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Bull Connor Lives
After the questionable police shooting of a 73-year-old black man in his town, Homer, Louisiana Police Chief Russell Mills gave this remarkable quote to the L.A. Times:
"If I see three or four young black men walking down the street, I have to stop them and check their names," said Mills, who is white. "I want them to be afraid every time they see the police that they might get arrested."
That quote alone ought to be grounds for a civil rights complaint, and more than enough for Mills to lose his job.
Billy!|3.17.09 @ 1:23PM|#
If you don't stop and question people how you gonna find out who downloaded Chinese Democracy illegally?
Mad Max|3.17.09 @ 1:23PM|#
Mills, you dumbass, you're supposed to *think* that, not say it aloud. You obviously aren't from Long Island - their cops know how to handle those undesirable elements.
max hats|3.17.09 @ 1:24PM|#
Fuck. The whole latimes article is infuriating. Due to the obvious racism and the federal inquiry, I'm optimistic at least some of the perpetrators are going to jail.
O\'jism |3.17.09 @ 1:26PM|#
So what? It's a dog bites man story. Law enforcement hate young
black males. BFD.
Here's a man bites dog story that reason should cover (I mean how
many times has reason posted about that ME in Mississippi who
doctors evidence?
A Leadership of Cowards?
Why is Eric Holder embarrassed about enforcing civil rights in
Noxubee County?
By Hans A. von Spakovsky
Attorney General Eric Holder calls the U.S. "a nation of cowards"
because we "do not talk enough about race." I find this ironic,
since the Justice Department seems embarrassed about a recent
judgment in its favor by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit. U.S. v. Ike Brown is a major Voting Rights Act case
involving intentional race-based discrimination by local officials
in Noxubee County, Miss.
When the Fifth Circuit issued its decision on February 27, there
was complete silence from Justice. The department typically issues
a press release after any significant litigation victory, and the
Civil Rights Division trumpets every success. But not here. The
silence from the nation's leading news outlets was also deafening:
Not a word was published about the case by the New York Times, the
Washington Post, or any other major publication. Why? Because the
offensive conduct at issue did not conveniently track with the
Left's view of race discrimination.
The Noxubee County case presents a deeply disturbing account of
some of the most egregious racial discrimination the Justice
Department has encountered in decades. In Noxubee, 80 percent of
Democrats are black; 20 percent are white. (There are some
Republicans as well, but the number is negligible.) The chairman of
the Democratic party, Ike Brown, is black, and he, along with the
Noxubee County Democratic Executive Committee, set about to
effectively disenfranchise white voters.
The court decision shows that Brown had his own local version of
Tammany Hall, and local election officials followed his orders.
This included publishing in the local newspaper a list of 174 white
Democratic voters whose eligibility he intended to challenge if
they tried to vote in an upcoming election. According to the court,
Brown compiled the list based on the individuals' perceived lack of
support for black candidates. One voter testified that she was so
intimidated she didn't vote. Another testified that she was so
scared she felt she couldn't approach the polls alone.
The court also found that Brown took measures to ensure that
absentee ballots from black voters were automatically counted even
if they didn't comply with Mississippi law, while absentee ballots
from white voters with the same deficiencies were challenged and
not counted. He even reviewed many absentee ballots the night
before an election, placing notes on them saying which should be
counted and which should be rejected.
One victim, whose absentee ballot was basically stolen by the
defendants and whose signature on the application and ballot
envelope were obviously forged, was brought in a second time to
testify after she was confronted by a member of the local
Democratic party following her initial testimony. The witness was
told that "we black people need to stick together" and was urged to
testify that she "probably didn't understand what [she was] being
asked" during the first go-around.
The court also found that Brown recruited black individuals to run
for office against white incumbents despite knowing that they
didn't meet residency requirements; refused to appoint whites as
poll workers; and sent out Democratic party members to give
unrequested "assistance" to black voters, marking their ballots for
them and telling them how to vote. All of this was intended to
dilute the voting strength of white voters and to achieve his goal,
which he openly expressed - "that all of the county's elected
officials should be black."
more at:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWIwMzU0MGMyYjBkNmIyMWM4NTI3M2Y4ZGUwNzE5OGY=
|3.17.09 @ 1:30PM|#
Hey, if only every cop would be this honest about how they do their job, we should be so lucky. Maybe more people would start to realize how corrupt, racist, and abusive the police are.
|3.17.09 @ 1:39PM|#
The honesty is actually refreshing, in a grim sort of way. I
think we all know the cops want us to fear them, but they generally
aren't so upfront about it.
