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WHY WE NEED A BLACK HATE CRIME BILL: WHITE SUPREMACIST RYAN CHRISTOPHER PALMETER TARGETS AND ASSASSINATES THREE BLACK PEOPLE

Ryan Christopher Palmeter

By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare

The white supremacist domestic terrorist who targeted and assassinated three black people at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida,  this past Saturday was a 21-year-old man named, Ryan Christopher Palmeter.

Palmeter,  who was wearing a tactical vest, was armed with an AR-15 rifle and a handgun. According to Reuters: the suspect was caught on video shooting Angela Michelle Carr, a 52-year-old woman, in her car outside the Dollar General (DG.N) , a U.S. discount chain.

He then entered the store where he shot and killed 19-year-old Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr and Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion, 29. He would later use his handgun to kill himself.

According to Sheriff T.K. Waters ,
says that the shooter left several manifestos behind for the media,  where he detailed his hatred for black people. Palmeter,  who lived with his parents in a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida,  also left behind a will and a suicide note.

In a statement,  the FBI said they will be investigating the targeted killings as a hate crime:

“The FBI Jacksonville Field Office is coordinating with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida on the tragic shooting in Jacksonville, Florida. The FBI has opened a federal civil rights investigation and we will pursue this incident as a hate crime. The FBI will bring every resource to bear in this investigation. As this is an ongoing matter, we are not able to provide additional information at this time”.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sheriff-identifies-shooter-jacksonville-florida-who-killed-3-people-2023-08-27/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sheriff-identifies-shooter-jacksonville-florida-who-killed-3-people-2023-08-27/

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13-YEAR-OLD BOY CREATES FACE-MASKS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS

13-YEAR-OLD BOY CREATES FACE-MASKS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS

Black Child Inventor

By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare

Charles Randolph, a 13-year-old boy decided to use his time-off from school to something extremely productive, that he believes could possibly save the lives of many people in his community.

When the youth was at his Falls Church, Virginia, home, he came-up with the idea to use his parents’ 3D printer to make face-masks. According to the Atlanta Black Star, Randolph Said: he figured the DIY masks could provide protection to his ailing uncle and others as the highly transmissible virus continues to spread.

β€œI saw in the news that high-risk patients, people with existing diseases like heart problems and asthma β€” I thought this would help him.”

He said of his relative, who’s in Atlanta awaiting a heart transplant.

When he is not in school or inventing something for the public good, Randolph says:

β€œMy mom has me on a super strict schedule,” he told local station WJLA. β€œIt’s not the best thing in the world, but two hours of homework every day, don’t enjoy that often, but you know.”

Even though the masks are not perfect, in fact the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says the only masks it reccomends to use to prevent Coronavirus is the N95 masks. The young inventor still believes his masks can help many people stay healthy in the global pandemic.

It may not be 100 percent of a filtration system, but it works.”

The teen said.

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Rampant Racism Throughout SFPD

Rampant Racism Throughout SFPD

SFPD Badge

San Francisco Employee Calls out Department’s Racism

By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare

A San Francisco city employee, who was teaching anti-bias classes for two-years, recently came forward with frustration with the rampant anti-black racism that is widespread in the department.The now ex-Department of Human Resources manager said to his superiors in a farewell email:

The degree of anti-black sentiment throughout SFPD is extreme.

Dante King wrote in the email to DHR Director Micki Callahan, (San Francisco) Examiner obtained the email through a public records request past week.

King later said:

While there are some SFPD who possess somewhat of a balanced view of racism and anti-blackness, there are an equal number (if not more)-who possess and exude deeply anti-black sentiment.

The U.S. Department of Justice reviewed the SFPD in October of 2016, and discovered the department had:

numerous indicators of implicit and institutionalized bias against minority groups.

As of this writing the SFPD has only completed 16% of the 272 recommendations for reform that were issued by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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WHITE WEALTHY DEMOCRATIC DONOR WHO PREYED ON VULNERABLE GAY BLACK MEN FINALLY ARRESTED

By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare

Wealthy and influential Democratic donor, Ed Buck was finally arrested for his sick and predatory behavior on homeless and other vulnerable gay Black men in the Los Angeles area.

On Tuesday, Buck was charged with operating a drug house, administering methamphetamine, and battery after another man suffered an overdose at Buck’s L.A home last week.

The 37-year-old man somehow managed to survive the overdose, after Buck injected him with an almost-lethal amount of methamphetamine.

This is the 3rd overdose at Buck’s L.A home since 2017, two Black men who also suffered overdoses, died at Buck’s home in the past.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/democratic-donor-ed-buck-accused-drug-fetish-homeless-addiction-men.amp