Rampant Racism in America

[PTree15]

WTF is wrong with people??!!
Martha’s Vineyard bus driver fired after racist remark to potential passenger

 

[Mischief]

https://www.theroot.com/florida-police-chief-told-cops-to-pin-crimes-on-african-1827599977

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Protesters, police scuffle after officer fatally shoots man in South Shore

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Black Teens Held At Gunpoint By Police Speak Out: Watch

 

[Amy SF]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/se...hood-buyers-will-able-stomach-gentrification/

 

[Amy SF]

The United States of America: Going 0 days without a racist incident or a racist having to apologize for being racist.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1020375369021575169

https://twitter.com/x/status/1020376112357101568

<---- Bye, *****! LOL

 

[MadamSarcastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1021458398418698240

 

[Andy_T]

This is a good writeup:

How the Republican Party Became The Party of Racism

 

[Amy SF]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/we...-la-gang-murder-innocent-black-man-goes-free/

Sad, but not surprising.

 

[Andy_T]

This is horrible...

 

[MadamSarcastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1022189305563774976

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Jesus... and this....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1022202569907744769

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orl...cle_a1fcd11c-8f90-11e8-9c40-7304e4f8e390.html

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orl...cle_e6677992-9026-11e8-9c25-6fadbaad7c22.html

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Oh, for f*ck's sake! Actor Ving Rhames says police held him at gunpoint in his own home

Ving Rhames was held at gunpoint by police officers in his home after a neighbor reported that a “large black man” had broken in, the actor said on Friday.

 

[Andy_T]

Amazon’s Face Recognition Disproportionately Matched Congressional Members of Color With Mugshots

Twenty-eight members of Congress, including six members of the Congressional Black Caucus, were falsely identified as suspects charged with a crime on Amazon’s facial recognition technology, according to a test conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Amazon’s Face Recognition Disproportionately Matched Congressional Members of Color With Mugshots

Yup. Not surprising, though. F*ck Amazon. Then, now, always.

 

[Amy SF]

https://www.theroot.com/wells-fargo...source=theroot_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

I was about to say thank goodness I no longer have a Wells Fargo bank account, but it could be any bank, really, just as the Starbucks employee who called the cops on some black men waiting for a business associate could have been working in any coffee shop, because racism knows no bounds.

 

[Amy SF]

#Feedingthehomelesswhileblack

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/wa...ther-giving-food-homeless-thought-shoplifter/

 

[Amy SF]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/tr...tary-nobody-held-accountable-racist-violence/

Trayvon Martin, a life never fully realized. And his killer is still walking the streets, gun in hand, free to kill again.

 

[Amy SF]

#EatingLunchWhileBlack

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/sm...-student-looked-place-eating-lunch-cafeteria/

JFC it just never ends.

Maybe it’ll stop when there are consequences to making false police calls, such as a hefty fine or time in jail. But it’s not happening. Maybe the cops simply don’t care. I think it’s time for lawmakers to step up and make it a law.