California – Melanoid Nation Foundation https://www.melanoidnation.org Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:09:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Counteracting Terrorism 2018 https://www.melanoidnation.org/counteracting-terrorism-2018/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/counteracting-terrorism-2018/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:09:16 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=5198 Written by Sister Tiffany Tubman

 

After the heinous murder of Nia Wilson, Raynard Hyde, and numerous others this week alone, we must confront the harsh reality that this is the Race War and we are living in the days of our ancestors. The days of desperate overt acts of racism, white supremacy, and terror are permissible. There is no justice and there is no consequence for harming Black Americans. In fact, these terrorists are rewarded. Even the white collective that whisper and tweet apologies, do not demand justice. They aide in the promotion, job transfer, and monetary gains of the terrorists. They use all the right words to express remorse without any action or follow-up only to get an invite to the cookout and harm us even more. White Americans have learned the Art of War and as such, keep their enemies very close (Black Americans) to continue to destroy our race.

 

The time for us to structure solutions has past. Think tanks are forming with thought leaders that have resources, means, and motive to implement a system of justice because our opportunity is now. As we bring solutions to key questions, we will provide strategy to empower and protect our community.

 

Key questions asked:

  • What are some ways we can counter against the WS military tactics of containing us?

 

I want to say to that, we must first understand the tactics they are employing. Many of these WS groups, law enforcement, and national guard units do and will employ tactics that they learned in the US military. Tactics such as the Phases of Attacking a built-up area, which every Infantry Marine learned at the School of Infantry and race solider in training received, can be employed on populations/targets in an urban setting. This is an excerpt from Ch 9 of that book. Phase 1 shows that you must control the avenues of approach.

 

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To counter this, we must never have our resources, manpower/woman power, and assets completely in one location for starters. And within our designated locations (places of residence), we must always pre- plan to have travel routes and escape routes unbeknownst to our enemy. We must, like our ancestors in Haiti, know our terrain in and out. Remember, this was one of the main tactics used in the United States to enable chattel slavery through confusion and disorientation. We must no longer fall victim to that madness and use that tactic in our own form of guerilla warfare. The name of the game for the WS is to cordon and control in an Urban terrain. Flex spoke about this a while ago with the highway system.

 

  • If a sister is in a similar situation as our sisters in Oakland, what should she do?

 

From the outset, we must always be on the alert and ready for any threat. In the Marine Corps, soldiers are taught how to appear as hard targets and not as soft targets. This is not just about muscles or guns but about having a certain mindset. For example, if you know you are in a hostile environment, you never ever go anywhere alone. Sisters always go in buddy pairs, if not in groups of four. Always have a weapon, mace, and something that can make noise to alert other people. Get your concealed to carry permit, where applicable by state law, and practice in the gun range on a regular basis.

 

 

To our beloved sisters’, Nia and Letifah Wilson, specific situation- we can say that there are chokeholds and MMA moves that one could employ but we do not know the specifics of what went down. I do know however, that we must protect each other and our communities. Because the Black community has been destroyed by systematic white supremacy, we must rebuild and re-establish. In the meantime, we are our communities. We must look out for and protect one another because we are in the stages or openly accepted overt white supremacy. White supremacy is defined by the power system that allows whites to murder Blacks with impunity. These modern-day stabbings and shootings are equivalent to the historic lynching’s that have taken place in America since before it was founded. We are being lynched in plain sight publicly every day and the WS are enjoying this terror they are reigning upon us as climate change and nature continue to threaten their survival. We must understand all forms of white supremacy as the formerly socially unacceptable is now transitioning to acceptable under the leadership of Donald Trump.

 

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Historically, there have been four major battles of this Race War under the system of white supremacy in the United States, starting in 1625 with the first recorded inception of chattel slavery orchestrated as a genocide attack on African people, kidnapped and forced into enslavement by people today commonly called white people. Our battles and fights have included:

 

  1. Humanity-Battle Phase 1 where Melanoid people fought to get non-melanoid people to understand we are human. We are not property to be bought, sold, traded, or inherited for their demonic purposes.
  2. Liberty-Battle Phase 2 where Melanoid people fought for freedom from slavery
  3. Equality-Battle Phase 3 where Melanoid people fought for the end of Jim Crow 1.0, desegregation, and items that non-melanoid people lumped into a term called “Civil Rights” that includes basic human rights.
  4. Survival- Battle Phase 4 where Melanoid people currently fight for survival against genocide through the attacks of both overt and covert white supremacy.

