White supremacist Jarl Rockhill arrested for placing swastika sticker at immigrant center
By Edward Era Barbacena
Source: AP NEWS
A suburban Portland, Oregon, man was arraigned in court Friday for allegedly placing a white-supremacist, neo-Nazi sticker near an immigrant community center in east Portland, and police said more than a dozen guns were found during a search of his car and residence.
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office said Friday Jarl Rockhill, 35, is accused of committing a second-degree bias crime and third-degree criminal mischief, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. It wasn’t immediately known if he has a lawyer to comment on the case.
Rockhill allegedly placed the sticker on a fence at the Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization on April 23. Police say the red sticker depicted a male figure holding up its arm in a “Heil Hitler” pose, with the word “pure” written above.
The Portland Police Bureau said it used video surveillance footage to identify Rockhill. It showed him driving to the community organization’s headquarters and placing the sticker at 5 a.m., police said.
Officers arrested Rockhill during a traffic stop Wednesday. Police searched Rockhill’s home and car with warrants and found over a dozen firearms and neo-Nazi materials, including a large red flag featuring a swastika, officials said.
Investigators said Rockhill’s online activity was associated with multiple white supremacists groups and a tattoo on Rockhill’s forearm is a white supremacist symbol.
Seriously Wounded NPA Commander Left to Die by his Comrades Rescued by the Government Forces in Asipulo, Ifugao
By Edward Era Barbacena
Government forces conducted first aid to the rescued wounded Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) Commander in Brgy Namal, Asipulo, Ifugao on May 26, 2022. During the pursuit operation of the military near the encounter sites in Brgy Namal, Asipulo, Ifugao, a wounded CTG Commander was rescued by the government forces.
The NPA terrorist was abandoned to die by his fleeing comrades after a series of armed encounter between the troops of 54th Infantry “Magilas” Battalion, Philippine Army and the members of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG). The said NPA Commander was identified as Avelino Cruz aka Junel/Alcaras, Vice Commanding Officer, Front Operational Command, Guerilla Front Abra-Mt. Province-Ilocos Sur (GF-AMPIS), Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee. The soldiers on the ground extended initial medical treatment and brought him to the nearest hospital for further medication.
“We extend our gratitude to the people of Barangay Namal, Asipulo, Ifugao for the information on the presence of a wounded terrorist in the area. I commend the troops for immediately aiding the wounded terrorist to save his life. The military truly values human lives and will always uphold human rights”, said Lt. Colonel Franz Josef S. Diamante, Battalion Commander of 54IB.
Tennessee principal Helen Campbell fired after dragging special needs student through school
The school board at Walter Hill Elementary School in Rutherford County, Tennessee voted to recommend the termination of the principal who dragged a special needs student the length of nearly two football fields
By Edward Era Barbacena
Schools is supposed to be a place of learning for children and free from any form of danger but for the past decade, schools in the United states has become a place where in you are no longer sure if children are still safe while learning
Aside from the fear of being bullied by cruel racist white kids, children at school are now becoming victims of mass shootings and the most recent one was in Uvalde, Texas where 19 children were murdered. Now there is another reason for parents to be concerned for the safety of their children while at school and that is the abuses by the white faculty members made to children.
Though there are only few incidents, there are number of reports of abuses committed by either teachers or principal to poor naive kids. Sexual molestation is the most gruesome form of abuse ever done to a students and the culprits are usually white educators.
A Tennessee school board on Thursday voted to recommend the termination of a principal who is now on unpaid suspension after allegedly dragging a special education student by his ankle through a hallway in 2019.
The initial incident took place on Nov. 4, 2019 when an elementary special education student didn't comply with a request from Walter Hill Elementary principal Helen Campbell, according to Fox 17.
When the student didn't comply with the request, Campbell and Bonnie Marlar, a teacher, grabbed him by the ankles and proceeded to drag him through the hallways, according to Director of Schools Bill Spurlock.
Child abuse charges were filed against both Campbell and Marlar, but were later dismissed by a judge. The individuals were suspended from their jobs at the elementary school, according to the report.
Spurlock said during a Rutherford County Schools board meeting on Thursday that Campbell's charges, which range from child abuse to destruction of government property after allegedly attempting to delete security footage of the incident, meet the definition of unprofessional conduct and are grounds for dismissal.
Campbell pleaded no contest to the charges of destruction of government records and neglect, and will complete probation through judicial diversion to dismiss the charges, according to the Daily News Journal.
The report states that the boy who was allegedly dragged through the hallway had autism. Laura Heath is currently serving as the interim principal.
The school board's attorney shared still images from a recording of the incident, which show the student being dragged through the hallway.
While in the administration office, Campbell and Marlar held the student up by the loopholes on his pants.
After exiting the office, the attorney said that the individuals were pulling him by the wrists and arms. The individuals, according to the attorney, dragged the student for a length of 570 feet, which is almost two football fields, with his shirt "riding up in the back with his bare skin rubbing up against that floor."
