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Amy-Strange's JournalKyle Weatherman debuts Blue Lives Matter-themed car design at Homestead-Miami
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Kyle Weatherman debuts Blue Lives Matter-themed car design at Homestead-Miami
Kyle Weatherman debuted a new paint scheme for his car on Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, one that was sure to have rubbed some fans the wrong way.
The Xfinity Series driver raced with a new “ThinBlueLine” design, complete with a “Blue Lives Matter” flag across the hood. That flag, and movement, has emerged in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement in recent years as a way to support police officers.
Mike Harmon Racing, his team, said the design is to support law enforcement officers and first responders. The design, however, doesn’t reference firefighters, EMTs or other first responders on it anywhere.
The move came just days after Bubba Wallace, the sports’ only black driver, ran a Black Lives matter paint scheme. NASCAR banned the use of Confederate flags at races this week, too, in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody and the massive protests that have followed ever since.
The “#BackTheBlue” car doesn’t explicitly say Blue Lives Matter on it, nor did his team say it was a direct response to Wallace’s car, but that connection is an easy one to make.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/kyle-weatherman-debuts-blue-lives-matter-themed-car-design-at-homestead-miami/ar-BB15rH7s?ocid=msedgntp
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The myth Donald Trump is modeling (opinion)
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The myth Donald Trump is modeling (opinion)
King Canute got a bad rap. The Viking chief who ruled England, Denmark and Norway in the 11th Century became infamous for a stunt that historians believe was misunderstood, if it even happened: sitting grandly in a throne at the seashore and ordering the ocean to stop the incoming waves. But the myth of the leader who tried to hold back the tide seemed to apply this week to the President of the United States.
George Floyd died on Memorial Day, his neck under the knee of a police officer. In the three weeks since, protests against police abuses have sparked a swift and searching national conversation about racism.
Cities and states have moved to ban chokeholds and create new safeguards against police misconduct. Companies large and small have committed to changes in the way they work, and in some cases, have replaced executives. Military leaders have spoken out forcefully against racism and shows of force against peaceful protesters. Networks canceled shows built around police as heroes. A Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia, was toppled. And NASCAR banned the Confederate flag.
"Dare we believe," asked Marcus Mabry, that this is the moment when America finally changes? "The trauma of 400 years of soul-destroying racism is not easily forgotten -- some researchers believe it is imprinted in our very DNA. And we're all too cognizant of the dashed promises of the past, from liberation to Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement. But change does come. History teaches us that. It came to South Africa. It came to the American South. Is this our moment?"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-myth-donald-trump-is-modeling-opinion/ar-BB15sABR?ocid=msedgntp
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I'm A Black Woman With A White Man. These Have Been The Hardest Weeks Of Our Relationship.
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I'm A Black Woman With A White Man. These Have Been The Hardest Weeks Of Our Relationship.
Going into any relationship as a biracial woman, I know one thing: Any serious relationship will involve discussion of the issues of racism.
That became even more crucial when I became serious with a white man. There were days I had lived as a Black woman that he would never live through or could imagine living through.
Since the beginning of our relationship, there have been times when the undertones of racism have escaped him. Like that one restaurant where other couples without reservations got seated before us. Or when our former real estate agent told us to stay away from the neighborhoods we were interested in because they weren’t filled with the “safest people.”
Neither of those situations sounded any alarms for him. But as a person of color who grew up in neighborhoods such as the ones that agent deemed unsafe or who gets “Pretty Woman” syndrome in half of the restaurants she steps into, the alarms were deafening for me.
Still, the door of understanding was never hard to crack open when a learning opportunity presented itself. No, it wasn’t my responsibility to educate him on the Black experience. But he was a man who loved every person he met, who believed “everyone should be equal,” and yet couldn’t understand how some people in this world didn’t need a logical reason to be cruel. So I chose to enlighten him with stories, articles, speeches and podcasts.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/voices/i-m-a-black-woman-with-a-white-man-these-have-been-the-hardest-weeks-of-our-relationship/ar-BB15o8Sj?ocid=msedgntp
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How fines and fees perpetuate injustice
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How fines and fees perpetuate injustice
In 1955, Mamie Till Mobley made the courageous and heartbreaking decision to hold an open-casket funeral for her son, Emmett Till. By showing what white men in Mississippi did to her 14-year-old son, she also revealed the United States' truth to itself. Those who had been able to hide their faces and look away with ease could do so no longer.
George Floyd is our Emmett Till. After seeing what happened to him, hearing his last cries for help, and realizing the blatant disregard for human life shown by each of the officers on the scene, none of us can close our eyes or look away any longer.
These past few months have been a long-overdue reckoning for white America. Though the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery were the tipping point, COVID-19 amplified the everyday injustices that have been plaguing black and brown communities for decades: inadequate access to health care, education, and jobs, combined with scandalously high rates of police contact for innocuous activities and costly entanglement in the criminal justice system.
Increasingly over the past decade, one of the many ways that systemic racism has devastated communities of color is through fines and fees imposed in our justice system. Following the 2008 recession, virtually every U.S. state and locality increased the number and amount of fines and fees imposed on people for everything from minor traffic and municipal code violations, to misdemeanors and felonies - and often used draconian tactics to collect them.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-fines-and-fees-perpetuate-injustice/ar-BB15t9IH?ocid=msedgntp
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Statue of Robert E. Lee gets a makeover with Pride Flag and 'BLM' sign
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Statue of Robert E. Lee gets a makeover with Pride Flag and 'BLM' sign
Activists in Richmond, Virginia, projected the image of a pride flag and 'BLM' on a Confederate statue there Friday night in support of black LGBTQ+ rights.