 

Family, while the phases of the battle can be overlapping and ongoing, our current phase of Survival is the most critical fight that we have ever encountered. We must now concentrate our efforts to Battle Phase 4.

 

Family- “Stop marching! Unless you are marching to the nearest Black Owned Business and balling out!” in the words of Professor Kaba Hiawatha Kamene. We must support Black business and Black empowerment. Avoid spending money with any race that aides in systematic white supremacy and works to destroy and disrespect us. Avoid any group that does not collectively support the end to systematic white supremacy.

We can make it, we will make! We have seen that the system of justice and the system of white supremacy cannot co-exist. We will not stop until we have created a system of justice in the United States and beyond. All Melanoid people across the world will benefit from this new system.

 

We are asking all Melanoid Nation family to stay safe, stay on code, and get your Second Amendment game strong. We have the right to protect ourselves and stand our ground.

 

Tiffany Tubman

Twitter: @montswife16

Email: TubmanFights@gmail.com

 

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White Supremacist Group “Blood and Honour” Have Returned https://www.melanoidnation.org/white-supremacist-group-blood-and-honour-have-returned/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/white-supremacist-group-blood-and-honour-have-returned/#comments Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:54:11 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=4393 White people across the country are being recurited by a racist organization

By Kenny Anthony

 

Confederate Blood & Honour (C28) is an extremist “white power” movement with a xenophobic social ideology. The official U.S branch identify themselves as the “Blood & Honour American Division”, and their doctrine is heavily inspired by Hitlerism. Like all Neo-Nazi gangs, they support ethnic cleansing and promote racial superiority based on pseudoscience & ahistoricism. Their name “Blood & Honor” (Blut und Ehre), is a 20th century motto which comes from the “Hitler Youth”, an illegal children’s division of the Nazi Party in Germany. The organization was created by a “musician” from London, England, named Ian Stuart Donaldson. He (Ian), was the lead singer of the RAC band Skrewdriver in 1987.

C28 often use labels such as “white nationalist” or “our folk”, which are simply code-words for white supremacist. According to them, they are a “network for socio-political white activism”. In truth, they’re a dangerous international hate-group that pose a threat to our safety as Melanoid people.

Reports show that the group have 10 state chapters and they’ve been known to host white supremacist rallies, concerts, gatherings & public demonstrations across the nation. They also produce books and literature that glamorize Nazi propaganda and anti-diversity principles.

Following the consistent rise of right-wing militia groups, it’s not surprising that C28 have an affiliation with a mixed martial arts fight club named “Confederation of Volkisch (CVFC)”. More importantly, they’ve now followed in the footsteps of the Alt-Right by engaging in political affairs.

Also, C28 have joined forces with Bill Roper, a “ChristianNeo—Nazi whose father and grandfather were active members of the Klu Klux Klan. He (Roper), continued this degenerate family legacy by becoming a skinhead thug as a teenager in the 1980’s.

Roper would be what we call a traditional white supremacist, which is why he’s condemned other Neo-Nazis such as Richard Spencer and Brad Griffin for having intimate relationships with East Asian women. In reference to Alt-Right leader Richard Spencer, Roper called him a “gay loving, Asian dating libertarian”.

It must be mentioned that prior to dedicating his life to complete Nazism, Roper was given the opportunity to miseducate Melanoid people by being a public-school history teacher. Not only does this prove that every area of society is governed by white supremacy, but it also confirms the existence of institutionalized racism. Roper now runs a social media network called “ShieldWall Network”, which many white supremacist groups (including C28) use as an outlet to publicize their material.

 

(Below are photos from a white supremacist meeting organized by TradWorker, in the greater Chattanooga area. Multiple white supremacist groups attended this congregation, and Confederate 28 Blood & Honour were one of them).

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Even though C28 have cowardly kept their identity hidden, they were exposed thanks to a photo taken four years ago at a Tom Pierce white supremacist gathering. Tom Pierce, last known to be a Council of Conservatives board member, is a self-proclaimed “white separatist”, which is just another popular code-word for white supremacist. He’s also a close C28 associate, and frequently attends Blood and Honour American Division events & meetings.

 

        (Photo of Tom Pierce with suspected white supremacist C28 members).

 

In addition, C28 were spotted at the Indiana University campus attempting to recruit members by passing out stickers & pamphlets. This is a recruitment scheme which they refer to as “Operation Brickyard”. The college security knew of their presence, but they were still given the privilege and respect to conduct their Nazi agenda. At a soccer game on July 15th, two C28 skinheads were kicked out for openly doing the Hitler-salute, although the suspected white supremacist security guards only removed them once numerous complaints were made.

