Anti-racism protests are once again racking Washington, D.C., and attorney Benjamin Crump is involved so it’s time to play “find the lie.”
For more than three weeks now, angry denizens have gathered each night in front of Nellie’s Sports Bar after a video surfaced on social media showing a security guard attempting to eject a patron who had been fighting with others inside.
The initial clip that was posted on Twitter appeared to show Keisha Young, 22, pulled down a set of stairs on her back toward the exit by a man in a security uniform. At the foot of the steps, another man jumps on top of the guard and starts hitting him. Then there’s a pile-on with yet more people.
The incident reportedly took place in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 13. A story in the Washington Post quoted Young as saying, “Instead of reasoning with me, the security guard just bum-rushed me.” As the paper told it, Young “was attacked without warning after she apparently was mistaken for a different woman accused of sneaking in a bottle of liquor from another establishment.”
Benjamin Crump, the illiterate Al Sharpton who allegedly has a law degree, tweeted that Young was “savagely dragged … by her HAIR” and declared that she had been “falsely” accused of bringing the liquor bottle into the bar.
The next day, Nellie’s issued a statement saying it had ended its relationship with the contracted security vendor, that it was investigating the incident, and that it was indefinitely closing. Loud protests gathered nonetheless and left-wing groups in the city put out a set of “demands,” including that the bar “give reparations to the black queer and trans community” and that it remain shut down until all demands were met.
They also wanted the owners to subject themselves to a humiliating public “listening session,” wherein, no doubt, protesters would take turns screaming at them and demanding that they apologize for being white. (This was once known in China as a “struggle session” but in present-day America we call it “listening.”)
Three days after the brawl, though, a second video surfaced showing what happened in the moments preceding what was seen on the first one.
In that second video, Young is seen at the top of the stairs with about three other men who are fighting, plus two security guards intervening. Young is raining blows on one of the men who is trying to cover his head with his arms. As she’s absolutely wilding out in the fight, the guard reaches over the group of men and yanks Young by the shirt down the steps to remove her from the violence that she was actively participating in.
At the protests outside of the bar, activists have said, “We’re not gonna sit here and let black women be disrespected” and chanted, “protected black women, respect black women.” One demonstrator said, “That’s why we out here, because America, because of this white ass establishment, don’t respect black women and they damn sure don’t respect black people.”
But there’s a niggling detail about this whole saga that complicates the cut and dry narrative that Young’s black body was violated by the hands of white supremacy— the man who put his hands on her is also black.
Shouldn’t that make a difference if we’re going to throw around phrases like “white ass establishment”?
I’m not sure it makes a difference, but Nellie’s is a gay bar, and it used to be the most popular one in D.C. Over the years that I’ve lived here — I used to go on weekends — episodes like Young’s with the fighting and rowdy behavior have become common. It’s anecdotal, but in the most recent times I’ve been to Nellies, at least half of the patrons have been black. It wasn’t infrequent for most of them to be.
In essence, I mean that Nellies is not a “white ass establishment.” To the contrary, at this point, it’s almost a predominantly black bar.
But who can blame the protesters? This is what they’ve been taught to do by academia, the national media, the Democratic Party, and all of the entertainment industry. Claim victimhood based on race, gender, or sexual identity; then make demands; and then reap the rewards. The facts don’t matter. The story does, even if it’s fake or, at best, incomplete.
New York Times columnist Charles Blow, who is black, did this exact thing back in 2015 when he made a bunch of noise about his son being held up by police at Yale.
Blow wrote on Twitter at the time that he was “fuming” over a call he received from his son about having been “accosted” and held up at gunpoint because he fit the description of a suspect.
In follow-up tweets related to the incident, Blow said, “This is exactly why I have no patience for people trying to convince me that the fear these young black men feel isn’t real.” He also tweeted the phrases “I can’t breathe” and “Black lives matter.”
In a column for his paper, Blow wrote, “I am reminded of what I have always known, but what some would choose to deny: that there is no way to work your way out — earn your way out — of this sort of crisis. In these moments, what you’ve done matters less than how you look.”
Never did Blow mention a fairly important fact. The officer who held up his son was also black.
No matter. Blow got what he wanted. He became a prominent player in the Black Lives Matter moment that, like today, was burning hot and he was booked on national TV to talk about it. Likewise, Young is pursuing monetary gain by way of a lawsuit.
This is how America operates today. We call it “social justice.”
via thefederalist
A Black Man Grabbed A Black Woman And Leftists Are Calling It White Supremacy
There is NO SUCH THING as “white supremacy”. We are ALL equal in all regards. Just take RACE and COLOR out of any equation and remember, the person is personally responsible for the outcome, not the government or any other Americans. We ALL have equal opportunity, so it is up to YOU to take advantage of what YOU can do, not blame “whitey” for your personal failures. You can succeed on your own just like the rest of us have done for our entire lives!
They first have to learn to abide by laws and common sense.