Kate Kasuboski, who is the coordinator of special education at the school district, said that she "did not see any behavior that constitutes an emergency situation," which would have necessitated the child being restrained. She also added that "dragging a student" by the lengths of "almost two football fields" is "not a proper restraint."
One board member, Tammy Sharp, wasn't fully on-board with the idea of voting to terminate Campbell, and said that she's a "phenomenal principal," and criticized the board for not getting her side of the story.
"This is absolutely disgusting that this would be put on TV and Mrs. Campbell would not be given opportunity to defend (herself)," Sharp said.
"Not one of us on this board have spoken to Miss Campbell. We don't know the background of this student, we don't know what his issues were," Sharp said. "I think its disgusting and I'm sure our teachers that deal with problems like this every day have a chill down their back today and they're looking for more jobs."
The school board voted to recommend Campbell's termination by a vote of 5-2.
NJ woman charged with hate crime for assaulting muslim teens
By Edward Era Barbacena
A 59-year-old Clifton woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with bias crimes after she allegedly screamed anti-Muslim slurs at two teenagers at a nail salon and struck one in the head in an unprovoked attack.
Nancy B. Jones was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, bias intimidation and harassment, as well as simple assault, according to a statement from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office.
The alleged incident took place on April 30 when two sisters, ages 13 and 15, were waiting to get their nails done at New Natural Nails on Lakeview Avenue. Clifton police responded to a report of an assault at around 2 p.m.
Upon arriving, the girls told officers, Jones "approached them in a harassing and tumultuous manner and told them to go back to their country," according to the statement.
"During the incident, the actor struck the 13-year-old victim in the head," authorities said
The alleged incident took place on April 30 when two sisters, ages 13 and 15, were waiting to get their nails done at New Natural Nails on Lakeview Avenue. Clifton police responded to a report of an assault at around 2 p.m.
Upon arriving, the girls told officers, Jones "approached them in a harassing and tumultuous manner and told them to go back to their country," according to the statement.
"During the incident, the actor struck the 13-year-old victim in the head," authorities said
Jones also yelled at another person in the salon who was wearing a hijab, assuming it was their mother, but they did not know each other, Fadwa said.
The teens' mother said she had called on her way to pick them up and heard that her daughter was crying on the phone. When she arrived at the salon, she got a description from customers in the nail salon and stopped the woman at her car. The woman shouted and cursed at her and drove away, she said.
Fadwa said she took a picture of the vehicle and license plate. Police interviewed the teens and witnesses and issued an arrest warrant for Jones, who turned herself in on Wednesday.
Since the incident, the girls have been nervous about going out and their mother said she reduced her working hours to be home with them more often.
"They're upset and a little scared and I'm scared also," she said.
Jones was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. Charges were referred to a Passaic County grand jury, the Prosecutor's Office said.
In a statement, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights organization, called the incident deeply troubling.
"Physically and verbally attacking two young girls to the point of tears is appalling," said Selaedin Maksut, executive director of the New Jersey chapter. "We welcome the ongoing police investigation by Clifton officers and hope the matter is taken seriously and justice is done."
CAIR reported 308 anti-Muslim hate and bias incidents across the U.S. last year, which included reports of forcible removal of hijabs, harassment, vandalism and physical assault. Another 177 bias incidents took place at schools, the organization reported.
Police investigate swastika painted on historically Black Missouri church
Pitts Chapel, Springfield’s oldest historically Black church, was founded in 1847 by a group of enslaved Africans.
By Edward Era Barbacena
A black swastika was painted on the outside wall of a historically Black church in southwestern Missouri, and police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime.
Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church in Springfield reported that the swastika was spray painted on the building on May 18 or 19. The NAACP and the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the vandalism. A county parks crew removed the swastika.
Swastika is a symbol used by the Nazi during the WWII and in the modern days, it has been used widely by white supremacists in the United States. These are the kind of white people who would usually target people of color and have been involved in commiting domestic terrorist attacks.
During a news conference Friday with the NAACP at the church, the pastor, the Rev. Tracy Wolff, said her congregation was particularly disturbed that their church was targeted given recent violent hate crimes nationwide, including the deadly mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, that investigators have said was racially motivated.
“I want to be clear that this is not simply tagging. This is not graffiti. This is not vandalism," Wolff said. "This was a hate crime, and it is unacceptable.”
Pitts Chapel is Springfield’s oldest historically Black church, Wolff said. It was founded in 1847 by a group of enslaved Africans.
“Though we are historically Black, on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m., we’re becoming one of the most diverse places in town. I don’t think a lot of people know that,” she said.
Police have not identified a suspect and are asking witnesses or anyone with information to contact police. In the meantime, Wolff said, the church is beefing up security.
California Karen’ caught harassing ‘one of four black people in Santa Barbara
By Edward Barbacena
A woman dubbed “California Karen” is being ripped online after hurling racial abuse at a DJ who filmed her berating staff at a Santa Barbara restaurant.
A now-viral video of her bizarre remarks to a man she declared “one of four black people in Santa Barbara” — originally uploaded by the recipient of her rant — has amassed more than 10s of thousands of views and international headlines as of Tuesday afternoon.