Confederate Blood & Honour (C28) were on a five-year intermission which started just before President Obama’s second presidential term. Coincidentally, the year that Donald Trump is elected as President of the United States of America, happens to be the same year that C28 decided to make a mainstream re-emergence.

Credible sources tell us that within the next month, C28 plan to “march” in Southern California and Tennesse. Melanoid Nation will continue to update the family on any new information. Our advice: Be alert, do not let your children go outside unsupervised, and exercise your Second Amendment.

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Off Duty Officer Shoots at Children Causing Protests to Erupt https://www.melanoidnation.org/off-duty-officer-shoots-at-children-causing-protests-to-erupt/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/off-duty-officer-shoots-at-children-causing-protests-to-erupt/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:53:52 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=3938 By Amy Lukau

Yesterday, Wednesday February 22, 2017 in Anaheim, California video went viral of an off-duty police officer firing a gun during a scuffle with a child after the adolescents walked on his lawn according to reports.

The young teen at the center of the incident has been identified as a 13-year-old boy named Christian.

The videos shows the off duty officer firing a single round during a physical altercation with Christian. The teen’s friend then steps in and tries to break the officer’s hold on Christian. During the same time another teen rushes the officer, where he loses his balance and stumbles, still holding Christian in his grip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSMv4wbHK-A

The route where the altercation occurred is used to go to and from school by local children attending three schools in the area.

Christian was booked at Orange County Juvenile Hall for criminal threats and battery. The 15-year-old friend was arrested for assault and battery and was released to his parents.

Meanwhile, the unidentified off duty police officer was placed on administrative leave while the incident is being investigated said the LAPD.

Demonstrators gathered outside the home of the unidentified off duty police officer and then took the streets of Anaheim blocking traffic near Disneyland for several hours. It was then that the Anaheim police advised the public to avoid the area as officers in riot gear were sent into the area.

As of this morning, 24 people have been arrested, six of them juveniles, on suspicion of misdemeanor charges for failing to disperse, resisting arrest and battery on a peace officer, according to Anaheim police.

Anaheim’s mayor, Tom Tait said “Anaheim is committed to a full and impartial investigation. Our city will move forward without delay.”

“The case will be presented to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office when it is completed. The names of the involved parties are not being released at this time,” the statement said.

Jennifer Rojas, a policy advocate at the ACLU of Southern California, told NBC Los Angeles the organization is “deeply disturbed” by reports and demanded “a full explanation of why, in an altercation between the police officer and youths, the youths were arrested but not the officer who fired his gun.”

 

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Facebook Attempts To Cover Up Its Racist Practices By Putting Up A Modified Sign https://www.melanoidnation.org/facebook-attempts-to-cover-up-its-racist-practices-by-putting-up-a-modified-sign/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/facebook-attempts-to-cover-up-its-racist-practices-by-putting-up-a-modified-sign/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:12:30 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=3279 MENLO PARK, CA — Because of the enormous scrutiny that this company has faced over the past week, Facebook has opted to change its sign, which is located at the campus entrance.

The social media giant, which found itself in hot water after it was revealed that its employees were crossing out “Black Lives Matter” (and replacing the term with “All Lives Matter”) on the headquarters’ signature wall, has been a hot button issue as of late.

Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stepped forward to order his employees not to make such changes to the signature wall, citing the following statement which was included in a company announcement letter:

“I was already very disappointed by this disrespectful behavior before, but after my communication, I now consider this malicious as well”

For more on Zuckerberg’s written statement regarding his employees’ anti-Black gestures, please view the following photo.

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As expected, the controversy surrounding this issue prompted many to take yet another look at the minuscule amount of Black employees who work for Facebook. This is perhaps one more case of the systematic exclusion of Black tech professionals from Silicon Valley. As seen in this story’s featured image, Facebook has changed its sign to be decorated with a traditional African tribal-themed print.

To get a glimpse of how the regular Facebook greeting sign looks, view the image below.

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In spite of Zuckerberg’s attempt–albeit a contrived one–to smooth over his company’s image (as it pertains to Black people), many are not convinced. In recent months, it has been shown that many Melanoid people with a large Facebook following have witnessed their accounts be suspended when using their accounts to address specific Black issues, which is a stark contrast to the countless white supremacists who have used their Facebook pages to spread and cosign anti-Black–and often violent–rhetoric, which often goes unpunished.

