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Story by Connor GreeneFor months, the White House and federal agencies have drawn outrage from critics for social media posts promoting President Trump’s immigration agenda. Some of the posts deploy jokes or memes. Others use language or images seen as racist dog whistles. This week, the Department of Homeland Security drew pushback for a post that was just one word: remigrate.The term, which has been embraced among Trump’s MAGA base, has a fraught history in Europe, where it has ties to white nationalism and has been seen as a euphemism for ethnic cleansing.The short post on X was followed by a link to a government site promoting self-deportation.Where “remigration” came fromThe term “remigration” has traditionally been used in Europe to refer to the mass deportation of non-white immigrants. It has been used by right-winged politicians such as Austria’s Herbert Kickl and Germany’s Alice Weidel of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The term has also been popularized by the Austrian, millennial far-right influencer Martin Sellner.“In Europe, it's an established part of the linguistic toolbox of white supremacy,” Nicholas J. Cull, a professor of communication at the University of Southern California, tells TIME.The use of the term in Germany and Austria has been a trademark of recent anti-immigration campaigns. Protests across Germany were sparked last year after it was alleged that AfD party members and far-right Austrians were plotting to deport thousands of migrants, causing mass pro-democracy demonstrations.
Story by Atlanta Black Star NewsA California police officer accused of sending racist, homophobic texts that came to light in 2015 and embroiled his department in scandal will no longer be able to serve as a cop in the Golden State.According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the California Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) permanently revoked the peace officer certification of former San Francisco police officer Michael Celis.Celis was one of several of his police officers from the San Francisco Police Department who exchanged numerous messages containing racist sentiments and slurs aimed at Black, Hispanic, and gay people.A federal fraud and conspiracy investigation into former police sergeant Ian Furminger yielded the discovery of thousands of texts that Furminger traded with other cops.The group chat included multiple officers and civilians who belittled minority groups.Several participants repeatedly used the phrase, “White power.”One text read, “All n—s must (expletive) hang.”Another message read, “Do you celebrate [Kwanzaa] at your school?” to which someone replied, “Yeah, we burn the cross on the field. Then we celebrate Whitemas.”
Posted By Jill Jordan SiederTwo Alexandria, Louisiana, police officers deemed “bad apples” by the police chief were arrested by state police for malfeasance in office after allegedly using excessive force and violating other constitutional rights of citizens in three separate incidents in July caught on police bodycam vidqeo.The former officers, Austin Butler, 38, and Dylan Tritle, 32, were put on administrative leave by Alexandria Police Chief Chad Gremillion immediately after the department’s internal reporting system flagged the incidents for review on July 29.At a press briefing on Aug. 20, Gremillion and Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy expressed their disgust as they showed the police video and further described what happened in each violent encounter between the two cops and three people they physically abused in a 24-hour period beginning on July 27.In the first incident captured on video, the officers arrived at a local extended-stay motel after responding to a disturbance call about a “resident” playing music too loudly. They knock on a door, and a Black man emerges, and after expressing some frustration, he complies with their request to gather his belongings and leave the motel.As the man, with an armful of his stuff, carefully exits through the front door he lightly brushes against the officer who is standing in the doorway. A moment later that officer turns and roughly grabs the man in the hallway, causing him to drop all of his property. As he further assaults and cuffs the startled man, the officer accuses him of “battery.”
Story by Nicole Charky-ChamiAn extremism expert accused the Trump administration of brazenly using white supremacist and Nazi propaganda as ICE ramps up its aggressive attacks across American cities.Wendy Via, co-founder of the Global Project Against Extremism and Hate, described how as tensions have escalated following the ICE killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Good and that the administration has increased its "contentious messaging" as questions rise over the agency's aggressive immigration tactics, The Daily Beast reported.“DHS, and now other departments, are hardly bothering with dog whistles anymore,” Via told The Beast.“They’re using blatant white supremacist and Nazi references in their imagery and slogans in an attempt to recruit staff, and they don’t even try to defend their actions. Their shameful reincarnation of white America propaganda from decades ago perfectly illustrates this administration’s view on what America should look like.”Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been criticized for standing at a podium last week, just a day after the fatal ICE killing, with the message "one of ours, all of yours." The phrase was reminiscent of a Nazi slogan."Observers and historians say the words on the podium echo the notion of collective punishment, which underpinned atrocities such as the World War 2 massacre in which Nazis killed civilians in retaliation after an SS officer’s assassination," according to The Beast.
Story by Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNNOn the one hand, the state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing to stop “a federal invasion” of immigration agents.On the other hand, federal immigration authorities are adopting Uncle Sam to muster the internal national police for a kind of reverse invasion, in which a domestic army is needed to reclaim the country.“America has been invaded by criminals and predators,” according to the recruiting poster pinned to the top of the Department of Homeland Security account on X. “We need YOU to get them out.”Another social media recruiting poster is in the same nostalgic vein as Uncle Sam, but it relied instead on a phrase with ties to right wing extremism.A cowboy on horseback, like the Marlboro Man seen from afar, streaks across a mountain valley with a Stealth bomber flying above.“We’ll have our home again,” is the only text, along with “join.ice.gov,” a website where people can learn a little bit about working at ICE. It repeats the language from the recruiting poster and adds that no college degree is required.An added message appeals to White nationalistsThe wistful phrase “We’ll have our home again” seems likely to appeal to the far right, as it seems to suggest the replacement theory promoted by people such as former DOGE chief Elon Musk and also by White supremacist groups.
Story by Sharelle B. McNairAnother racist battle coming out of New Jersey, only this time against the former Clark Township Mayor Salvatore Bonaccorso, who was recorded using the n-word and other derogatory terms while instructing police officers to keep Black people out of the town, the New York Daily News reports.In a lawsuit from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, Bonaccorso was allegedly heard on tape telling leaders at the Clark Police Department to "keep chasing the spooks out of town," a racial slur against Black people, that he has used before. Currently serving three years of probation following a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit official misconduct and forgery, the ex-Republican mayor once praised an officer for a routine traffic stop involving a Black person. "Good for you, pulling over that [N-word] - keep them out of town," the suit alleges he said.He once allegedly boasted about Clark being known for its racist ideologies. The town recently made headlines for finally firing two cops accused of using the n-word in racist rants and collecting six-figure salaries on taxpayers’ dime while on suspension.
Brad Onishi, author of "Preparing for War", joined the ‘The Weekend: Primetime’ to unpack the growing number of social media posts from official government accounts displaying what many experts have identified as white Christian nationalist rhetoric. Experts have pointed out similarities between phrases used by Adolf Hitler and neo-Nazis to those being published by agencies under the Trump administration.