“Sooo this just happened @sb_boathouse, Santa Barbra needs to do better. Almost lost my s – – t,” wrote Ian Soleimani, a 39-year-old African-American man who works as a DJ, in the clip’s caption.
In the footage of the incident, which took place in the Boathouse at Hendry’s Beach, the unnamed woman can first be seen laying into a restaurant manager over an unpaid check.
The altercation was sparked after the unidentified woman allegedly tried to pay her bill with PayPal after her credit card was declined, according to a thread on Reddit, where the video first went viral. The restaurant subsequently confiscated her ID and told her to come back the next day with a viable payment method, causing the customer to fly off the handle.
“It was paid, though, ma’am, and you rejected the payment,” the sunglasses-sporting woman spluttered in the clip. Things heated up after she noticed Soleimani filming her, and proceeded to bombard him with racial comments.
“Excuse me, sir. Hi, one of four black people in Santa Barbara,” fumed the incensed restaurant customer. “Oh, now I’m a racist, terrible person, sorry, just because you’re an obnoxious guy. It’s not your fault that you’re black, of course. Just obnoxious.”
The fourth-wall breaker continued, “I’m against obnoxious people to be clear, not against the black people.”
Elsewhere in the clip, she asked Soleimani what he’s doing, to which he responded, “Taking a video of this. This is absolutely ridiculous.”
“Are you sending it to the FBI after this?” snarked the woman in response. “I might go psychotic pretty soon. I’m probably going to, I’m probably going to get very violent pretty soon, I’m glad you’re here.”
Soleimani, impressively maintaining a level head, replied, “Cool, keep going.”
That’s when the outspoken gal fired off yet another offensive salvo: “Don’t you have some fish to catch, African-American man?” she raged. “Don’t you want to go on the boat and do some African-American fishing?”
After going back and forth with the manager for a while, the displeased patron then resumed her attack on the cameraman, saying: “And this man, who thinks he’s Mother Teresa for Santa Barbarans everywhere who want a pretentious breakfast, now he’s here.
“Thank god he’s doing his three black people in Santa Barbara part — for Oprah apparently,” she added. (BTW: Oprah Winfrey is a resident of the upscale Montecito neighborhood in Santa Barbara, along with A-listers such as expat royals Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and comic Larry David.)
The clip concluded with the manager giving the ID back to the woman, and barring her from ever returning to the restaurant.
Needless to say, the woman’s racially charged meltdown sparked a fierce backlash on Instagram with one commenter, writing: “This is so infuriating on so many levels! Wtf. You handled this so well, Ian!” Meanwhile, one commenter on Reddit wrote, “WTF is African American fishing.”
“Insane but unfortunately not surprising,” lamented one Instagram commenter, while another advised Soleimani to find “this Karen & send this video to her work place.” Interestingly, while the bozo’s identity has yet to be confirmed, a Reddit user claimed that the restaurant manager’s husband told them she was actually named Karen and hails from Florida.
Many were shocked that such a racist incident could occur in progressive Santa Barbara. “What the hell?! NOT SB… no way,” said one flabbergasted poster.
However, Soleimani claims this is not an isolated incident.
“People have been kicked out of boathouse a few times for [racially] motivated comments towards myself, unfortunately,” the DJ told the Daily Dot. “Lived here since 2003 and this happens all the time. This person just got caught. People think this doesn’t exist let alone here and it certainly does.”
In a similar racial incident closer to home, an irate New York City man was caught on camera going on a racist tirade against an Asian NYPD officer during protests in Washington Square Park in 2021.
Georgia dad tracks teen daughter’s phone location, shoots at boy he found her with
Dustin Vandegrift has been charged with a litany of crimes for the incident.
By Edward Era Barbacena
An enraged Georgia father who is white tracked down his teenage daughter’s location on her cell phone and shot the 17-year-old boy he found her with, police said.
Deputies from the Habersham County Sheriff’s department responded to a call of shots fired in a church parking lot across the street from two schools in Mount Airy around 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning, according to the sheriff’s department.
Upon arrival, police found 36-year-old Dustin Vandegrift attempting to flee The Central Alliance Church in a white Camaro. He was detained for questioning, cops said.
After ensuring that both schools were secure, police located the 17-year-old male victim. He was transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
Investigators later determined that the boy was not hit by a bullet, but suffered injuries from a physical assault and ricochet debris.
Vandergrift told police that he had tracked his daughter’s cell phone location to the back of the church and drove there to check on her. When he found his 17-year-old daughter with the male he confronted the pair and attached the boy and fired a shot at him.
Vandergrift’s daughter said her father showed up and “battered” the boy she was with before shooting at him. She said her father also struck her.
A search warrant executed on Vandergrift’s car yielded the .45 caliber pistol he had shot.
He’s charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, simple battery involving family violence, two counts of first-degree cruelty to children, two counts of third-degree cruelty to children, and two counts of recklessly causing harm or endangering safety.
He was booked at the Habersham County Jail with no bond.
