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A 61-year-old Farmington Hills resident who authorities said was upset about receiving Kamala Harris campaign material in the mail was jailed and charged with felony ethnic intimidation and misdemeanor assault and battery after a confrontation with a postal carrier.
"In this highly charged political moment, everyone has a right to their political opinion and vote," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said in remarks released to the news media on Friday. "Whatever our political beliefs, no one should be assaulted or threatened because of their race, or for doing their job."
According to the prosecutor's account of the incident:
The man, Russel Valleau, told the letter carrier that he "did not want that 'Black bitch' in his mailbox," initially referring to the vice president. Then, he repeated the slur, but this time was referring to postal service employee, and he threatened her.
Trump supporters are outraged—rightly so—at their leader being the target of assassination attempts, yet they see no problem extending the same intimidation and harassment toward people of color.
On the one hand, Trump supporters intimidate minorities and on the other, they create and share AI-generated fake images of Black voters supporting Trump.
Maybe, if they toned down the rhetoric and intimidation, they may find genuine Black voters. But if they had that wisdom, they wouldn't be Trump supporters, now, would they?
"In this highly charged political moment, everyone has a right to their political opinion and vote," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said in remarks released to the news media on Friday. "Whatever our political beliefs, no one should be assaulted or threatened because of their race, or for doing their job."
According to the prosecutor's account of the incident:
The man, Russel Valleau, told the letter carrier that he "did not want that 'Black bitch' in his mailbox," initially referring to the vice president. Then, he repeated the slur, but this time was referring to postal service employee, and he threatened her.
Farmington Hills man, 61, accused of threatening postal carrier over Kamala Harris mailer
Prosecutors are increasingly using the charges to fight what often are called hate crimes.
www.freep.com
Trump supporters are outraged—rightly so—at their leader being the target of assassination attempts, yet they see no problem extending the same intimidation and harassment toward people of color.
On the one hand, Trump supporters intimidate minorities and on the other, they create and share AI-generated fake images of Black voters supporting Trump.
Maybe, if they toned down the rhetoric and intimidation, they may find genuine Black voters. But if they had that wisdom, they wouldn't be Trump supporters, now, would they?
