At a press conference on Tuesday evening, Interim Columbus Police Chief Michael Woods played back around two minutes of footage from the encounter. The video begins in the middle of a physical confrontation between several people. Amid the scuffle, an officer who has not been identified is heard telling others …
Read More »Protesters gather in Columbus, Ohio after police shoot 15-year-old black girl (VIDEO)
Columbus PD officers responding to a 911 call about an “attempted stabbing” around 4:45 pm Eastern time on Tuesday. The caller said a female was trying to stab them, and hung up, police said, according to local media. One person was wounded in an “officer-involved shooting” and transported to hospital …
Read More »British warships set sail for Black Sea showdown with Russia, days after American sailors ‘cancel’ plan to chart course for region
The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that a Type 45 destroyer, armed with anti-aircraft missiles, and a Type 23 submarine-hunting frigate will detach from the Royal Navy’s carrier fleet in the Mediterranean in order to pass into the Black Sea next month. At the same time, defense sources told the …
Read More »Racist rhymes: Academic wants ‘Baa baa black sheep’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ replaced with songs of ‘acceptance and social justice’
Pollard lectures in music education at the University of Nevada-Reno. Like many in higher education, she’s embraced the doctrine of Critical Race Theory, a set of beliefs that sees the history of the US as a tale of “white supremacy,” and requires white people to apologize for their own “privilege” …
Read More »‘You’re a guest in a BLACK SPACE’: BLM activists tell white ‘ally’ at Minnesota protest ‘YOU DON’T BELONG’ (VIDEO)
Footage from Thursday night’s protest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, shows a confrontation between a group of black protestors and a young white man. Washington Examiner journalist Nic Rowan, who posted the video on Twitter, said the conflict began after a group of white protesters told demonstrators to stop throwing water …
Read More »Kiev accuses Russia of closing Black Sea strait to its warships, blocking Ukrainian navy from port while sailors carry out drills
In a statement issued on Thursday, Kiev’s diplomats said that Russia has “announced the closure of a part of the Black Sea in the direction of the Kerch Strait for warships and vessels of foreign governments from next week until October 2021.” The move, they say, comes “under the pretext …
Read More »‘Luther’, the BBC and diversity: Before judging who is ‘black enough to be real,’ you need to have lived in their skin first
Oh come on Simon – you’re not really black! I’ve lost count of the number of times this has been said to me by both white and black people. I know why they say it. It’s because my adopted parents are white, my wife is white and my circle of …
Read More »Brooklyn Center cop who shot black man Daunte Wright to face second-degree manslaughter charge
Potter was arrested on Wednesday morning, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a statement, and charges would be filed later in the day by the county attorney. She faces up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine if found guilty. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon previously said …
Read More »BBC diversity chief complains Idris Elba’s TV detective isn’t ‘black enough to be real’, leaves online commentator baffled
Commenting on the crime drama ‘Luther’, Miranda Wayland hailed the program for featuring a “really strong, black character lead,” portrayed by Elba, but lamented that the fictional detective lacked authenticity. “We all fell in love with him. Who didn’t, right? But after you got into about the second series you …
Read More »Texas students punished for holding mock ‘SLAVE AUCTION’ of black classmates
In screenshots of a Snapchat message group, which was titled “N*gger Auction,” the Aledo Independent School District (ISD) students could be seen offering various amounts of money for black peers. One student offered “100 bucks” for a classmate, while another student offered $1 for a boy called Chris, claiming he …
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