White supremacists love Vikings. But they ve got history all wrong.
In early May, the white supremacist Jeremy Christian accused of killing two men Friday in Portland, Oregon - posted on Facebook, Hail Vinland!!! Hail Victory!!! Victory makes sense. Bigots feel empowered these days. But why Vinland? Why .
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A woman prays at a makeshift memorial in Portland, Ore., for two men killed as they tried to stop harassment. (Terray Sylvester/Reuters)
In early May, the white supremacist Jeremy Christian accused of killing two men Friday in Portland, Oregon - posted on Facebook, Hail Vinland!!! Hail Victory!!! Victory makes sense. Bigots feel empowered these days. But why Vinland? Why was this accused attacker talking about the short-lived Viking settlement in North America?
When Margaret Carter reflects on police, she remembers the 1970s, when officers in North Portland planted marijuana in people’s cars and arrested them. Since then, said Carter the first Black woman elected to the Oregon Legislature little has changed to restore trust between Black Portlanders and police officers. And continued police killings of Black Americans have only exacerbated these .
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• Yesterday marked the still devastating anniversary of the 2017 MAX stabbings in which white supremacist Jeremy Christian murdered two people and severely injured another after harassing two women of color. Our Isabella Garcia interviews stabbing survivor Micha Fletcher in this very powerful and moving piece. I do it so I don t forget : Every year, Micah Fletcher returns to the MAX station were Jeremy Christian killed two people and wounded Fletcher. On the 4th anniversary of the attack, Fletcher shared the lesson he learned from the event with the Mercury. https://t.co/bLvBgPEsHx