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Jadi, bear with me. We'll start with this. If you are in the unfortunate habits of relying

on the national media for your news and information, you probably didn't hear about the brutal assault

of a white mace employee by a black man in June. The attack happened at the Genesee

Valley Mall in Michigan on June 15th. Here it is if you haven't seen it, watch this.

The assailant there is an 18 year old man named Demir Palmer. His brother filmed the attack

reported it to the media, which happily ran with the story. Uncritical as always, reported

that the employee had used a racial slur. At the time, the brother, an alleged rapper who

goes by the name FT Kway, said that they were innocently shopping for a new shirt when

the employee in full hearing of the two brothers referred to them using the N word. This is

what the brother told the New York Post, quoting now from him. He said, I just want people

to know the real story of what really happened and what's in the description of me and my

brother just walking into Macy's, just minding our own business. Yes, we made a petty joke

and asked the guy was the shirt too little when we, when he could have asked me. He was

just being funny and just the fact of the remark that he said that we all heard and just

what else were we supposed to do in this age and time? He didn't know what else to do.

That was just his instinct. Of course, it, it shouldn't matter if the employee said a bad

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