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Racist Road Rage Rant Prompts Apology By PA Restaurant Owner, Penn State Board Member Racist Road Rage Rant Prompts Apology By PA Restaurant Owner, Penn State Board Member
Racist Road Rage Rant Prompts Apology By PA Restaurant Owner, Penn State Board Member A Pennsylvania restaurant owner and (now former) member of Penn State York’s advisory board issued an apology for a racist rant in a road rage incident captured in a viral video.  “I am the individual who was recorded using racist language in a recently released video," Jonathan Spanos, the owner of the Paddock on Market, began his speech at Springettsbury Municipal Complex on Wednesday, Nov. 13.  “The video captured a heated family confrontation in which I intentionally used the most ugly language known to me to lash out in anger,” Spanos said. The video was poste…
Students Targeted With Racial Texts In PA School District Students Targeted With Racial Texts In PA School District
Students Targeted With Racial Texts In PA School District Officials are investigating after several Montgomery County students were the targets of explicitly racist text messages that were also sent to Black and Brown students in several states since Election Day. The incidents occurred in the Lower Merion School District on Thursday, Nov. 7, according to a school district news release. Six students at the middle school level received the message. "The racist nature of these text messages is extremely disturbing, made even more so by the fact that children have been targeted," acting Superintendent Megan Shafer said in the news release. "Whil…
'Racial Insensitivity' Possibly Linked To Teen's Sudden Death, Central Dauphin Officials Say 'Racial Insensitivity' Possibly Linked To Teen's Sudden Death, Central Dauphin Officials Say
'Racial Insensitivity' Possibly Linked To Teen's Sudden Death, Central Dauphin Officials Say A 10th-grade student is dead and Central Dauphin School District officials have noted that his race might have been a factor.  The district has identified Justin Johnson as the 16-year-old boy found suffering from cardiac arrest at his home in the 3000 block of Bianca Way in Lower Paxton Township at approximately 9:55 p.m. on April 26, 2024, as detailed by the police.  Justin was taken "to the Hershey Medical Center where he later died," the Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police stated in the release.  **UPDATE: The County Coroner has ruled Justin Johnson's death as "natural"; click here …
Swastika Painted On Telephone Pole In Bucks County Swastika Painted On Telephone Pole In Bucks County
Swastika Painted On Telephone Pole In Bucks County Police in Warrington are seeking the vandal who painted a swastika on a utility pole.  The offending image was found on a Verizon pole along residential Folly Road early Friday, Oct. 27, authorities said.  It was apparently made using white spray paint and measured about a foot in each direction, according to Warrington police Chief Daniel J. Friel.  The responding officer was able to cover it up immediately using traffic marking paint he had on hand, officials said.  Special to Daily Voice “This symbol of hate was removed immediately, and we are thankful to the resident who reported t…
Philly Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw Stepping Down Philly Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw Stepping Down
Philly Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw Stepping Down Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is resigning her post, said Mayor Jim Kenney in a statement early Tuesday, Sept. 4.  Effective after Friday, Sept. 22, Outlaw will leave PPD to start in a leadership position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, officials said.  “Commissioner Outlaw has worked relentlessly for three and a half years during an unprecedented era in our city and a number of crisis situations, and she deserves praise for her commitment to bring long-overdue reform to the Department after years of racism and gender discrimination prior to …
'This Must Stop': Hate Crime Under Investigation At Lehigh University 'This Must Stop': Hate Crime Under Investigation At Lehigh University
'This Must Stop': Hate Crime Under Investigation At Lehigh University Lehigh University Police are investigating a hate crime against a black student on campus, officials told students and staff in a message.  Sometime over the weekend, a black student was walking with friends when "a group of four white individuals" in a car "yelled racist comments" at the student as they drove by, said University Police Chief Jason D. Schiffer.  The student briefly chased after the car before "he disengaged" and reunited with his friend group, the chief wrote.  Then, police say, the four suspects got out of their car and followed the group before assaul…
