After the El Paso, Tx. shooting that claimed the lives of 20 people and injured dozens of others in a Wal-Mart in the border city, some of those injured have been driving themselves home instead of going to the hospital out of fear of ICE agents. “This is a concern,”…
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Sheriff Deputy’s Son, Holden Matthews, Suspect in Burning Historically Black Churches
UPDATE 2:30 p.m. ET: Suspect may have been influenced by “black metal” music and “its associated history with church burnings,” the state fire marshal said Thursday at a press conference. Matthews has been charged with three counts of simple arson on a religious building. Each charge carries a maximum penalty…
White Supremacist's Apology Doesn't Deter Judge From Giving Him a Life Sentence
James Jackson, 30, a white supremacist, killed Timothy Caughman, 66, a Black man with a sword. Jackson was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. His apology: “I just wanted to apologize to everyone who has been negatively affected by this horrible and unnecessary tragedy. If I could do…
Bigoted Lawmaker Who Dropped Pants Resigns
Amid the fallout over his appearance on “Who is America” hosted by Sacha Baron Cohen, Georgia state lawmaker Jason Spencer has resigned effective July 31. The announcement came two days after the Republican from Georgia made several racial and homophobic remarks on the show. Spencer, who represents Georgia’s 180th district,…
CNN's Don Lemon Calls Out Trump for Silence on Waffle House Shooting
In the early hours of Sunday morning at a Waffle House near Nashville, a white, male domestic terrorist killed four people of color and was stopped by a Black man from killing many more. Apparently that’s the type of scenario President Donald Trump and his administration choose to ignore, and…
White Supremacist Charged with Murder as Terrorism for NYC Killing
James Harris Jackson, 28, left his home in Baltimore, Md., March 17 and took the bus to New York City with the intent to harm Black men. On March 20, he murdered a 66-year-old Black man, Timothy Caughman. Prosecutors charged Jackson with murder as an act of terrorism in court…
Donald Trump Jr.'s Twitter Attack on Sadiq Khan Shunned by Britons
During a time of despair in London, Donald Trump Jr. used his father’s favorite means of communication, Twitter, to attack the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, who is the first Muslim to govern the capital of a major Western country. In London on Wednesday fivepeople were killed and about 40 were…
Trump Again Urges Racial Profiling By Police
Still convinced that terrorists equate to Muslims, Trump once again called for racial profiling of immigrants “from that part of the world” after a series of attacks this weekend in New York, New Jersey and Minnesota. On television interviews and campaign rallies yesterday, Trump said police are afraid to racially…
GOP Refuses to Deny Guns to Suspected Terrorists, Hate Crime Convicts
One day after a twice-suspected terrorist killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday refused to allow any discussion calling for legislation barring suspected terrorists and individuals convicted of hate crimes from buying guns. Ryan’s refusal to even allow discussion on the House…
Orlando Massacre Motivated by Long-Simmering Hate
In the immediate aftermath of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, described by the president as “an act of terror and an act of hate,” there was finger-pointing and gloating, as well as disparaging remarks about religion, calls for more gun control and calls for more guns. But in…