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Mississippi black church burned and spray painted "Vote Trump"
MS News Now - Tue Nov 1, 2016
GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Tuesday night after 11 pm authorities responded to a call about a church burning in Greenville. More»

Hate Propaganda Has Asymmetrical Power in an Open Society
AlterNet - Sat Oct 29, 2016
When George Orwell contemplated trends toward tyranny in 1984, he saw a world where truths were violently obliterated to leave Big Brother's lies unchallenged. More»

Cops brutalize black off-duty officer after profiling him for crime he didn't commit
US Uncut - Wed Oct 26, 2016
An off-duty police officer based out of DC was thrown to the ground and hit in the head by Prince George's County police officers because he fit a description of a shooting suspect vaguely described as a black male wearing a hoodie and blue jeans. More»

Students expelled after Facebook group calls for 'execution' of Jews, black people
The Guardian - Fri Oct 14, 2016
About 15 students wrote messages championing 'white power', posted pictures of guns and encouraged recruitment so they can 'complete their mission". More»

Three Middle Aged White Men Arrested for Plotting to Bomb Immigrant Women and Children
Raw Story - Fri Oct 14, 2016
Three men were arrested on Friday and charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex in western Kansas where 120 people lived, including Muslim immigrants from Somalia who also used one apartment as a mosque, federal officials said. More»

GBI: Cop lied about being shot by black man
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Fri Sep 23, 2016
An officer shot - A bullet stopped by body armor - A 10-day chase for an unidentified shooter. More»

OUTRAGE: Is your name 'Joe Garcia' in Ohio or North Carolina? No vote for you!
Daily KOS - Thu Sep 15, 2016
Democrats need to pay more attention to these shenanigans. More»

Nixon Aide Reportedly Admitted Drug War Was Meant To Target Black People
Huffington Post - Tue Mar 22, 2016
An eye-opening remark from a former aide to President Richard Nixon pulls back the curtain on the true motivation of the United States' war on drugs. More»

Trump Jr. offers to pay for blacks to leave US when President Trump is elected
Raw Story - Sun Feb 28, 2016
Don Trump Jr said he would happily pay for some of his father's black critics to leave the United States. More»

'I needed a BJ': Kentucky mayor admits favors-for-sex scheme - but charges are dismissed anyway
Raw Story - Wed Feb 3, 2016
Evidence uncovered this week showed that Kentucky prosecutors dismissed charges against Shepherdsville Mayor Scott Ellis even though he had admitted helping a parolee in exchange for sexual favors. More»

Anonymous Denies List of KKK Members After Politicians Respond
Newsweek - Mon Nov 2, 2015
Updated | Online hacking group Anonymous has denied responsibility for the recent publication of a list that claims some US politicians belong to the Ku Klux Klan. More»

Mob of Philly cops assault man holding crying baby for not paying his $2.25 transit fare
Raw Story - Sat Jun 27, 2015
Transit officers working for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are under investigation after several of them were recorded by a cell phone pushing and shoving an African American man holding onto a baby for reportedly not paying his $2.25 fare. More»

Texas SWAT breaks 81-year-old man's hip, leave without calling paramedics
Raw Story - Mon May 25, 2015
An 82-year-old Texas man alleged this week that officers in military gear stormed his home, broke his hip and then left him without calling for medical assistance. More»

Experts: You Can't Break Your Own Spine Like Freddie Gray
Daily Beast - Thu Apr 30, 2015
The Baltimore Police Department's leaked report claims that Freddie Gray intentionally broke his own spine while in custody - We spoke to experts to see if that is even possible. More»

The Death of Freddy Gray
Wikipedia - Mon Apr 27, 2015
On April 12, 2015, 25-year-old African American Freddie Gray was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a switchblade. More»

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'
The Guardian - Mon Feb 23, 2015
The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. More»

Diabetic High School Girl Beaten by Police Officer and Arrested -- For Falling Asleep in Class
AlterNet - Tue May 7, 2013
A student who was arrested and beaten for falling asleep at school is now suing an Alabama city, its police department and some school employees for civil rights violation, battery and negligent supervision and hiring. More»

Boehner Says Out Loud He Hopes Blacks and Latinos 'Won't Show Up' This Election
Atlantic Wire - Mon Aug 27, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner is the most prominent Republican to admit, out loud, that his party's strategy for winning in November doesn't suppose that the GOP can win over some black and Latino voters, but hoping they won't vote at all. More»

Rodney King dead at 47
CNN - Sun Jun 17, 2012
LOS ANGELES, California - Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee said. More»

Alabama brings back slavery for Latinos
The Guardian, UK - Wed Oct 12, 2011
Here's how: pass a draconian immigration law, lock up "illegals" in private prisons, then get the new inmates to work in the fields. More»

Farmers complain about rotting crops but Sen. Scott Beason says no to immigration law changes
Associated Press - Tue Oct 4, 2011
STEELE, Alabama - A sponsor of Alabama's tough new immigration law told desperate tomato farmers Monday that he won't change the law, even though they told him that their crops are rotting in the field and they are at risk of losing their farms. More»

Ga. lawmaker Wants to 'Shoot to Kill' Mexicans
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Fri Jan 21, 2011
A state legislator who is spearheading efforts to curb illegal immigration in Georgia said US border authorities should be empowered to "shoot to kill" under certain circumstances, although he later softened that comment. More»

Tea Party Federation kicks out Williams over blog post
CNN - Sat Jul 17, 2010
The National Tea Party Federation, an organization that represents the Tea Party political movement around the country, has expelled conservative commentator Mark Williams and his Tea Party Express because of an inflammatory blog post he wrote, federation spokesman David Webb said Sunday. More»

Arizona School Demands Black & Latino Students' Faces On Mural Be Changed To White
Wonkette - Fri Jun 4, 2010
Hard to find even the Gallows Humor in this story, so maybe we won't even try. More»

Georgia Students Wear Ku Klux Klan Outfits To School
WSB-TV - Sun May 23, 2010
DAHLONEGA, Georgia - School officials said a Lumpkin County High School teacher went too far with a class project. More»

Caught On Tape: Officers' Convenience Store Rant
WSB-TV - Sat May 22, 2010
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Georgia - A local police officer is captured on security video threatening to use his Taser on the owner of a Shell Gas station in Cherokee County, while also threatening to "Send him back to India. More»

E-mail compares first lady Michelle Obama to Tarzan's Cheeta
Associated Press - Sat Mar 6, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - The CEO of Tennessee's hospitality association is apologizing for sending an e-mail to a group of public figures that compares first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee. More»

Hate groups riled up, researchers say
CNN - Wed Jun 10, 2009
Hate groups have intensified their rhetoric in recent months, but this new energy hasn't necessarily translated to an increase in the rate of hate crimes in the US, according to some researchers. More»

'Suspicious' Fire Forces Obama Supporter To Cancel D.C. Trip
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mon Jan 19, 2009
CUMMING, Georgia - A Forsyth County woman has canceled plans to attend the inauguration of President Barack Obama and returned from Washington to check on a fire that destroyed her home. More»

3 NYC officers to surrender in subway sodomy case
Associated Press - Sun Dec 7, 2008
NEW YORK - After weeks of conflicting accounts about a shocking claim of police brutality in a subway station, three patrolmen were notified Monday they will face criminal charges in the case. More»

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