Arkansas – Melanoid Nation Foundation https://www.melanoidnation.org Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:01:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Legally Blind Black Man Slammed to the Ground by Cops in Arkansas https://www.melanoidnation.org/legally-blind-black-man-slammed-to-the-ground-by-cops-in-arkansas/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/legally-blind-black-man-slammed-to-the-ground-by-cops-in-arkansas/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:01:32 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=1933 LITTLE ROCK, AR – A Melanoid man was brutally assaulted by police officers in the Arkansas state capital. To make matters worse, he is legally blind.

The victim, named Eric Wilson, says he was walking home from work on June 1st when police summoned him to comply with him. As the video shows in this link, he is fully compliant, yet he is slammed to the ground by two cops who claimed in report following the incident that he “pulled away violently causing me to lose grip,” and he was “afraid that Wilson would strike myself or my partner with the handcuff.”

After the incident occurred, Mr. Wilson was taken to a local hospital, where he was diagnosed with a strained lumbar.

by B. Clark

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White Extremist Propaganda Featured in Arkansas Town https://www.melanoidnation.org/white-extremist-propaganda-featured-in-arkansas-town/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/white-extremist-propaganda-featured-in-arkansas-town/#comments Mon, 04 May 2015 03:56:43 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=1609 A billboard in Russellville, Arkansas displays an advertisement which promotes a white extremist movement. The billboard reads, ‘It’s NOT Racist to Love (heart symbol)  Your People’. The billboard also features a link to whiteprideradio.com, which is a white Christian extremist website.

Russellville mayor Randy Horton stepped in this past weekend, stating that this billboard suggests “a racist tone to many who have seen it.” In true white supremacist fashion, the city’s white establishment maintained its code of conduct by stating that the billboard was not able to be taken down because the city claimed to have no control over the billboard, according to the mayor. This poses as a potential threat to any Melanoid people who may live in close proximity to Russellville, because of the covert white supremacist propaganda that is being displayed on this particular sign.

In retrospect, the city of Russellville’s nonchalant attitude towards this sign exposes the hypocritical nature of white supremacy as it pertains to the young Melanoid students in Georgia who recently expressed their frustrations in this country by walking on the American flag in protest of racism white supremacy. This billboard is the proverbial burning cross in the front yards of vulnerable Melanoid men, women, and children across this country.

Follow this link for the complete story.

by B. Clark

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