I'll be here, holding my breath, waiting for Holder to sic a team
of Justice Department Attorneys on this guy.
|3.17.09 @ 1:44PM|#
I don't think anything will happen to this scumbag. Police defenders will scream Political Correctness, racial bias and whatever else they have in their bag to defend the cop.
Kyle Jordan|3.17.09 @ 1:45PM|#
"Hey, if only every cop would be this honest about how they do
their job, we should be so lucky. Maybe more people would start to
realize how corrupt, racist, and abusive the police are."
I doubt that. I've shown several of Radley's more unsettling
articles and stories to many people and I'd say that at least HALF
of them just blankly have this "THEY'RE THE POLICE! THEY HAVE TO BE
RIGHT!!!" brainwashing firmly entrenched in to their feeble minds.
And many of the others still either try to rationalize or somewhat
condone the actions.
I don't think I can put in to words how awful these reactions can
make one feel.
|3.17.09 @ 1:47PM|#
I vote that "Reason should be covering this" be nominated for addition to the drinking game. With a LoneWacko exception to avoid killing our livers.
TofuSushi w/O\'ganicWasabi|3.17.09 @ 1:48PM|#
When the Revolution is complete we will all be treated equally.
O\'jism |3.17.09 @ 1:58PM|#
"I vote that "Reason should be covering this" be nominated for
addition to the drinking game. With a LoneWacko exception to avoid
killing our livers."
Right, because a cop that hates blacks is way bigger than some guy
just rigging elections for an entire county.
My bad.
TofuSushi w/O\'ganicWasabi|3.17.09 @ 2:00PM|#
Right, because a cop that hates blacks is way bigger than
some guy just rigging elections for an entire county.
Yea, they let Bush/Cheney off on that one bigtime.
Warty|3.17.09 @ 2:01PM|#
Mills, you dumbass, you're supposed to *think* that, not say
it aloud.
Oh, wait, say the loud part quiet and the quiet part loud.
|3.17.09 @ 2:04PM|#
Radley, with your time in Mississippi surely this attitude doesn't surprise you. Law enforcement exists down here to make sure nobody gets uppity.
Kyle Jordan|3.17.09 @ 2:17PM|#
I think Russell Mills should kill himself!
Choke to death on his own vomit after he catches his
mother/wife/daughter/father/son (whichever fits best) being willing
gangbanged by several black men.
Reinmoose|3.17.09 @ 2:21PM|#
"I vote that "Reason should be covering this" be nominated
for addition to the drinking game. With a LoneWacko exception to
avoid killing our livers."
I second the nomination!
Where are the trolls to tell us that we're all racists anyway
because we don't support welfare programs?
|3.17.09 @ 2:24PM|#
I think Kyle just watched an installment of Interracial Hole
Stretchers.
"It's like that movie, Interracial Hole Stretchers II. She
was white, and they were black. But it didn't matter in the end,
did it? 'Cause they were in love."
Brian Sorgatz|3.17.09 @ 2:26PM|#
If only it were possible, Mills should be forced to turn black, like Keenan Wynn in Finian's Rainbow-not to be confused with Finnegans Wake. Then again, forcing him to read that Joyce book all the way through would serve as a strong enough punishment, too.
robc|3.17.09 @ 2:30PM|#
Thirded.
I dont even need the LoneWacko exception. INCIF saves me there
(ditto Lefiti). Now if I could get a filter that would filter out
the responses to the trolls.
|3.17.09 @ 2:52PM|#
Wait. A Louisiana police chief said that in 2009? Damn.
I vote that "Reason should be covering this" be nominated for
addition to the drinking game. With a LoneWacko exception to avoid
killing our livers.
You mean that wasn't LoneWako? Huh, I just assumed it was.
J sub D (I\'m Irish so I don\'|3.17.09 @ 2:55PM|#
I vote that "Reason should be covering this" be nominated
for addition to the drinking game. With a LoneWacko exception to
avoid killing our livers.
Go
here Sugar O'Free.
Naga Sadow|3.17.09 @ 3:03PM|#
Warren,
I've heard that but I'm not sure whether to believe it.
TofuSushi=Lonewacko? I don't know.
O\'Taktix®|3.17.09 @ 3:10PM|#
You mean that wasn't LoneWako? Huh, I just assumed it
was.
Shut the fuck up, Lo...
Oh, Nevermind...
|3.17.09 @ 3:21PM|#
I don't think TofuSushi is anyone other than TofuSishi. LoneWacko wouldn't be that sarcastically dry. I find TS rather amusing, because it sounds like what socialists say to me all the time, but with less tonal indignation.
