Oregon county
says non-white people don't need to wear coronavirus face masks
if they have 'concerns about racial profiling and harassment'
- Health officials in Lincoln County, Oregon, announced Tuesday that people of color are exempt from the local order to wear face masks
- 'People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public' are exempt, they said
- Officials last week issued an order that all residents must wear a face covering if they come within six feet of someone who does not live in their household
- Concerns have been raised that ordering everyone to wear masks puts people of color at increased risk because of racial stereotyping
- Ohio State University economic professor Trevor Logan told CNN in April when black men wear masks people perceive it as 'criminal or nefarious'
- Racial tensions are mounting across America following the Memorial Day 'murder' of black man George Floyd at the hands of a white cop
Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 30, beat her New York
14th District challenger Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, 53, with about 70 percent of
the vote Tuesday.
Bubba Wallace, the only full-time black driver on the NASCAR circuit,
said he was 'mad because people are trying to test my character and integrity'
after investigators said the 'noose' was a door handle which had been there
since last October (pictured left: A pull rope is seen in a 2019 Youtube video
hanging from the same stall used by Wallace's race team earlier this week).
The 26-year-old accepted that he may not have been the target, as had been
feared after his vocal support of removing the Confederate flag from NASCAR
tracks in the wake of recent anti-racism protests. However, he told CNN's Don
Lemon that even if it was not directed at him, 'somebody tied a noose'.
European Union officials are in the process of drafting lists to
determine who can enter the bloc as of July 1 based on how countries are faring
with their current COVID-19 cases.
Armed Georgians have 'taken over'
the Wendy's parking lot where Rayshard Brooks was shot dead by police in
Atlanta. Locals claim the group of people brandishing firearms had blocked the
roads making it difficult for them to get home. Some gun owners were seen
holding rifles or with pistols in their pockets while standing outside the fast
food restaurant that was burned down the day after Brooks was killed by Officer
Garrett Rolfe
A man accused of driving through a crowd of protesters in Des Moines
over the weekend has now lost his job. Jeff Boucher was fired from Wyckoff, an
HVAC company after seeing video footage of the incident. Boucher could be
clearly seen in his pickup as he attempted to drive through a road that was
being blocked by the protest. Protesters tried to get him to turn around and
take an alternative route, but he eventually accelerated and drove through the
crowd. No injuries were reported. Wyckoff announced on Monday that it
has terminated its relationship with Boucher.
Man, 36, walks around with a knife sticking out of his HEAD after he was stabbed for defending a woman during bloodshed and
violence across NYC
A 36-year-old man was stabbed
in the street in Harlem on Tuesday at 11.56am
He and another woman, 24, had
a verbal dispute with an unidentified assailant
He is seen walking over to a
paramedic with a knife sticking out of his head
His clothing is soaked in
blood and a shocked crowd forms to film him
The two victims were
taken to hospital in stable condition
The video was shared widely
across social media and Ed Mullins of the Sergeants Benevolent Association
blamed politicians for crime rates
Dr. Anthony Fauci said there is a 'promising' coronavirus vaccine
entering phase three trials next month and there could be a cure ready by early
next year.
Utah faces 'complete shutdown' from COVID-19, state epidemiologist warns
SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah faces a "complete shutdown"
as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, the state epidemiologist warned in a
memo shared with FOX 13.
vs.
As COVID-19 cases surge in Utah, the
governor’s office appears to be winding down a group created to help guide the
state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
View co-host moonlights as busybody 'Karen'
off-air
Major Announcement!
AOC Declares “Latinos Are Black”
‘We are Afro-Latina and we run an entire
racial spectrum’
Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made yet another puzzling statement on Monday when she
claimed, “Latinos are black,” during a Telemundo interview.
State leaders offer replacements after (LEFTEST) Utah woman receives masks with ‘charged political messaging’
SALT LAKE CITY — Christine Passey-Spencer said she signed up to receive
a mask under Utah’s "Mask For Every Utahn" campaign within days of it
being announced on April 28…
Inside were a pair of cloth masks that featured an American flag, a handgun and
a "Don’t Tread on Me" logo from the 18th-century Gadsden flag
that has become associated with far-right movements in recent years. But when
she saw a sticker with the state’s COVID-19 website, she figured out how she
ended up with that package.
"I was just shocked," she said. "Honestly, I was really
frustrated because if I say this is mine and our tax dollars that are sending
me this incredibly charged political messaging that’s shocking to receive from
the state — my first thought was, did the state know they were sending these?
Was this approved by them?"
State officials said the design wasn’t approved at all… State officials
responded within hours of her posting about the masks, she said. In fact,
Michael Mower, Gov. Gary Herbert’s chief of staff, even drove to her home
Tuesday to personally deliver a pair of new masks, which she said she does
appreciate.
However, she said she’d like state officials to denounce the messaging
that made it through and be accountable for it instead — what she believes — is
an attempt to cover it up… "I
mean ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ right now is against quarantine and wearing face masks
— it’s kind of a symbol for that movement," she said. "And right now
we’re having all the discussions of gun violence and policing and community
policing, so they’re just such hot topic symbols that I think it needs to be
renounced that it’s not state speech."
Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There's not much of it
A strong earthquake hit the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Tuesday,
shaking buildings in the center of the capital of Mexico City as hundreds were forced
to flee their homes. The 7.5-magnitude quake killed five people - including a
child - in a state known for its coffee.
