90 Miles From Tyranny : NPR Falsely Calls Victim Of Attack By Rioters A White Supremacist

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Monday, June 22, 2020

NPR Falsely Calls Victim Of Attack By Rioters A White Supremacist









The woman had her car blocked by a group of protesters, and had her hair ripped out and a gun pulled on her before she managed to escape.

This week a woman in Louisville, Ky. was assaulted by armed rioters. The rioters blocked her car, and after a short conversation, tore out her dreadlocks and pointed a gun at her. The woman quickly drove backwards before they could shoot, then sped off, striking one of the assailants moving towards her.

The events were thankfully captured on a city crime camera, and police arrested two of the attackers after the victim reported the incident to law enforcement. It was three days later that she was marked as the new face of “far right extremism” by NPR.

NPR took the crime camera footage of the woman striking the rioter, and used it as the cover for an article. The article claims there are endemic attacks on peaceful protesters by right-wing extremists. Thankfully for the victim of the assault, The Spectator writer Stephen Miller quickly realized what NPR had done.




NPR eventually admitted the mistake, but not before the image had been up for four hours for NPR’s 8 million followers. While the outright falsehood was retracted, it is not the only dubious information in the piece. The article claimed, with scarce evidence, that murdering protesters with cars is increasingly supported by “mainstream Republican and conservative spaces.”

It also included a deceptive count of the number of...


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2 comments:

Tsquared said...

I have had a few conversations with my wife and daughter about what to do if protesters block the road. There safety is my only concern. I have instructed them to back up if possible the lay on the horn, drop the transmission in first and run the rpm's up to 4000. The wife fully understands. The daughter not so much.

honeycomb said...

"The article claimed, with scarce evidence, that murdering protesters with cars is increasingly supported by “mainstream Republican and conservative spaces.”

Oh .. NPR .. how we should defund you ..

But, as a trained man of war .. I will as Tsquared has stated .. with no other options available .. I will .. seed you into the pavement with my vehicle if you threaten me.

You've been warned .. and if you disable my vehicle .. or attempt to fire bomb it while disabled .. me and my crew will dismount and we are willing to wash the pavement with your blood! We are coming prepared .. expect it you commie scum!