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Category Archives: Blacks
WP: Her attacker forced her to make a phone call during a rape — so she called 911
Washington Post: A woman who was told to call her boyfriend during a sexual assault instead contacted 911 — a decision that authorities in Georgia say helped police track down the suspect and stop the attack. Robert Giles. (Photo courtesy … Continue reading
Cleanthony Early of the Knicks Is Robbed and Shot in Queens
Nothing good happens after midnight unless you’re at home. New York Times: Three cars converged on an Uber cab carrying a New York Knicks forward, Cleanthony Early, home from a strip club in the predawn hours on Wednesday, the authorities … Continue reading
Black Violence
The latest tweets: * Black male gunned his white neighbor down in front of his pregnant girlfriend. * Black male calls 911 and confesses to his white mother & girlfriend’s murder. * Black female shot woman to death; kept the … Continue reading
’55 yr old Betty Jones was gunned down by Chicago police. Her daughter felt THIS was the right thing to wear’
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NYT: The New Face of Racism in Germany
Anna Sauerbrey writes: Berlin — GERMANY is not lacking in right-wing sentiment these days, but most people are careful about how they deploy their anti-immigrant rhetoric. And then there’s Björn Höcke. Last month Mr. Höcke, a leading figure of the … Continue reading
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Baltimore, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the new racial politics
Fred Siegel writes: In the summer of 1966, Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach warned that there would be riots by angry, poor minority residents in “30 or 40” American cities if Congress didn’t pass President Lyndon Johnson’s Model Cities antipoverty legislation. … Continue reading
Black Uber Drivers On A Crime Rampage
Comment: “In the last several days, two separate incidences have occurred in Atlanta whereby black Uber drivers and “carpool” accomplices have picked up and later viciously beaten up, robbed, and left for dead white patrons leaving bars at closing time … Continue reading
America’s Newest Christmas Tradition: Black Mob Violence at Malls
Colin Flaherty writes: American has a new Christmas tradition: Black mob violence at malls. In the days before, during, and after Christmas, 15 malls reported large-scale episodes of rioting, shooting, looting, rampaging, fighting, throwing rocks at police, damaging cars and … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: A New Boxing Day Tradition for America: The Annual Day After Christmas Mall Brawl
Comments: * No. Not an American tradition. An African-American tradition. * Here in Flint, the main mall was forced to implement a curfew policy on weekends due to feral youths. Not a bad policy overall but I found it very … Continue reading