Damn shame. A racist California man got into a verbal altercation with two African American men in a McDonald’s parking lot…which quickly spiraled into a physical altercation that ended with him chasing them each down with his pickup truck, killing one, while screaming expletives and racial slurs . And let him tell it, it’s all the president’s fault . Via RawStory : A California man claims he was defending himself last year when he ran over black man, killing him, following an altercation outside McDonalds. Joseph Paul Leonard Jr. burned rubber for 23 feet before crashing into 34-year-old Toussaint Harrison during the June 6, 2013, incident, reported the Sacramento Bee. Leonard, now 62, got out of his pickup and kicked Harrison several times in the head with his steel-toed work boots, authorities said. “Just because we got Obama for a president, these people think they are real special,” Leonard said after his arrest. He had been arguing with two men about 6 a.m. outside a Sacramento-area fast food restaurant, where prosecutors said Harrison and Justin Oliphant had been handing out food to homeless people. Defense attorneys claim the men had stolen the food from a nearby hotel. One of Leonard’s friends said the pair approached her outside McDonalds, and she said he “went crazy and lost his temper” when he came outside. Leonard grabbed a chain from his pickup and confronted the men, the friend said, and surveillance video shows him swinging it around like a lasso over his head. Oliphant said Leonard used racial slurs during the confrontation and stomped on Harrison’s bicycle. One of the men threw a knife and broken bottle at Leonard, investigators said, who suffered a cut on his cheek. The men fled on foot, and Leonard tried to run over Oliphant and rammed into Harrison outside a nearby auto repair shop. An employee grabbed a metal bar from the shop and told Leonard to sit down and wait for police to arrive, and he did. Leonard was quickly taken into custody, and he tried to justify his actions to sheriff’s deputies. “This could have happened to your son if you had one out there,” Leonard said. “This got too out of hand for me, man.” He claimed he feared for his life after one of the men cut him, although Leonard concedes he “became the aggressor.” “I think people are getting tired of being abused by the situation, the way people are being,” he said. “I myself am tired of it. I am victimized every time I turn around.” Leonard intends to testify during the trial, which resumes Nov. 17. His attorney said Leonard plans to explain to jurors that he has previously been seriously injured but no one was prosecuted. But prosecutors say Leonard has previously been a violent aggressor, although defense attorneys have asked a judge to exclude evidence from those cases. Oh sure. He’s such a victim that he couldn’t just get in his car and DRIVE AWAY — he simply HAD to run these black men down because…Obama. SMH. Hopefully he ends up underneath the jail. RawStory
Michael Jordan recently had some below-the-belt critiques towards the President’s golf game, telling Ahmad Rashad point blank that Obama is a “sh*tty golfer.”…Continue
The Internet Vs. Kim K, The Political Activist Everyone knows that Kim Kardashian isn’t the brightest crayon in the box except for, well, Kim Kardashian who insists on saying things, out loud, instead of remaining silent, rich and beautiful. Now maybe she was just showing support for the Democratic Party by “standing with Obama” who isn’t up for reelection (a reach, we know) but you have to be clear on social media , especially if you’re as hated (and slandered ) as Kimmy is. Hit the flip for the best of the internet vs. pretty dummy Kimmy K.
Do you agree? Piers Morgan Says America Has Become More Racist Since President Obama’s Election It’s kinda sad that a British guy can see what most white Americans are unwilling to admit. Piers Morgan is tackling the subject of racism and racial profiling in America in his latest Mail Online ponderings . We excerpted a small part of his essay below because we were eager to see whether or not you agree with him that America has become more racist since Obama’s election. Peep part of what he said below: A fascinating poll published on Wednesday detailed the huge disparity between the way whites and blacks view race issues. Just 16 per cent of whites believe there is a ‘lot’ of discrimination in America today – compared to 56 per cent of blacks. Incredibly, white perceptions of anti-black bias have plummeted to the point where many think anti-white bias is a bigger problem. A plainly ludicrous sentiment. Blacks in America remain the most impoverished, poorly-educated, imprisoned and discriminated-against section of society. To pretend otherwise is to be seriously deluded. However, it’s also an incontrovertible truth that the place where most young black Americans are shot dead is Chicago – and the vast majority are killed by other young black Americans, in the ongoing gang wars that shame that city. My belief is that America remains a racial tinderbox. Many people assumed Barack Obama’s ascent to the highest office in the land meant the end of racism in the United States. ‘How could we elect a black president if we’re still racist?’ was the logic. But if anything, I’d argue that America is now more racist than it was before Obama was elected. Or at the very least, the angry racist minority (but still many millions of people) is more vocal – enraged by the whole notion of a black man living at the White House. Having said that, America is clearly massively less racist than it was 40 years ago. It has come a long way, very fast. What is desperately needed now is a sustained period of calm, rational reaction on all sides to the myriad incidents that occur on a daily basis in the United States where race might be seen as an issue, even where it isn’t. Do you agree or do you feel like Piers Morgan doesm’t really know isht anyway? WENN
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