News From A Colorful Perspective
Charles Anderson, the Michigan police officer found to have KKK memorabilia in his home, has been fired following a disciplinary hearing within the Muskegon Police Department. Last month, Anderson was outed when a couple, the Mathises, toured his home that was for sale. After seeing the framed KKK document, “Knights…
A Facebook live video captured the last moments of Minnesota man Brian Quinones, who police shot during a traffic stop Saturday. A live video posted on Quinones’ page shows him listening to loud music while driving outside of Minneapolis around 10 p.m., while police lights flash in his rear window….
Owners of a wedding venue in Mississippi refused to allow a mixed-race couple to hold their wedding in their facility, citing their Christian beliefs. The owners have apologized after meeting with a pastor and finding — despite what they said they believed their whole lives — that no passage in…
Delta and SkyWest Air Lines have issued an apology to the Isola family who say they were mistreated when they tried to make sure their son with autism could sit beside a family member during a recent flight. In a Facebook post now shared by over 6,000 people, Ayo Isola…
St. Louis, Missouri police sergeant Heather Taylor did not hesitate to answer “yes” when CBS News reporter Jeff Pegues asked her if she believed there were white supremacists on the police force. Taylor’s answer comes after a damning exposé by the Plain View Project, a database of thousands of racist,…
Famous television astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is under fire for a tweet he made about this past weekend’s mass shootings that many are condemning for being insensitive in the wake of these tragedies. On Aug. 4, he tweeted statistics of other major, preventable causes of death in the U.S., comparing…
On Wednesday, Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost testified in front of the House Appropriations subcommittee and claimed that she didn’t realize the racist Facebook group that she was in was so racist. She was involved in the group to evaluate “how I am representing my workforce,” she told lawmakers at a hearing about…
(Pictured is Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr.) Thirteen Philadelphia police officers are going to be fired in the wake of the Plain View Project’s (PVP) June release of over 5,000 offensive and violent Facebook posts from cops across the country. The online database was born out of a 2016 discovery…
Salty is a dating and relationships newsletter for women, transgender and non-binary people. The company wanted to put ads for the newsletter on Facebook and Instagram but were denied. Salty said that the two social platforms rejected at least four of its ads for promoting “escort services” even though none of the…
Racist, sexist and violent images have been posted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border agents in a Facebook group called “I’m 10-15” for years. The existence of the group, first reported by Politico, sparked national outrage for its extremity. “What is profoundly disturbing is that the Border Patrol…
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