In order for Black Society’s social media experience to remain fair and enjoyable, a solution has presented itself, which will prove to ensure just that…a fair and enjoyable social media experience; free of harassment and trolling by white supremacists.

For more on this solution, please follow this link.

B. Clark

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No Guilty Verdicts Given To A Group Of Whites Who Assaulted Black Male Student https://www.melanoidnation.org/no-guilty-verdicts-given-to-a-group-of-whites-who-assaulted-black-male-student/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/no-guilty-verdicts-given-to-a-group-of-whites-who-assaulted-black-male-student/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:29:15 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=3266 SAN JOSE, CA — In 2013, a Melanoid college student by the name of Donald Williams Jr. was brutally beaten by his college roommates–three white men. The incident occurred during the fall semester of 2013 when Williams was forced down by Logan Beaschler, Joseph “Brett” Bomgardner, and Colin Warren, and fastening a u-shaped bicycle lock around his neck, as if to simulate them capturing Williams as a slave.

During the abusive confrontation, Williams’s abusers called him “nigger”, and also ridiculed him by nicknaming him “fraction”–in reference to the old three-fifths law which recognizes Black people in this country as partially human.

The representatives of the white men implied that their clients were engaged in an excessive “prank war”, because they were “immature, insensitive, and stupid.”

Although the defendants were found guilty for misdemeanor assault on Monday of this week, they were not found guilty on more severe charges of hate crimes. The 12-person jury on hand for the two-plus week trial were comprised of six men and six women–none of who were Black.

For more on this story, follow this link.

B. Clark

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Gun Control Laws in the U.S Were Created To Disarm Black People https://www.melanoidnation.org/gun-control-laws-in-the-u-s-were-created-to-disarm-black-people/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/gun-control-laws-in-the-u-s-were-created-to-disarm-black-people/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:07:17 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=3084 There is a longstanding history which involves taking guns from Melanoid people. In fact, this is something that has been occurring for nearly 300 years.

In light of President Barack Obama’s emotional speech about the need for gun control in the U.S., the dominant society has displayed much (real or fake) outrage out of fear that they will be losing their firearms, but to Black society, we have seen this scenario enacted upon us time and time again.

The earliest accounts of the disarmament of Melanoid people in this country took place around when the Virginia Slave Code of 1680. The law stated that “It shall not be lawfull [sic] for any negroe [sic] or other slave to carry or arme [sic] himselfe [sic] with any club, staffe [sic], gunn [sic], sword or any other weapon of defence [sic] or offence [sic]”. Twenty-five years later, the code was revised in a more modernized form, stating the following: “no slave go armed with gun, sword, club, staff, or other weapon.”

Gun control laws on Black people became more stringent following the heralded Nat Turner Rebellion of 1831. In the eyes of the white supremacists during the 1800’s, they were hellbent on ensuring that another Nat Turner or Haitian Revolution would never happen again. There is an article published in 1993 by Clayton E. Cramer titled The Racist Roots of Gun ControlThe article highlights a plethora of laws and bylaws mandated by the U.S. to keep guns out of the collective hands of Black people.

In 2011, Adam Winkler spoke about his book “Gun Fight,” and the origins of gun control, saying, according to The Wall Street Journal:

“The KKK began as a gun-control organization. Before the Civil War, blacks were never allowed to own guns. During the Civil War, blacks kept guns for the first time — either they served in the Union army and they were allowed to keep their guns, or they buy guns on the open market where for the first time there’s hundreds of thousands of guns flooding the marketplace after the war ends. So they arm up because they know who they’re dealing with in the South. White racists do things like pass laws to disarm them, but that’s not really going to work. So they form these racist posses all over the South to go out at night in large groups to terrorize blacks and take those guns away. If blacks were disarmed, they couldn’t fight back.”

Perhaps the most pivotal moment in recent history occurred in 1967 when the Black Panther Party walked into California’s state capital building carrying firearms after being well-read on their constitutional rights to do so. Frightened by the sight of the Panthers openly carrying their firearms and the thought of other Black revolutionary groups (and ordinary Black citizens alike), California governor at the time Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act into law. This new law prohibited citizens from publicly carrying loaded firearms, and ironically it had the full support of the NRA.

The NRA has a history of being against any laws that would place restrictions on gun ownership and the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. But they had no problem flip-flopping on their position when it came to a significant number of Black people exercising those same rights.