The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been the site of many protests since the death of George Floyd and is the same one currently in legal limbo after the governor's order to remove it was met with a lawsuit.
After multiple protests, the statue has been covered in multicolor spray paint with phrases like "Black Lives Matter" and "Stop White Supremacy."
Earlier this month, Gov. Ralph Northam announced he would remove the statue honoring the Confederate general, calling it "wrong" during a news conference.
His effort has currently been stalled by a county circuit judge.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/statue-of-robert-e-lee-gets-a-makeover-with-pride-flag-and-blm-sign/ar-BB15rN6A?ocid=msedgntp
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Black police officers straddle both sides during protests
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Black police officers straddle both sides during protests
For the past few weeks, Sgt. Carla Havard of the Denver Police Department has been on the front lines of protests and demonstrations. But her experience differs from the white officers she works with.
"When I take off this uniform, I am Sandra Bland. When I take off this uniform, I am Breonna Taylor," said Havard, who spoke with ABC News' Lionel Moise on ABC News' "Perspective" podcast.
Badge aside, as a black woman, she stands in solidarity with the demonstrators.
"The same issues that they're fighting [for], we're along those same lines: the devaluing of black lives, the abuse of power, systemic racism. We're still having to march. We're still having to encourage someone to open up their eyes to see the black perspective or things from the black lens. When I'm out there, I'm like, 'Wow, we're still having to do this in 2020,' and that's a shame and that's disappointing," said Havard.
[SNIP]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-police-officers-straddle-both-sides-during-protests/ar-BB15rp1n?ocid=msedgntp
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Instead of abolishing the police, why don't we just...
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take their guns away?
Isn't that what they did in England?
I might be wrong, but I think it's worth discussing.
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Anyone here NOT a baby boomer?
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I'm a baby boomer, and I was just wondering what you all thought of the "Ok, Boomer" meme.
You know, the one where all the world's problems are blamed on us.
Personally, I kind of agree with all of that, but remember one thing.
The generations after you will do the same thing to you.
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Fox News once again proves they hire stupid people to report the news...
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(COMMENT: What an idiot, and now I gotta go take a shower.)
Reporter Julio Rosas says media 'trying to dismiss' ugly side Seattle's 'Autonomous Zone,' but he’s seen it himself
Townhall senior reporter Julio Rosas, who is on the ground in Seattle covering the city's police-free “Autonomous Zone,” thinks the mainstream media is downplaying the story, and that coverage would be more hostile if President Trump supporters had taken over parts of a city.
Liberal news outlets have largely downplayed the six-block downtown area, dubbed the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ), because of its location in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood. CNN has dismissed the chaos, while The New York Times celebrated it as “a homeland for racial justice.”
President Trump told Fox News' Harris Faulkner in an exclusive interview Thursday that his administration is "not going to let Seattle be occupied by anarchists." But as of Friday morning, the “Autonomous Zone” remained in full effect, and Rosas is there to document every turn. He has reported “tensions within the loose coalition of people occupying the area” and appeared on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” Thursday night to note the latest developments.
Townhall senior reporter Julio Rosas said CNN’s claims about the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” are “simply not true.”
In an email interview with Fox News' Media Angle, Rosas explained what CNN has gotten wrong, the most unbelievable thing he’s seen on the ground, and how he prepares to cover potentially violent events.
MEDIA ANGLE: What’s the biggest misperception from the media when it comes to covering Seattle’s “autonomous zone"?
Rosas: I think the biggest misperception in the media is that only good things are happening in and around the autonomous zone. As I have been documenting the past few days, things are not all sunshine, rainbows and unicorns. There has been fighting, there was an armed "warlord" and there have been threats of violence. Yes, things have been mostly peaceful, but that's not all that's happening here.
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https://www.foxnews.com/media/julio-rosas-media-seattle-autonomous-zone-chaz
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Police officers stigmatize seeking help for mental-health issues. It could be damaging for the commu
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Police officers stigmatize seeking help for mental-health issues. It could be damaging for the communities they're supposed to serve and protect.
Police officers across the US face stigmatization when it comes to mental health, and refusing to seek treatment could affect communities they're expected to protect, experts told Insider.
The police profession is constructed around the notion of helping others, and for many officers that means showing no signs of weakness, even when it comes to daily stresses and mental health.
Consequences of not seeking mental-health treatment put officers at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, mania, and panic attacks, experts say.
When Seth Stoughton became a police officer, he noticed that part of taking the oath to protect and serve meant that men and women in blue were "supposed to handle their s---."
Feeling the impact of things they'd seen or experienced in the line of duty was considered a weakness, and could even put their jobs in jeopardy, Stoughton, now a policing expert and associate professor at the University of South Carolina Law School, told Insider.
While he would often talk to other officers about the stress in their personal lives, talking about the stress of their work was taboo.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/mentalhealth/police-officers-stigmatize-seeking-help-for-mental-health-issues-it-could-be-damaging-for-the-communities-they-re-supposed-to-serve-and-protect/ar-BB15juFg?ocid=msedgntp
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