Prosecutors will not pursue a hate crime charge against a Bellingham man who was arrested Saturday in connection with an altercation at Cornwall Park, during which one man was repeatedly punched in the face and threatened with a screwdriver. Court documents indicate both the victim and his alleged assailant used racially charged language during the […]
A Fort Lauderdale officer may face termination after he allegedly yelled racial slurs and tried to fight a group of Black men outside a club while off-duty the morning after Thanksgiving, sources say. A department investigation revealed the racist tirade began with a night of drinking. On May 9, Fort Lauderdale Police Chief William Schultz […]
A newspaper in Miami, Florida is under fire after running several pro-Trump political ads filled with racial slurs. The full-page ad, which ran on the back cover of the Miami New Times’ June 13–19 print edition, features several uncensored uses of the n-word, as well as a misleading quote of President Biden using the slur […]
Swastikas and racial slurs were found painted on the sides of multiple vehicles in a working-class and largely Black and Latino east Phoenix neighborhood on Wednesday, Juneteenth, witnesses say. Celleste Murtagh went out her front door on Wednesday about 7 a.m. and was greeted with the unpleasant sight of her neighbor’s vehicle vandalized. The car, […]
Video footage obtained by the Clarion Ledger shows the language used by the Richland police officer who was relieved of his duties for allegedly making “derogatory slurs” to a resident of Richland. The interaction occurred between victim, Luis Rodriguez, and former Richland officer, Jeremy Rast. Rast addressed the situation in a separate video of his […]
Donald Trump took to Michigan and Wisconsin on his day off from court, Wednesday, to rally his supporters and whine about his legal woes. His incoherent speech, along with inflammatory claims on abortion and pro-Palestinian student demonstration, took the spotlight. Slurring his words at a Waukesha, Wisconsin rally, Trump referred to Biden’s “fake infrastrucker, ershure […]
A junior at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua has sued the school district over its decision to issue him a three-day suspension for his use of an anti-gay slur in rap music recorded off campus, arguing that the school’s sanction violated his First Amendment rights. The 17-year-old student, who says he is a member […]
East Ramapo officials could not confirm accusations of racial slurs aimed at the district’s varsity girls basketball players during a Feb. 10 game against Scarsdale. But, Superintendent Clarence Ellis said in a report to Section 1 Athletics, the players experienced fan behavior that “made our girls distraught, upset and disrespected and made them feel like […]
Mar. 2—Two Groton residents are accused of hurling racial slurs and making threats to a family in an adjoining hotel room on Friday morning, police said. Groton Town police were dispatched to a local hotel at approximately 6:55 a.m. for a report of a threatening incident involving a firearm. Police said Michael Burpee, 55, of […]
MASON — A former Ingham County Health Department employee is claiming in a federal lawsuit that her supervisors described her using racial slurs, including calling her “Aunt Jemima,” and that her complaints to elected officials were not heeded. Krystal Davis-Dunn, who also claims she was not provided disability accommodations, filed a federal lawsuit against Ingham […]
NAACP leaders want authorities to tack on a hate crime charge to the list of misdemeanors and felonies that three white people face for their roles in a massive brawl in Conway, Arkansas, that broke out after they reportedly mocked a Black teenager. Authorities arrested 52-year-old Chucky Hartwick, 33-year-old Kelli Kennedy, and 62-year-old Michael Kennedy, […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Local Republican Party leaders of a North Dakota lawmaker’s own district joined calls on Friday for him to step down after his vulgar comments to police earlier this month during his traffic stop and arrest on a charge of drunken driving. In a Facebook statement, the North Dakota District 23 GOP […]