people were hit and are said to be in stable condition.
Police were of minimal help and once they did come out they ended up macing the crowd.
If you’re looking for a video with captions, here’s one. So sad that a life was lost for no reason. It needs to be a national law that body cameras are required..without a video it would be 3 cops vs. a dead man. We all know how that would have turned out…..
Careful for anyone who has violence triggers. Don’t watch. You can read about this tragedy if you check the Sam DuBose tag on here.
A Georgia private school fired its principal after a racially charged remark made at commencement made national headlines.
“In light of recent events, the board of directors of TNT Academy has moved to dismiss Nancy Gordeuk as principal,” chair of the board Dr. Heidi Anderson wrote to a local NAACP chapter, NBC News has learned.
Last Friday, Gordeuk dismissed attendees prematurely, before calling them back to listen to the Valedictorian’s speech. She went on to chastise people for leaving the ceremony, saying “look who’s leaving — all the black people.”
A video of the incident shows attendees leaping from their seats in outrage and videos of the event went viral soon after, prompting calls for her resignation.
Gordeuk initially apologized – blaming the devil and her own emotional state – but later defended her remark in an interview with NBC News.
“My side is I’m not a racist, I didn’t know black people was a racist term, I didn’t say the n-word or anything like that, because that’s not in my vocabulary!” she said, arguing that it was merely an observation. “I made a statement, it wasn’t a racist remark.”
Gordeuk is the founder of TNT Academy, a non-traditional school that allows students to pursue independent coursework to get an accredited degree.
“During the coming transition, we will continue to prioritize support for our most recent graduates. Moreover, we will continue our commitment to providing students with the best educational classes, transcription services, and academic credit recovery possible,” Anderson continued in her statement about Gordeuk’s dismissal.
What New Stats Show About The School To Prison Pipeline For Black Girls Is Worse Than Anyone Could Have Imagined
Judging by the statistics, the national focus on the troubled plight of Black boys with initiatives like President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper may be missing a real crisis that’s hidden in plain sight: Black girls are treated even more harshly in American schools than Black boys when compared to their white counterparts—leading to them now being the fastest growing population in the juvenile justice system.
The numbers are jarring: Black girls across the country were suspended six times more often than white girls, compared to Black boys being suspended three times more often than white boys, according to the
U.S. Department of Education’s analysis of the 2011-2012 school year.
Only 2 percent of white females were subjected to exclusionary suspensions, compared to 12 percent of Black girls.
Because males are suspended in greater numbers than females, the
harsh treatment of Black boys tends to draw all the attention. But a new
report by the African American Policy Forum and Columbia Law School
called “Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Underprotected”
shines a spotlight on Black girls in public school, playing particular
attention to what happens to them in the New York City and Boston school
systems.
They say … a picture is worth a thousand words. A Confederate soldier using a slave as a seat in 1862. #America #Racism #WeNeverForget #WorldHistory #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #DigThat
A 65-year-old white Missouri man was arrested and charged with a hate crime after he reportedly used racial slurs toward a black waitress whom he also allegedly told, “I have a place I would like to take you where I hung your grandpa.”
Tommy Dean Gaa, of Maryville, reportedly told the waitress, after she asked if he wanted wheat or white toast, that he was prejudiced and therefore would take white toast, according to a probable cause statement viewed by the Maryville Daily Forum.
Gaa also allegedly grabbed the waitress’s arm so hard that it left a bruise and asked if she “liked to party.”
Gaa then allegedly said, “I have a place I would like to take you where I hung your grandpa.”
The waitress reportedly left the dining area and waited in the kitchen until the police arrived. According to police reports, Gaa initially denied making the remarks but dropped a few racial slurs in trying to explain his innocence. The newspaper notes that Gaa was released from the Nodaway County Jail on $4,900 bond.
This happened at the grocery store hyvee. The girl assaulted is a cops daughter.
Wingate, a 70-year-old retired bus driver and Air Force veteran, was walking to Seattle’s Central District to purchase a newspaper, using a golf club as a cane for the
10-mile trek like he had for 20 years. But when Whitlatch spotted Wingate with his club, she pulled over her squad car, exited the car and told him to drop the club.