Philly Catholic School Investigating Racist Student Video Philly Catholic School Investigating Racist Student Video
Philly Catholic School Investigating Racist Student Video The backlash continues after a video surfaced on social media showing Philadelphia's St. Hubert's Catholic High School students doing blackface and invoking offensive stereotypes. After this racist video surfaced, a Philadelphia private school switched to flexible instruction, with students completing coursework at homeThe students allegedly behind the video “are not present in school and are being disciplined appropriately" https://t.co/LX2Z4n5lX7 pic.twitter.com/HdZp8oTwOY — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 9, 2023 The clip, the origin of which was not immediately clear, shows a g…
Bar At Center Of Racial Lyft Controversy Hits PA Market Bar At Center Of Racial Lyft Controversy Hits PA Market
Bar At Center Of Racial Lyft Controversy Hits PA Market A Pennsylvania bar whose owner last year was caught on a dash camera making racist remarks inside a Lyft driver's car is for sale. Fossil’s Last Stand, located on Race Street in Catasauqua, is listed on Loopnet for $450,000, and includes the bar's liquor license. "This is a fantastic opportunity to purchase a working pub bar restaurant in the heart of the thriving Lehigh Valley," the post reads. The second and third floors were once used as a hotel and can "easily be renovated" into a two-story apartment or AirBnB, the pos says. Fossil’s Last Stand owner Jackie Harford made headl…
Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx' Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx'
Bergen School District Ends Contract With Pentagon Official Who Mocked 'White Folx' A Bergen County school district is ending its consulting contract with a self-described "woke" federal agency chief who has made publicly disparaging comments about whites. The comments made by Kelisa Wing -- including her being "exhausted at these white folx" -- ignited calls for her ouster last week as the chief officer for diversity, equity and inclusion in the U.S. Department of Defense's education branch. The controversy is also being felt on the local level in Cresskill, where Wing has provided "diversity and inclusion training" for its Board of Education employees for the past 18 mo…
PA Chemical Engineer Hurls Death Threats, Attacks Air Marshall During Racist Meltdown PA Chemical Engineer Hurls Death Threats, Attacks Air Marshall During Racist Meltdown
PA Chemical Engineer Hurls Death Threats, Attacks Air Marshall During Racist Meltdown A York County man used the N-word and threatened to slit someone's throat during a racist tirade on a flight from Philadelphia on August 30, according to court documents and a viral video obtained by TMZ. Zachary W. Easterly, 37, of Etters, was forcible removed from a flight from Philadelphia and then assaulted an air marshal while drunk, according to a criminal complaint filed by Federal Air Marshall Ryan McAndrew. Easterly, a now-former chemical engineer with the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline was heading to Dallas from Philadelphia International Airport when he got out of his sea…
Irate Philly Dunkin' Donuts Customer Berates Workers In Viral TikTok Video Irate Philly Dunkin' Donuts Customer Berates Workers In Viral TikTok Video
Irate Philly Dunkin' Donuts Customer Berates Workers In Viral TikTok Video Video of an irate Dunkin' Donuts customer berating workers at a Philadelphia store was going viral on TikTok. The video posted by Alexis Isabel (@lexxxiiiig) on Tuesday, Aug. 30 shows the unidentified woman criticizing the staff and demanding doughnuts, before yelling a racist remark.  A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department told Daily Voice that they'd "look into this." "I'm going to call ISIS on your ass," the woman shouts at the worker behind the register.  She then tells them, "I want it in cash," regarding her order, and asks "Where's the f***ing reciept?" “I paid for ’…
Thief Wanted In NJ, PA Nabbed After Causing Disruption In Hospital: Report Thief Wanted In NJ, PA Nabbed After Causing Disruption In Hospital: Report
