Snapchat video shows group of white students posting a noose and saying ‘die motherf***er’ A racist death threat video posted on Snapchat by a California catholic high school has led to the suspension of an unspecified number of students involved and the launching of a subsequent hate crime investigation probing the …
April, 2016
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4 April
Rahm Emanuel Calls For Federal Hate Crime Investigation Into Racial Slurs Heard Over Chicago Police Radio
In a letter to U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked both Cook County and federal officials to investigate the racial slurs heard over Chicago Police Department radio frequencies. A male voice was first heard on March 13th saying, “typical f—ing …
March, 2016
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31 March
New SFPD Racist Text Scandal Emerges From Officers’ Texts Mocking The Last SFPD Racist Text Scandal
Just when we thought the San Francisco Police Department might have learned something about sending racist and homophobic texts, SFPD is once again taking heavy fire after it was revealed more texts existed, and more officers were involved. Reports say a criminal investigation has unveiled a series of racist texts …
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23 March
Brooklyn District Attorney Recommends No Jail Time For Peter Liang, Rookie Cop Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Shooting Of Akai Gurley
Peter Liang’s sentencing is set for April 14th, however, today the Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson issued a statement that he does not recommend prison time for Liang. This may come as a victory for the protesters, particularly in NYC’s Chinese community, who feel like the conviction was racially-biased and scapegoated …
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18 March
Injustice In Cleveland: Official Jamie Marquardt Fired For Saying He Wishes He Had Killed Tamir Rice
A Cleveland emergency medical services supervisor named Jamie Marquardt has been officially terminated Friday following disturbing comments he made on Facebook where he not only defended Officer Timothy Loehmann’s actions in fatally shooting Rice, but disgustingly espouses his desire to have had the chance to shoot “the little criminal.” Monday, …
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17 March
Fear Over “Pro-White” Rally Forces Georgia High School To Move Its Prom
A Georgia high school announced Thursday that it will be moving the location of its April 23 prom after many parents became afraid of a “pro-white” rally scheduled the same day at Stone Mountain. After noticing the rally took place just hours before the prom was scheduled to begin, school officials …
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4 March
Following Mitt’s Take-Down Speech Of Trump, White Supremacists Flood Utah Residents With Robocalls Supporting Trump
Utah residents are being bombarded by anti-Romney robocalls from a locally well known white supremacist who has become irate following the former Massachusetts governor’s attacks on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. As first reported by KUTV, the caller identifies himself as William Johnson, a white supremacist advocating for Trump on …
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2 March
White Supremacists Viciously Assault Black Student At Donald Trump Rally
On Monday, 30 black students – attending and paying tuition at Valdosta College, the site of Trump’s rally – were forcibly removed from a Donald Trump rally, simply for being black and appearing threatening. This came after an event earlier in the day at Radford Virginia in which Black Lives …
February, 2016
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25 February
Trump Officially Endorsed By Former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke
David Duke, the former KKK grand wizard turned neo-Nazi, officially endorsed Donald Trump Wednesday on his self-produced radio program, telling his listeners that voting for anyone besides Donald Trump “is really treason to your heritage.” As first reported by BuzzFeed News, Duke urged his listeners to start volunteering for the …
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24 February
Say Again? White College Students Who Put Bike Lock Around Black Student’s Neck Not Charged With Hate Crime
In another episode of “your daily dose of white privilege,” three white students at California’s San Jose State University avoided hate crime charges after putting a bike lock around a black student’s neck, attempting to lock him in a closet, and referring to him as “three-fifths” of a person, atrocities …
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11 February
Restaurant Chain Denny’s Settles Another Discrimination Lawsuit For Making Black Customers Prepay For Meals
On February 5th Denny’s settled a lawsuit brought on by an African-American couple who say they were forced to prepay for their food. The manager of the L.A. location in Koreatown claims he feared the couple would dine and dash. Video evidence also shows the couple having to wait far …
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8 February
NYU Journalism Students Allege Racial Profiling At Marco Rubio Rally In New Hampshire
Taisha Henry, Ugonma Ubani-Ebere and their Professor Ybonne Latty – all three of whom are African American – attended a Marco Rubio rally Sunday in Bedford New Hampshire. The three women had been in New Hampshire since Friday as part of a student/faculty group reporting on the primary for a …
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1 February
Fox News reporter Crystal Wright’s opening Black History Month faux pas: “Blacks Have Shown A Slavish Support For The Democratic Party”
The steadying, constant flow of Fox News’ casual (and, in many cases, overt) racism never comes as much of a surprise. Whether it’s Brian Kilmeade asking a black correspondent if she makes her own kool-aid, Crystal Wright telling her audience the Black Americans are ‘dumber, more criminalized’ because of the democratic …
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1 February
Three Black Women At SUNY Albany Assaulted By Mob Of White Men
Three black women who are undergraduates at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany reported that they were harassed with racial slurs and physically assaulted by a group of 10-12 white men on a bus early Saturday morning. As first reported by the Associated Press, the Albany Police …
January, 2016
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26 January
Exposed: Governor Snyder’s Aides Knew Flint River Was Toxic 3 Years Before The Switch
A new report has surfaced showing that aides to Governor Snyder were aware of Flint River’s toxicity as early as December 2012. Via US Uncut: Ed Kurtz, Gov. Snyder’s first appointed emergency manager (EM), was given authority to make all financial decisions on behalf of Flint’s elected officials (as part …