Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Ohio Officer Fired After Racist Posts About Black Female Police Chief A white Ohio police officer has been fired after posting a racist Facebook message aimed at the interim Black female police chief of Hocking College. Last year, former officer Joshua Braglin of Nelsonville, Ohio posted a photo of the interim Police Chief Tiffany Tims with the caption, “Acting Chief Timms (sic)… Chicken and Waffles baby.” He was also reported to have said that he would “beat that n***** to death with a banana” before Tims would become the permanent police chief of the college. He was also accused of drinking alcohol on-duty.

Alabama Clears the Records of 29 Black Students Who Protested Segregation In February 1960, a group of 29 black students from Alabama State College sat down at a lunch counter in the snack room of the Montgomery County Courthouse. In the segregated South, this was an act of radical protest. And as punishment for their defiance, Alabama’s governor ordered that 20 of the students be placed on academic probation. The remaining nine, believed to be the leaders of the protest, were expelled. Some 58 years since that lunch counter sit-in, Alabama officials are correcting the record. As John Sharp reports for  AL.com , last month interim education superintendent Ed Richardson expunged the files of the students who had been disciplined for their role in the protest. In a  letter  dated May 10, Richardson also cleared the records of four faculty members who were “forced out of the College on an unsubstantiated charge of disloyalty” in 1960. Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sm

Target fires employee after black customer says she was racially profiled SHARE THIS — Target fired an employee at a Michigan store on Monday, two weeks after a black customer was falsely accused of stealing a bikini and then forced to remove her clothing to prove her innocence, according to her attorney. The development was the latest in a string of discriminatory practices that have dogged the retailer. Ashanae Davis, 20, was exiting the Southfield, Michigan, store on May 22 when a Target security guard confronted her and claimed that she was wearing a stolen bikini bottom underneath her clothes, Davis' attorney, Jasmine Rand, said Monday. A second guard then handcuffed her and dragged her through the store, yelling that she had stolen the bikini, Rand said. The officers took her to a room. Once inside, a female manager was called in, and Davis was instructed to lift up her shirt and pull down her pants in front of the manager and the two male o

Eagles' visit to White House canceled over national anthem dispute The  Philadelphia Eagles  will not be attending a ceremony at the White House to honor their February Super Bowl victory, according to a statement by President Donald Trump. The decision comes a day before the event was to occur. The statement says that the defending Super Bowl champions disagree "with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country." A large group of Eagles players had decided not to attend, including most -- if not all -- of the black players, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. In addressing players' decision to stay home, the president's statement said "the 1,000 fans planning to attend the event deserve better." Trump said that he will instead have a "different type of ceremony -- one that will honor our

Two people arrested after suspected racist attack in Bolton Two people have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a racially motivated attack that left a woman in a critical condition in hospital, police have said. The 39-year-old woman was heading towards a bus stop in Bolton with her two young daughters and her 15-year-old son on Sunday afternoon when she was attacked. Greater Manchester police said on Monday evening they had arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of racially aggravated grievous bodily harm and racially aggravated assault, and a 26-year-old woman on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault. Both were arrested in the Breightmet area of the town and remain in custody for questioning. Neither has been named. Police said they believe a male passerby made comments to the son that led to a verbal altercation in Padbury Way, Breightmet.