Not that we need anymore, but here’s our daily dose of racist news that we totally wish would go away. Try not to break your computer while reading.
Mistaken Identity:
A black man confronting a racist heckler who spit on him was reportedly pepper-sprayed by a mall cop responding to the scene.
From HuffPost:
Raymond Wilford was walking by the Starbucks at Westlake Center near a pro-Palestine rally when he passed a man who had been “heckling demonstrators, flipping a middle finger at them, and also had removed his shirt,” the Seattle Times reported. When Wilford passed the unnamed individual, he said he felt spray come from the man’s mouth and turned toward him.
Wilford and the man “squared off” with their fists raised when the mall cop contracted by Valor Security Services appeared. The mall cop spray Wilford with mace; the heckler did not appear to get hit.
The guard said Wilford “took an aggressive step towards him,” according to the Seattle Times. However, Wilford said he only approached the guard to give his side of the story over the volume of the crowd. Wilford was handcuffed and detained before being released 25 minutes later.
Yes. That happened:
Westlake security pepper spray & arrest innocent bystander after he’s harassed by pro Israel supporter during protest pic.twitter.com/SCf6KRpQ5V
— Alex Garland (@AGarlandPhoto) August 9, 2014
Read more here.
Then There Was This:
We don’t even know what to say about this racist rant, but according to Jezebel, this is what went down:
This video shows a woman physically and verbally attacking a man following a traffic incident on a highway. For some reason, almost being in a traffic accident, caused this woman to go off on a crude racist rant to the guy who was coming over to see if she was OK. She threatens to shoot him as soon as he walks up to the car. Then it just gets worse from there.
She demands to have his phone (which he is using to film her) and then threatens to kill him and his kids and his “goddamn mother.” He tries to get her to calm down but she calls him a “fucking Muslim.” UGH.
“Learn to goddamn drive, you fucking Muslim,” she screams at him when he tries to apologize (it appears they were or almost were in a traffic accident).
Brace yourself for the hatred you will hear if you click play. Read more here.
And In Racist Ferguson Police News:
Back in 2009, Ferguson, Mo., police charged a man with destruction of property for bleeding on their uniforms after four of them allegedly beat him. According to the Daily Beast:
“On and/or about the 20th day of Sept. 20, 2009 at or near 222 S. Florissant within the corporate limits of Ferguson, Missouri, the above named defendant did then and there unlawfully commit the offense of ‘property damage’ to wit did transfer blood to the uniform,” reads the charge sheet.
Read the story here and try not to scream.
PHOTO CREDIT: Getty | VIDEO SOURCE: YouTube