O\'Taktix®|3.17.09 @ 3:25PM|#
I vote for the new line being added to the drinking game
rules.
I also propose to add an amendment to the proposal declaring one
Jonathan "O'Taktix®" Kyle a demigod and supreme minister of H&R
marijuana reserves.
stuartl|3.17.09 @ 3:38PM|#
A note to trollers looking for people to read their
really important issues of the day.
1) Give enough information so we can decide whether to click
through or not. "Go here because I think it is important" or
"Reason writers, you should really be following this story" is not
enough to get people who engage in safe surfing to follow a link.
Lone Orange, I'm talking to you.
2) Don't insert a full page length article. It won't get read. Give
a synopsis and a link. We can decide if it is worth following.
O'jism I'm ....
This public service message on better trolling brought to you by
stuartl.
|3.17.09 @ 3:40PM|#
Good deal, J sub D,
My line for the day was "I'm as Irish as getting punched at a
wedding."
My poor mangled last name once had an "O'."
For my two cents:
# Anyone feeds the Lonewacko.
We'd all die.
# Anyone references the Orange Line Mafia with sincerity.
Got my vote.
# Anyone mentions Justin Raimondo, even as a punchline. ("Steeeeve
PERRY!!")
Maybe this could be expanded to any time the holocaust deniers
should up?
# joe goes off on someone.
Irrelevant.
# "generic angry tools": Proposed by GILMORE on June 2, 2008, at
7:45pm [1]. Seconded by Someone Who Doesn't Want to Lose His Job.
Come on guys; help me out, I'm thirsty.
Too generic.
# Any serious reference to Zimbabwe/Weimar republic levels of
inflation in the US
Good rule, until it actually starts happening. ;-)
|3.17.09 @ 3:49PM|#
Good rule, until it actually starts happening.
;-)
Drink! Oh wait, you're a mick and it's St. Patrick's Day.
Drink more!
|3.17.09 @ 3:55PM|#
I'm with Kyle on this one. I'm standing their fuming telling the story of one of Radley's posts and people just act as if the druggies got what they deserved, except when it's them they would be outraged. But hey, some kid in VA? They don't know him. Nothing to see here.
|3.17.09 @ 3:55PM|#
I'm a whiskey-soaked potato as is. Had Bushmill's at lunch and am half-an-hour away from a drink-up cook-out at the house. Woo!
|3.17.09 @ 4:02PM|#
Had Bushmill's at lunch
I'm going to make sure whatever new job I get lets me drink at
lunch. You can't be allowed to be the only lunch drinking jerk.
Pink Cosmotarian|3.17.09 @ 4:10PM|#
Right, because a cop that hates blacks is way bigger than
some guy just rigging elections for an entire county.
Of course! Why, racism is almost as big as gay marriage!
|3.17.09 @ 4:13PM|#
Had Bushmill's at lunch
Real Irishmen had it for breakfast.
Although for moderately priced Irish, I prefer Tullamore Dew. The
fifth in a ceramic jug makes a fine gift for that special drunkard
on your Xmas list.
robc|3.17.09 @ 4:16PM|#
ugh, who made the h&r page unreadable? PLEASE FIX!!!
Also, is it wrong to wear Orange to a St Patty's Day party?
|3.17.09 @ 4:18PM|#
I prefer bourbon, though Powers is a nice around the house whiskey for guests. And is a good Boilermaker whiskey as well.
|3.17.09 @ 4:33PM|#
"If I see three or four young black men walking down the
street, I have to stop them and check their names,"
I suspect a significant percentage of the people who read that
(>50%) read it [have to] as "am legally obligated"
instead of "am compelled by my ignorant redneck-ism and visceral
need to fuck with the civilians".
|3.17.09 @ 4:35PM|#
Also, is it wrong to wear Orange to a St Patty's Day
party?
Not if you're wearing an orange kilt.
|3.17.09 @ 4:55PM|#
SO'F,
I prefer bourbon
I just finished a class with the master distiller for Four Roses,
and I have to recommend their Yellow Label if you haven't tried it.
Very similar to Basil Hayden (also ~70 proof) and $17 a bottle.
SpongePaul|3.17.09 @ 5:35PM|#
"If I see three or four young black men walking down the street,
I have to stop them and check their names,"
____________________________________________
Hmm i wonder if when they say i dont have to talk to you goodbye,as
they have the right to do. are they tasered or shot, or just beaten
with the pr24. With this sheriff i am guessing the pr-24
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