They say America is in a post-racial state. What this means, apparently, is that we are past racism, because look at black people doing white people things and acting totally normal OMG. I mean, how can America be racist if there’s a Black President?
Grosse Pointe Park police officers are capturing humiliating photos and videos of black men and texting them to friends and family, the Motor City Muckraker has found.
One of the main culprits is Officer Mike Najm, who texted a picture of a black man in the back of a trailer and typed, “Gotta love the coloreds.” In one video, Najm can be heard telling a mentally ill black man to sing.
Most of the videos are shot from squad cars while African American men are told to sing or “dance like a chimp.” Some of the subjects are even in the back of police cars.
Sorry, I wish this was an Onion parody. If you click on that link above, there are two videos posted. The site claims to have many more. This apparently occurred in a rich1 neighborhood and is pretty routine, according to the report.
Grosse Pointe Park borders Detroit’s East Side, but the stark contrasts between the two cities’ populations and wealth have been widely noted. Grosse Pointe Park, a suburb of about 11,500 residents, is 85 percent white, according to the latest census, and 49 percent of households have an income of $100,000 or more. In comparison, Detroit, with a population of 701,475, is almost 83 percent black, and the median household income is $27,862.
The police, after initial skepticism, have opened an investigation because, really:
I’m not racist! I love the coloreds!
H/T: Reason.
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