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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Mar 15, 2018, 03:19 PM Mar 2018

Mississippi Sheriff's Department Gets Sued, ACLU Finds a Long 'White Pride' Email

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The ACLU is suing Madison County, MS because the sheriff's department runs illegal roadblocks in black neighborhoods. During discovery, they dug up an incredibly dumb chain email about "white pride" that the former sheriff forwarded around



This right here though...



Mississippi Sheriff's Department Gets Sued, ACLU Finds a Long 'White Pride' Email

New data show roadblocks in the county occur twice as often in black neighborhoods as white ones.

C.J. Ciaramella|Mar. 14, 2018 3:47 pm

In the same Mississippi county that's currently being sued for running discriminatory, unconstitutional roadblocks in black neighborhoods, the now-sheriff forwarded a chain message about "white pride" containing a long list of racial slurs around the office.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Mississippi revealed the 2009 email, subject line "'White' Pride," in a tranche of exhibits that it says show a culture of casual discrimination and lax discipline. Current Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker, who was elected in 2012, forwarded it to several of his Madison County colleagues.

The message is a sloppy chain message containing many common tropes among aggrieved white people, such as "How come there's no White History Month?"

Here's some of the lowlights:

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C.J. Ciaramella is a criminal justice reporter at Reason.

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Mississippi Sheriff's Department Gets Sued, ACLU Finds a Long 'White Pride' Email (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 OP
hope those redneck fuckers get sued gopiscrap Mar 2018 #1
I like the pre-printed element roscoeroscoe Mar 2018 #2
How do they not get that EVERY month is "white history" month? PdxSean Mar 2018 #3
Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Mar 2018 #4
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