Thief Wanted In NJ, PA Nabbed After Causing Disruption In Hospital: Report A man who was wanted for theft in Burlington County, New Jersey and later nabbed in Pennsylvania on similar charges was captured again after fleeing from police and causing a disruption to hospital staff, LevittownNow reports. Mallet Clark, 30, of Bensalem, was arrested on June 30 in Levittown for stealing from cars, and officers used a Taser device on him to take him into custody, the outlet says. He was sent to Jefferson Bucks Hospital, where he's accused of later escaping in a getaway car. When Clark was found and brought back into the hospital for sedation, he assaulted a secu…
WHO Renaming Monkeypox Amid Concerns Over Racism, Stigma WHO Renaming Monkeypox Amid Concerns Over Racism, Stigma
WHO Renaming Monkeypox Amid Concerns Over Racism, Stigma The World Health Organization will officially rename monkeypox to make clear that it isn’t African and remove the possibility of offending anyone by making a particular race or skin complexion the face of the disease. The concerns about racism and stigma are similar to those that convinced the WHO to rename SARS-CoV-2 after it became commonly called the China or Wuhan virus. With more than 1,600 reported human infections in over two dozen countries, the WHO is “working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades and the disease it cau…
Pennsylvania Bar Owner Slammed Over Racist Remarks In Lyft Driver's Viral Video Pennsylvania Bar Owner Slammed Over Racist Remarks In Lyft Driver's Viral Video
Pennsylvania Bar Owner Slammed Over Racist Remarks In Lyft Driver's Viral Video A Pennsylvania bar owner who was caught on a dash camera making racist remarks inside a Lyft driver's car was being slammed online. Jackie Harford was surprised to see a "white guy" behind the wheel when she entered James Bode’s car late Friday, May 13 outside her bar, Fossil’s Last Stand on Race Street in Catasauqua, LehighValleyLive reports. "What's that?" Bode asked, "Excuse me?" "You're like a normal guy, like you speak English," Harford laughs as she pats his shoulder and apologizes. This happened tonight outside of Fossils Last Stand, on Race St in Catasauqua. The ride was for…
'Cowards Who Hate Themselves' Left Swastikas, Racial Slurs At William Paterson, President Says 'Cowards Who Hate Themselves' Left Swastikas, Racial Slurs At William Paterson, President Says
'Cowards Who Hate Themselves' Left Swastikas, Racial Slurs At William Paterson, President Says Campus police at William Paterson University were trying to determine who scrawled swastikas and a racial epithet on the walls of a residence hall, the school president said. The vandalism discovered by a resident assistant at Hillside Hall on Pompton Road in Wayne early on Friday, Feb. 18 was a "repugnant and cowardly act of hate on our campus," WPU President Richard J. Helldobler wrote in a letter to the community. Maintenance staff "quickly cleaned and painted the walls," he noted. In addition to a campus police investigation, Helldobler said the incident was "referred to the campus Bia…
Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text
Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text BOMBSHELL: Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL, the New York Giants, his former team and the Denver Broncos for what he contends is a "painful history of racism that continues through the present day." Flores was three days away from a final interview for the Giants' head coaching job when New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick mistakenly sent a text congratulating him, according to a class-action lawsuit he filed in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Belichick apparently thought he was texting Brian Daboll, the man whom th…
PennLive Twitter Hacker Goes On Racist, Homophobic Tirade PennLive Twitter Hacker Goes On Racist, Homophobic Tirade
PennLive Twitter Hacker Goes On Racist, Homophobic Tirade A hacker took over PennLive’s Twitter feed making random and often racist posts early Friday morning. The news outlet posted a statement saying the account got hacked around 2 a.m. Good morning! This is @cmautner from PennLive’s staff. As you might have noticed, our Twitter accounts were hacked after 2 a.m. The situation is still ongoing. Thank you to our readers who contacted us. — PennLive.com (@PennLive) January 14, 2022 Many followers of the account have awoken to more than a dozen odd, and often racist and homophobic tweets posted by the @PennLive account – including one where th…
NJ Neo-Nazi Gets Year, Day For Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews NJ Neo-Nazi Gets Year, Day For Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews
