Jussie Smollett Needs Help

Hate crimes are a legitimate problem and on the rise

Jussie Smollett’s mugshot

Staging an attack based on race, sexual orientation, and filing a false police report is mind-bogglingly reckless. That said, I don’t care about “Jussie The News-Item.” Why? Well, because there are bigger issues, people are dying, getting attacked and Jussie Smollett is a man who needs some serious help.

While You’re Here

“Right-wing extremism was linked to every extremist-related killing the group tracked in 2018, at least 50, and that jihadist groups were linked to none. 2018 was the deadliest year for right-wing extremism since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.” (New York Times)

Over 1,000 Hate Groups Are Now Active in the United States, Civil Rights Group Says

This Was Yesterday

“How long can we hold out there and prevent niggerization of the Northwest until whites wake up on their own or are forcibly made to make a decision whether to roll over and die or to stand up remains to be seen” (NPR)

Arrested Coast Guard Officer Planned Mass Terrorist Attack 'On A Scale Rarely Seen'

“Are we to assume that this revelation gives Trump’s America extra points, that deprives the other side of enjoying the victory of a hate crime that never happened? There was never a victory. Only the confirmation of what we’ve lost as humans.” (Ezinne Ukoha)

Why Would Anyone Delight In The “Victory” of a Hate Crime?

There are 1,020 active hate groups operating in the United States

New hate map helps users explore the landscape of hate

I wish the people who are tripping all over themselves about the Jussie Smollett case would expend the same energy for real emergencies.