The concerted efforts of white supremacists to keep firearms out of the hands of Black people exposes an interesting comparison to the Late Dr. Frances Cress Welsing’s studies which highlighted the dominant society’s fear of genetic annihilation due to Black procreation–namely via the Black male genitalia–which on many levels would explain the panic (and inferiority complex) shared by white supremacists for hundreds of years.

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White Supremacy? There’s An App For That. https://www.melanoidnation.org/white-supremacy-theres-an-app-for-that/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/white-supremacy-theres-an-app-for-that/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2015 18:05:18 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=2658 OAKLAND, CA — This Bay Area city in California was once known for being a proud hub of Black culture, as it was also had a reputation of being one of the United States’ “Chocolate Cities”.

Today, it seems that Oakland–in conjunction with the natural effects that time causes–has changed drastically.

As suspected white supremacists continue to move into the area, many of them have resorted to being part of an online community, ran by nextdoor.com. The website, which was developed in nearby San Francisco in 2010, has seen a sharp uptick in usage of the web platform. 176 neighborhoods (and 20 percent of all households in the city) in Oakland have groups registered on Nextdoor. The site, which is known as “the private social network for neighborhoods”, allows people to report “suspicious activity.”

Of course, much of the reporting on Nextdoor involves reporting innocent Black people as being suspects for merely engaging in non-criminal/pedestrian activity, such as walking down the street. Many of the area’s Black door-to-door sales reps and mailmen have been labeled as “suspects”, according to the online company.

 

White members of Nextdoor have used the site to call the police and file complaints about Black residents nearby, which includes being “too noisy” at public parks and bars. Mitsu Fisher, a Black father of two, isn’t allowing his kids to play outside or roam the neighborhood free without his presence. The concern stems from a February 2014 incident in which a patrol officer working for a private security company chased down and shot a young Black teenage boy. To make matters worse, the private security company that  the race soldier worked for forbids their officers from carrying firearms. As a result of shooting the Black teen, the officer was rewarded by white members of Nextdoor.com and local neighborhood groups on Yahoo, with all of them collaborating to buy him a gift.

One Black Oakland native by the name of Leland Thompson has grown so weary of the rampant racism in theses local Internet groups that he has decided to stop wearing hoodies. After regularly browsing “Glenfriends”, a Yahoo group created by the Glenview (in Oakland) neighborhood residents, he has discovered that an overwhelming amount of the “suspicious activity” reports in the group described him. “Black man, five-ten, 160 pounds, bald,” Mr. Thompson says in reference to the typical descriptions given in the “Glenfriends” Yahoo group.

For more on this story, follow this link.

B. Clark

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Major Toy Retailer Selling Slave Merchandise https://www.melanoidnation.org/major-toy-retailer-selling-slave-merchandise/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/major-toy-retailer-selling-slave-merchandise/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:56:25 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=2651 SACRAMENTO, CA — Could you imagine unknowingly purchasing your Melanoid child toys that struck an eerie resemblance to Black slaves? Ida Lockett did just that.

The mother of a 5-year-old Melanoid boy was shocked and disgusted by what she saw while assembling his birthday gift, which was purchased from Toys R Us. The contents of the packaging were something she’d never saw before. From first glance, the toy that her son was to receive as a gift appeared to be a pirate ship, inhabited by small figurines that were included with the toy ship. However, one of the figurines in the box has dark skin, and comes with a slave collar. In fact, page 13 of the toy’s instruction manual gives a clear description on how to place the collar on the neck of the dark-skinned figurine.

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This is the instruction manual photo which shows how to place the slave collar on the figurine’s neck.

 

“It’s definitely racist,” the boy’s mother Ida Lockett told CBS Sacramento. “It told my son to put a slave cuff around the black character’s neck, and then to play with the toy.” Upset, Lockett had more to say about the racist overtones of the toy’s features.

“You cannot have this specific accessory and call it anything else. The fact that you can Google it, look it up, say what it is — it’s a slave collar.” The toy not only is dark skinned, but is also wearing torn clothing, as if to imply that it has been a P.O.W (Prisoner Of War) captured in the infamous Slave Trade. The toy is also barefoot, and has dark colored coarse hair, which resembles the locs originally worn by people of African descent. Check out the video below for more on the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R107qmFciQo

 

B. Clark

EDITOR’S NOTE: Please follow the link in the name above to help us educate and empower our youth.