NJ Neo-Nazi Gets Year, Day For Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews A New Jersey member of a hardcore neo-Nazi group was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison on Tuesday for convincing two fellow white supremacists to vandalize property owned by Blacks and Jews. Richard Tobin, 20, dubbed the nationwide campaign “Operation Kristallnacht,” after a 1938 pogrom in which German Nazis slaughtered more than 90 Jews and burned their homes, synagogues, stores and schools, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Tobin “encouraged hateful acts of violence against individuals and their houses of worship, based on their religion or the color…
Admins, Police Investigating Bigoted Incident At Easton Area HS Admins, Police Investigating Bigoted Incident At Easton Area HS
Admins, Police Investigating Bigoted Incident At Easton Area HS Administrators and police are investigating a series of bigoted messages that were scrawled onto bathroom walls at Easton Area High School Tuesday afternoon. Building administrators were made aware of the messages — which were bigoted in nature and referenced “10/14/21” but lacked specifics — around 2 p.m., Principal Kyle Geiger said in an email sent to parents. A photo of the message circulated on local social media groups show the threat, which reads, “Don’t f****** come 2 school at 10/14/21 or I’ll be seeing you in hell,” followed by a homophobic slur. A second photo shows multiple raci…
NJ Man Who Went On Racial Tirade Newly Charged With Stalking, Damaging Neighbors' Vehicles NJ Man Who Went On Racial Tirade Newly Charged With Stalking, Damaging Neighbors' Vehicles
NJ Man Who Went On Racial Tirade Newly Charged With Stalking, Damaging Neighbors' Vehicles A 45-year-old South Jersey man captured in a viral video harassing his black neighbors has been newly charged with damaging their vehicles, stalking and drug-dealing offenses, authorities said. Edward C. Mathews, of Mount Laurel, was charged Thursday with multiple counts of criminal mischief, multiple drug-related offenses including dealing drugs, stalking and several weapons offenses, the Burlington County prosecutor said. Mathews, who was being held  in Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, was initially charged on July 2, and again on Monday, with several counts of harassment, bias…
'GTFO': Videos Show Upset Philly Residents Chasing Out White Supremacist Marchers 'GTFO': Videos Show Upset Philly Residents Chasing Out White Supremacist Marchers
'GTFO': Videos Show Upset Philly Residents Chasing Out White Supremacist Marchers A group of white supremacists marching through the Philadelphia streets over the Independence Day weekend were ultimately chased out by upset city residents. Nearly 200 members of a Texas-based group described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as white nationalists marched through Center City on Saturday evening carrying shields and flags, and chanting slogans such as "Reclaim America" and "The election was stolen," 6abc reports. In a video shared to Twitter, bystanders can be heard shouting "shame on you," and "get the f*** out of here," at the masked members as they marched through the…
DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media
DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media A 19-year-old Chalfont man who reportedly made racist and threatening comments on a social media video posted in July was ordered to undergo racial sensitivity training, authorities announced. Andrew J. Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment and was also sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Diane E. Gibbons to a year of probation, mental health assessments, and continued racial sensitivity training at The Peace Center in Langhorne and at Good Shepard Mediation in Philadelphia, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The racial sensitivity training was an arrange…
NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews
NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews A New Jersey member of a hardcore neo-Nazi group admitted Friday that he convinced two fellow white supremacists to vandalize property owned by Blacks and Jews. Richard Tobin, 19, of Brooklawn, dubbed the nationwide campaign “Operation Kristallnacht,” after a 1938 pogrom in which German Nazis slaughtered more than 90 Jews and burned their homes, synagogues, stores and schools, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Tobin told a federal judge via video conference Friday that he “implored” two other members of “The Base” to break windows and slash tires, among other destru…