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James Besanvalle
Jun 23, 2020
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Donald Trump has been accused of flaming the fires of racial tensions after sharing a series of videos of Black men being violent.
The POTUS took to Twitter on Monday evening to share a video of a Black man pushing a white woman into the side of a train:
And then another one of a Black man continuously punching a white retail worker in the head:
The latter video went viral last week after a Black man – whose identity is unknown – asked a retail worker if a shirt looked like it would be too tight on him.
The employee confirmed that it would probably be too small, but then allegedly said on the phone “No one, just some n****r.” That’s when the man started attacking the employee.
Since the incident, Macy’s claimed the attack was “unprovoked” and an investigation is ongoing, according to the NY Post.
But almost immediately after Trump shared the videos to Twitter, people called him out for trying to “incite hatred toward Black people”:
@Baligubadle1 @realDonaldTrump @jack Trump is literally posting a video out of context in an effort to incite hatre… https://t.co/6DL4yXIgBy— Liam Rose 🇺🇸 (@Liam Rose 🇺🇸) 1592880156
The President of the United States is sharing videos of crimes committed by black people to push back on the notion… https://t.co/WWgVszYo38— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1592880035
@realDonaldTrump Stop stoking violence and fear.— Philip N Cohen (@Philip N Cohen) 1592879778
@realDonaldTrump Ah we’ve entered “the blacks are really the racists” stage of Trump’s response to George Floyd— Attorney-at-Law (@Attorney-at-Law) 1592880069
@realDonaldTrump We’re in the middle of a pandemic with utter horrific disparities in outcomes for racial minoritie… https://t.co/TlwPtUG70C— Mama Doctor Jones | Danielle Jones, MD, FACOG (@Mama Doctor Jones | Danielle Jones, MD, FACOG) 1592881920
@realDonaldTrump The president of the United States should not be tweeting stuff like this.— Frank Wears A Mask (@Frank Wears A Mask) 1592879803
How is this man in charge of an entire country...