Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Black door-to-door salesman says cop aimed weapon at him before he could pitch his product Omar Segura says a California officer told him he wasn't welcome to sell security systems on his doorstep, but the gunplay was racially motivated A black man on the job as a door-to-door salesman testified Wednesday that a cop stuck a gun at his head when he went to his home to sell him a security system,  The San Gabriel Valley Tribune   reports. Omar Segura  said he was the victim of a racially motivated clash with Officer  Sam Priyamal De Sylva  at the cop’s Santa Clarita home when he aimed a gun “straight at my head,” upsetting the 37-year-old salesman. “It was a very surrealistic experience,” the Stevenson Ranch resident said. “I couldn’t comprehend how this could have occurred.” Segura filed a civil rights lawsuit and was testifying in the Los Angeles Superior Court at the trial against 45-year-old De Sylva. Segura said when he went to De Sylva’s home ...

One death, alleged racist abuse and a Boxing Day of shame in Serie A A fan was killed before the Inter v Napoli match while Kalidou Koulibaly faced alleged racist abuse from the stands during it I t should have been an occasion to celebrate. For the first time since 1971, a round of Serie A fixtures was being played on 26 December – St Stephen’s Day, to most Italians, though the sporting press seemed eager to embrace the English lexicon of “Boxing Day football”. More than a quarter of a million fans attended games up and down the country, and many were treated to entertaining fare. In Bergamo, Atalanta became only the second team this season to take points off Juventus. Despite falling behind in the second minute, they roared back to lead 2-1 and appeared to be in the driving seat with the champions reduced to 10 men. That was until Cristiano Ronaldo, left out of Juventus’ starting lineup for the first time this season, came off the bench to head home the equaliser from ...

Napoli coach says team would 'stop playing' over racist chants B o x i n g D a y m a t c h m a r r e d b y r a c i s t c h a n t s (CNN) - Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti says the next time a member of his team is racially abused he'd be happy for the Serie A side to stop playing. Ancelotti was speaking after his side was beaten 1-0 by Internazionale in Milan on Boxing Day in a league game that was marred by racist chanting towards Napoli's Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly and fan violence before the match in which a 35-year-old man reportedly died. On Thursday, Serie A announced Inter will play two league games at the San Siro behind closed doors and that the 27-year-old Koulibaly had been given a two-match ban. The Napoli coach pointed to Koulibaly's dismissal in the 80th minute as the game's turning point, suggesting the defender had been severely "shaken" by the abuse. "The red card determined the result. We w...

Michael B. Jordan Says Travis Scott Shouldn’t Perform At Super Bowl "Hopefully it's a rumor."  Michael B. Jordan wants Travis Scott to reconsider his reported invite to perform at the Super Bowl 53 halftime show with Maroon 5. For now, Scott is only rumored to be on the guest list, but a growing chorus of names are stepping forward to discourage the decision in wake of the NFL boycott. Among them,   Meek Mill ,   Al Sharpton  and Jay Z, the latter of whom reportedly tried   convince   the “Sicko Mode” rapper not to do the show. “Hopefully it’s a rumor,” Jordan told  TMZ   Saturday (July 22), when asked to for his thoughts on Scott.  The Creed  actor added, “We’re going to try to stick together on this,” in reference to a host of celebrities boycotting the biggest sports event of the year. Scott’s name was thrown in the mix following reports that Maroon 5 was having trouble landing a special guest.  In October, it ...

Family of the black wrestler who was forced to cut his dreadlocks speaks out Family of the black wrestler who was forced to cut his dreadlocks speaks out (CNN) — The parents of the 16-year-old black varsity wrestler who was forced to cut his dreadlocks before a match have spoken out for the first time since the incident. Charles and Rosa Johnson, speaking through their attorney, Dominic A. Speziali, said in a Monday statement that the conduct of the referee who forced their son, Andrew, to cut his hair "appears more egregious as additional information comes to light." They allege that the referee was late to the meet and didn't question their son's hair or the need for a head covering during the initial evaluation. The referee did not immediately respond to CNN's requests for comment Tuesday afternoon. The referee later told Andrew his hair and headgear were not in compliance with league regulations, Speziali said in the statement. Andrew told the r...

Inglewood, Calif. Decides to Destroy 20 Years Worth of Police Misconduct Records May 2008, Officer Brian Ragan  gunned down 19-year-old Michael Bayoun e at a Rally’s in Inglewood, Calif., Bayoune was unarmed and had not made any threats but Ragan mistook the teenager for a gang member and opened fire. An internal investigation cleared Ragan of any wrongdoing. A few days later in May 2008, Ragan knocked on the door of Kevin Wicks. Wicks answered the door at his home with a gun in his hand, so Ragan shot him dead. It turned out  Ragan had knocked on the wrong door  and the city of Inglewood was ordered to pay a settlement to Wicks’ family. An internal investigation cleared Ragan of any wrongdoing. Then there was the time Ragan beat up Eduardo Carranza during a 2006 arrest. Also, he was caught on tape brutally attacking Rene Melendez on camera. According to  court documents , these resulted in internal investigations but didn’t result in Ragan getting fir...