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February 2, 2019

Anti-vaxxer asks how she can keep her unimmunized daughter safe. The Internet has some ideas


Anti-vaxxer asks how she can keep her unimmunized daughter safe. The Internet has some ideas.


An anti-vaxxer mom, worried about a measles outbreak, turned to her fellow vaccine truthers on Facebook for advice this week. What should she do to protect her unvaccinated 3-year-old?

Some of the suggestions she received in the comments did not appear to be from the anti-vaxx community:

"Bring her to the edge of the flat earth. The air is cleaner there."

"Have you tried thoughts and prayers?"

"Build a wall around her and make the vaccinated people pay for it. Sending my thoughts and prayers."

"Did you try sharing her picture on Facebook with the caption '1 like equal one prayer'?"

When the post was picked up on Twitter, the responses were just as brutal.

https://m.sfgate.com/science/article/Anti-vaxxer-vaccine-measles-immunize-outbreak-13581343.php
February 2, 2019

Portland Police Sergeant To Precinct: If A Homeless Person Is Black, Just Shoot Them

Sgt. Gregg Lewis was fired last year for his comments, first released publicly this week. He is fighting the firing and may be able to retire with pension.

Portland Police Sgt. Gregg Lewis was fired last year for reportedly making several racist comments to his precinct. Lewis’ comments were not publicly shared until this week when his termination letter was released by the Portland mayor’s office. 

Lewis told about 20 other cops during a roll call meeting on Feb. 12, 2017, that if they come across a black homeless person to “just shoot them,” according to many meeting participants who were quoted in the letter obtained by Oregon Live.




Portland Police Sergeant To Precinct: If A Homeless Person Is Black, Just Shoot Them

Sgt. Gregg Lewis was fired last year for his comments, first released publicly this week. He is fighting the firing and may be able to retire with pension.


The termination letter of a Portland Police sergeant who was fired last year after reports that he made racist comments to his precinct was publicly shared for the first time this week.(ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Portland Police Sgt. Gregg Lewis was fired last year for reportedly making several racist comments to his precinct. Lewis’ comments were not publicly shared until this week when his termination letter was released by the Portland mayor’s office. 

Lewis told about 20 other cops during a roll call meeting on Feb. 12, 2017, that if they come across a black homeless person to “just shoot them,” according to many meeting participants who were quoted in the letter obtained by Oregon Live.

Lewis made the remarks during a meeting with fellow officers in which he was leading a presentation about an officer’s authority to handle an intoxicated citizen who is in a private parking garage. Multiple officers who were in the room reported Lewis the next day, and many of their accounts are cited in the termination letter.

According to one account, the room went silent after Lewis’ comment. There was some nervous laughter in the room and another officer said “Oh my god!” Lewis reportedly “laughed, threw his hands in the air and said, ‘Fuck it. What do I care?’”

The reports made by several officers were all slightly different. One officer recalled Lewis saying, “Go out and shoot black people,” while another remembered him saying the remark with slight variations: “If they’re black and homeless shoot them or kill them.” 


https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c5465cae4b0bdf0e7dacc0a

February 1, 2019

Cop posts taunting comment about black woman walking home in cold weather





Gary Steele from the Detroit Police Department posted the footage on Tuesday
He uses condescending remarks as he films Ariel Moore, 23, walking in the cold
The Snapchat video was posted with headline: 'What black girl magic looks like
'Temperatures in Detroit plunged to -18F on Tuesday evening 

Detroit Chief of Police James Craig admitted it was a 'racially insensitive post'

He reassigned Steele so that he is no longer in the field and is continuing to investigate to determine if he should lose his job 

The cop offered the woman a ride but she refused and walked the block home

The   In 2008, Steele was arrested after firing a gun at his girlfriend during a domestic attack

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6657259/Veteran-cop-demoted-posting-racist-video-taunts-young-black-woman.html

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