We provide military aid, sales, or training (sometimes all three) to three quarters of the World’s authoritarian regimes. Our wars and those of our allies have killed around 2 million people since 2001, (some estimates are significantly higher, incorrectly in my view). You should see opinion polls in the Middle East…

My family’s from Sri Lanka and I’ve met and worked with people from there as well as Africa who’ve gone to various then Soviet republics (including Ukraine) and/or Eastern Europe to study medicine and engineering and the like.

I’m not super surprised that they have statues and such now that the USSR is gone. I assume they've them as freedom fighters against Soviet imperialism.  A pitty they committed so many War Crimes working for the Germans (I assume they joined the SS, which had a surprising number of volunteers from Allied colonies who…

I don’t think the implication was that the Ukrainians were worse than the Russians. Frankly, this isn’t the only racist shit being let out of the bag by white people forgetting that they need to filter that shit in front of a camera. The amount of blatant racism in the new news defies the usual gaslighting, although I…

“..this is war, it brings out the worst in people. “

There’s always time for racism. ®

Thats the African reality throughout Europe! That’s the Black reality every where! Sadly, the African countries don’t have the power or influence to help mitigate the kind of shit these students are facing in Ukraine. And until Africa gets it shit together, black folks both in the diaspora and on the continent will…

Ukraine and Slavic nations in general are not great places for black people. Ukraine is indeed in legitimate trouble/need right now, but they are also still extremely racist.

There’s always time for racism.

By “old school” I take it you mean “1965 Immigration Act- forward.”

So how did we land on 2 years? What’s missing here?

Oscar Grant redux.

Yes, I do remember the Minneapolis cop Mohammed. I have referenced that case multiple times since. The white victim of dual Australian/American citizenship actually had brought that on herself by emerging out from the darkness in an alley-at night now-to bang on the squad car drivers’ side window which led to ofc…

Remember they sentenced the Ethiopian black cop who killed the Australian blonde woman in Minneapolis to 12 1/2 years. He made a “mistake” also but her life is more valuable. They finally went to something more normal of 57 months which is STILL damn near 5 years.

Same city, same death, different color victim,…

Two years is basically time served. And the prosecutors and the judge are out there saying that this will help “heal” the community

It is absolutely pointless to worry about what a bunch of nutcases will turn into a martyr. It’s going to happen anyway. Stop letting them win battles before you even fight them.

true, but they also made her a martyr, and you don’t want to give radical cultists any martyrs if you can help it

This guy is a hero, but mother fucker, please.

These are the same people who raise like a million dollars through GoFundMe for killer cops.

“He’s said he’s out with his daughter, and he’s had random people run up and throw drinks in his face, and stuff like that. “