Category Archives: Domestic Terrorism

Breaking News: Austin bomber kills himself with explosive device

Posted on March 21, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

CNN— A suspect in a wave of bombing attacks in Austin killed himself inside his car with an explosive device early Wednesday as authorities closed in, police said. Since the bombings started on March 2, investigators frantically searched for clues, calling … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: Police confirm fourth explosion in Austin Texas

Posted on March 19, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

AUSTIN — Officials are responding to an explosion in Southwest Austin Sunday night, Austin police confirmed at a press conference. This latest explosion is the fourth in the month of March alone. Officials said they responded to the 4800 block … Continue reading →

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SutherlandSprings Shooter: 26 year old Devin Patrick Kelley

Posted on November 5, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Devin Patrick Kelley has been identified as the gunman who killed at least 24 people at a church in Texas, a U.S. official tells The Daily Beast. A week before he committed the worst massacre at a place of worship … Continue reading →

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Photos: Mass shooting at Las Vegas Music Festival

Posted on October 5, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

WARNING: Some photos are graphic

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#Charlottesville: White supremacist yells ‘ nigger’ and fires into crowd at Black counter protester

Posted on August 27, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

A man attending the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month fired his gun in the direction of a black counterprotester who was holding a torch, and police in their vicinity did not seem to respond. Those events … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread

Posted on August 24, 2017 by rikyrah

The REAL monuments that tells America’s TRUE HISTORY. Thoughts on Confederate Statues from a Southern White Male Growing up in the South, I was told (and unfortunately believed) a number of things about the Confederacy. Of course, I heard the common … Continue reading →

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Charlottesville: United Nations warns US over ‘alarming’ racism

Posted on August 23, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

A UN committee charged with tackling racism has issued an “early warning” over conditions in the US and urged the Trump administration to “unequivocally and unconditionally” reject discrimination. The warning specifically refers to events last week in Charlottesville, Virginia, where … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | But, I thought the GOP didn’t believe in ‘Big Government’.

Posted on August 16, 2017 by rikyrah

DOJ orders company to turn over 1.3 million IP addresses of resistance website visitors BY Jessica Chia NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 5:03 AM The Justice Department is ordering a web-hosting provider to turn over the IP … Continue reading →

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Google Honors The Silent Parade: The first mass protests against lynching and anti-black violence in the United States

Posted on July 28, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

The Negro Silent Protest Parade was a silent protest march of 8,000-10,000 African Americans along Fifth Avenue starting at 57th Street in New York City on July 28, 1917. The parade was in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence … Continue reading →

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#BlackHistory: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln & Henry Berry’s views on Black People

Posted on February 19, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Henry Berry

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