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One-Legged Homeless Black Man Brutalized By San Francisco Police https://www.melanoidnation.org/one-legged-homeless-black-man-brutalized-by-san-francisco-police/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/one-legged-homeless-black-man-brutalized-by-san-francisco-police/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:57:49 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=2584 It took 14 San Francisco Police Department officers to take down and restrain a one-legged, Black homeless man, who was “armed” with crutches and apparently “dangerous”. The incident is the latest embarrassment for the US police, who face constant accusations of illogical brutal use of force.
 
The confrontation was captured on video and shows white police officers taking down a one-legged homeless black man on the city’s central Market St. According to witnesses, police were called in to the scene to take care of a suspicious man waving some “sticks” around in the middle of the street.
 
The video was shot in August by Chaedria Labouvier, who is heard calling out to police throughout the video, shows the extent of humiliation and brute force exercised immediately after the man was wrestled to the ground by SFPD officers. As the disabled- and believed to be mentally challenged  Black male struggles to move, 4 cops pin him down,  after  officers called for an Extended Range Impact Weapon (ERIW) which is a less lethal use of force due to the circumstances.
 
“These are my crutches. I use these to walk,” the man tried to explain. But even after realizing that the man had a prosthetic leg, the police officers continued to use overwhelming physical restrain and man-handled him, forcing his head to the ground.
 
In the video you can clearly hear the homeless man complying with the cops and asking them to get off his prosthetic leg while hand-cuffed, as well as a Woman saying “Oh my God –you´re on his prosthetic leg?”
The video shows that the officers used their body weight to subdue the subject by attempting to hold him still for no reason-since the man was restrained.
 
San Francisco police spokeswoman Grace Gatpandan said officers encountered the 42-year-old man waving around wooden sticks and detained him for a mental health evaluation as he walked toward street traffic.
 
Witnesses in the video can be heard saying the man used the sticks as his crutches and was simply crossing the street.
Police chief Greg Suhr and others would “look into this situation thoroughly and determine if there were any violations of department policy”. She said the case was also sent to the independent office of citizen complaints.
 
This incident comes after a recent incident where San Francisco’s chief of police has moved to dismiss eight officers who sent and received racially charged and homophobic text messages that included references to lynching’s, white power and burning crosses.
Here’s the video of the incident below.
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When In Doubt, Come Back Home: A List Of Black-Owned Wineries In California https://www.melanoidnation.org/when-in-doubt-come-back-home-a-list-of-black-owned-wineries-in-california/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/when-in-doubt-come-back-home-a-list-of-black-owned-wineries-in-california/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:46:44 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=2394 No Blacks in Napa Valley? No problem.

In light of the half-hearted apologies given to the Melanoid women thrown off of the Napa Valley Wine Train this past weekend for “laughing too loud”, now would be the time for Melanoid people to seriously consider patronizing wineries that will accommodate them with no concerns of unnecessary–and ridiculous–repercussions from suspected white supremacists who own and operate the wineries of Napa Valley. As a matter of fact, those same accommodations can be met without the Sisters having to worry about traveling too far. Here is a list of Black-Owned wineries in the state of California that could very well provide a much better experience for the Melanoid Sisters who were singled out by the suspected white supremacists on the train that day.

1. Rideau Vineyard

Founded by Iris Rideau, the 16-acre winery produces an award-winning wine named Pinot Noir. The winery is located in the Santa Ynez Valley, which is in the Santa Barbara area.

2. Brown Estate

This Melanoid family-owned winery was founded in 1980 on what was known as a “ghost estate” in Napa Valley, CA.  Perhaps the most impressive thing about the winery thus far is its extended invitation to the female Melanoid book club members who were deprived of the same experience on the Napa Valley Wine Train as their non-Melanoid counterparts. The Brown Estate is offering the women a private visit to their premises as a result of their unjust treatment on the Wine Train.

3. Esterlina Vineyards

This particular winery is owned by the Sterling Brothers, a family of Melanoid men who have over 30 years of experience in the industry.

4. L’objet Noir

With a place with a title that actually translates to “the black object”, it is only fitting that the establishment be owned by someone of Melanoid persuasion. Dan Glover is the owner and captain of the ship that is smooth sailing at L’objet Noir.

5. Everett Ridge Winery

Also owned by the Sterling Brothers (the Melanoid men who own Esterlina Vineyards), the Sterling family has to be beaming with pride because of their semmingly lucrative opportunities in this particular industry (wine and spirits). This is a winery that goes back many years in time…137 years, to be exact.

B. Clark

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