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marmar

(76,986 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 08:47 PM Jun 2020

Dropping the dog whistle, grabbing the bullhorn


Amid protests over the killings of Black citizens that have lasted almost a month, President Trump retweeted videos of Black men attacking white victims in separate incidents — one of which occurred last year — while wondering why they did not spark protests like the nationwide demonstrations over the death of George Floyd.

Shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday, the president retweeted a Twitter thread about an October 2019 incident in which a 28-year-old Black man was seen on a video pushing a white woman on a subway platform in Brooklyn.

“So terrible!” Trump tweeted.

The woman was not hurt. The man, described by authorities as a known subway recidivist offender, was later arrested and charged with assault. ............(more)

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-retweets-videos-of-black-men-attacking-white-victims-asking-where-are-the-protesters-145515460.html




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