TRUE, and the main thing is to “STOP RESISTING” arrest !!
Whenever a white guy shoots a black guy – people will fly in from all over the country to tell you what they “witnessed”. Black guy shoots a black guy – “ain’t nobody seent shit”.
SO TRUE !! 🙂 I call black on black “THUG CONTROL” !
Problem is blacks are greedy leeches who want to steal and loot the nation instead of working and earning it.
The LEFT wants all the divide they can get. Divide everyone & you can win. Get every one to fight each other.
You’re absolutely 💯% correct
Viva America; they can do nothing to destroy this nation if you have a brain; we will crush this Marxist movement.
“Divide & Conquer”.
SOME Blacks can’t seem to understand IF YOU BREAK THE LAW BY ASSULTING SOMEONE like in this incident bad things can happen..arrest manhandled to that arrest etc. You wild and unruly blacks bring it on yourselves and blame others for your misconduct.
Who knows what that man was thinking maybe he grabbed her to keep her from being hurt by the men fighting each other. Seems to me they were going at it and she plopped herself in the middle of the fistfest and the guard was getting her out before she got injured. Now she’s pissed because well I don’t know a mans fist to her face was more to her liking?
Sharpton is supposed to have a law degree, and he can’t even speak english and still owes 4.5 million $$$ in back taxes !!!
His only degree is “Race Baiting” !
Unfortunately there are now many of our fellow citizens and wannbees who never lost their third grade mentality. That of course doesn’t include so many of our so-called minorities who dropped out in the second grade. Just allow them to speak and you will quickly be able to identify them. The stupidity starts when we become dumbheads enough to give them a soapbox to stand on.
You see the political ignorance of these Marxists.
Maybe all of them need to be shot. These situations are getting out of hand.
You can see what is the main cause for the may dead black people, eg. in Chicago and other “Democrat” places: If you see the murderer -who is, in most cases, also black- and you arrest him (or her) THAT WOULD BE PROTESTED AS “WHITE SUPREMACY”. It is already “law” that any theft or robbery not exceeding US$950.- is not a matter for any prosecution. How much more “BLACK SUPREMACY” do you want?
I wonder – does that mean someone could go into a bank each day and demand $950.00 and remain free to do so. As long as they don’t breach the threshold?
Just one more example of the lies in communist CANCEL CULTURE promoted by the leftists.
The left wants everyone fighting amongst each other in hopes that we don’t see what’s coming. They don’t care about people, they only care about winning.
If there is that much trouble at the bar just shut it down.
Interesting article and I expect no less from the media!
I have been told that I am a “white supremacist” because I was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and fought against the communist Chinese supported Robert Mugabe and Russian supported Joshua Nkomo.
The Rhodesian military consisted of 80% black volunteers and the white participants were mostly conscripts. We Rhodesians were pretty lousy ‘white supremacists’! The media has potrayed those who participated on the Rhodesian side as supremacists because we were opposed to communism which didn’t suit their agenda! The fears we had against Mugabe and his ilk have been proved correct by history, but sadly the label of “white supremacy” stuck and the Rhodesian flag used by some extreme right groups as a badge of honour is a result of this misinformation. Any attempt to correct the “Rhodesia” entry on Wikipedia is removed and the old adage of if you tell the lie for long enough it becomes the truth!
It is so easy to be seem to be telling the truth if you leave out the parts that don’t fit with your agenda for long enough!
Well of course they did! That’s because this isn’t about race, it’s about control! They need division and hate to control the narrative and their sheeple, the ignorant blacks, Mexicans and Muslims and some whites in this country! They both need and want either a civil war or a world war and they don’t care which one it is! Socialism or communism can only be attained if the people are divided and embroiled in hate! They have gained control of your health system and your education system! Now they control your government and your media and their plan for communist control is at hand!
The bad news – you are either an oppressor or a victim
The good news – you get to choose
How much do you bet the girl is not telling the truth about what actually happened? I do hope the bar owner told these thugs where they could shove their demands. He should hire more security and make sure he has cameras inside and outside running 24/7. Then if damage is done to the bar or to any of his people they can have the roaches thrown into jail.
It was white supremacy that got Obama elected – his claimed African half was not eligible. Look at photos of Barry and a man named Muhammed Sabuh – they are like identical twins. Stanley Ann Dunham reportedly had a brief affair with Sabuh. IF Sabuh is Barry’s biological father then Barry is 1/2 white and 1/2 Arab – no African heritage. That would be the biggest lie/con job in U.S. history. Sabuh was the founder and leader of a little cult called SUBUD – that originated in Indonesia and has it’s U.S. headquarters in Chicago. Dunham was a member of this cult – so was Loretta Fuddy – the Hawaiian official who certified Barry’s Hawaiian birth certificate. Oprah Winfrey teaches SUBUD and George Soros has been funding SUBUD for decades. A lot of coincidence huh?