Noose found at African American history museum in D.C. | Reuters

“The noose has long represented a deplorable act of cowardice and depravity — a symbol of extreme violence for African Americans,” Director Lonnie Bunch said in an email to museum staff sent to Reuters by a museum spokeswoman.Bunch said museum officials do not know who was responsible and told staff the incident “is a stark reminder why the work you do is so important.”A U.S. Park Police spokeswoman confirmed the agency was investigating but declined to provide any further details.The incident comes less than a week after a noose was found hanging from a tree outside the nearby Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian.com, an affiliated news organization, said.

Source: Noose found at African American history museum in D.C. | Reuters

LeBron James Responds to Racial Vandalism: ‘Being Black in America is Tough’ – The New York Times

 

“Hate in America, especially for African-Americans, is living every day,” he said. James said that when he was first notified of the incident, he was reminded of the mother of Emmett Till, who insisted that her son, who was lynched in 1955, have an open coffin at his funeral, so people could not ignore the brutality of the killing.“No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in America is tough,” James said. “And we’ve got a long way to go for us as a society and for us as African-Americans until we feel equal.”

New Trump attack on Germany widens transatlantic rift – The Local

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel was even more blunt on Monday, slamming the US president’s “short-sighted” policies that have “weakened the West” and hurt European interests. “The short-sighted policies of the American government stand against the interests of the European Union,” he warned, judging that “the West has become smaller, at least it has become weaker.” Speaking just days after Trump promised to sell Saudi Arabia $110 billion worth of arms in order to deter Iran, Gabriel accused Washington of fuelling religious conflict. And he warned against “accelerating climate change by weakening environmental protection.”

Source: New Trump attack on Germany widens transatlantic rift – The Local

Isabel Allende and Margaret Atwood are Just Some of the Writers Supporting a New Movement to Tackle Exile and Racism – The Ladies Finger

Our world is in crisis. People have always been forced to move against their will: they’ve fled wars and natural disasters, persecution and violence. But never before has the forced movement of people occurred at such a rate. 1 in 113 people in the world today have been driven from their homes. Simultaneously, a rising climate of nationalistic xenophobia among host nations has made resettlement for those who’ve experienced forced displacement increasingly dangerous and uncertain.

Source: Isabel Allende and Margaret Atwood are Just Some of the Writers Supporting a New Movement to Tackle Exile and Racism – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger

Walker director expresses regret over sculpture that recalls Mankato hangings – StarTribune.com – but will not dismantle it or send it back – fail, shame, just plain stupid!

ATHimmelman MAY. 27, 177:32 PM

The Walker board and staff responsible for this outrage somehow did not learn/know the most fundamental principle of relationships with community members. Those making decisions directly affecting communities must share the power to decide what is being proposed with those from the affected communities. Nor the basic requirements for partnerships: mutual respect, mutual learning, and mutual accountability. This was understandable 50 years ago but is willful ignorance today.

Source: Walker director expresses regret over sculpture that recalls Mankato hangings – StarTribune.com

Tucker Carlson says it’s unfair to call the Portland attacker a white supremacist – Carlson tells us what Carlson really is or could be…

Once you dig a little, you find this guy wasn’t a right-winger, but an unstable maniac who hated almost everybody, and maybe inevitably was going to lash out at some point

Source: Tucker Carlson says it’s unfair to call the Portland attacker a white supremacist

Wheel of Hate? Ex-TV host Chuck Woolery accused of anti-Semitism after controversial tweet – U.S. News – Haaretz.com

 

Some, however, also challenged his ‘facts’, pointing out that neither Lenin nor Marx were practicing Jews. Marx’s parents converted to Christianity and he was raised Lutheran, and became an atheist later. Lenin was baptized Russian Orthodox – he had a Jewish grandfather who converted to Russian Orthodoxy. Others noted that the last prominent figure to grab headlines by making this point was Russian president Vladimir Putin in 2013.

Source: Wheel of Hate? Ex-TV host Chuck Woolery accused of anti-Semitism after controversial tweet – U.S. News – Haaretz.com

Man Faces Deportation After Failing to Pay Fare on Minneapolis Light Rail – The New York Times _ Thug alert!

The encounter, which took place in Minneapolis on May 14, was captured on a video that was posted to Facebook on May 19. In it, an officer approaches the man, identified in a police report as Ariel Vences-Lopez, 23, and requests his name and state identification.“Are you here illegally?” the officer asks.A bystander who appears to be the person filming the interaction asks whether he or other transit police officers are authorized to act as immigration authorities.The officer shrugs, and replies, “No, not necessarily.”According to the Metro Transit Police Department’s incident report, an officer identified as Andy Lamers also used a Taser on Mr. Vences-Lopez, an action not captured in the 35-second video, after he refused orders to sit.The report identified Mr. Lamers as the “primary” officer involved in the episode. In a telephone interview on Saturday, a department spokesman would not say whether Mr. Lamers was the officer who questioned Mr. Vences-Lopez on the video. A statement on Saturday from the transit police chief, John Harrington, also did not identify the officer.

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