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A Michigan man who displayed a white supremacist Ku Klux Klan flag facing his Black neighbor's home committed a "despicable" act but not a crime, the county prosecutor said.
"Unfortunately" no charges could be filed against the 31-year-old white man, who was not publicly identified by the authorities, Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy said Tuesday.
<p>JeDonna Dinges, a 57-year-old Black woman living in Grosse Pointe Park, a suburb of Detroit, complained to police last month after viewing the Ku Klux Klan flag in her neighbor's window.</p><p>"The flag was clearly visible to Ms. Dinges and her family from their dining room," Worthy said in a statement. </p><p>"The KKK flag, while intending to be visible to Ms. Dinges, was hanging inside of her neighbor's house."</p><p>The prosecutor said that to file charges under the state's "Ethnic Intimidation Statute," there must be "physical contact, damage, destruction, defacement of property, or threats to do so."</p><p>"After a thorough review of the facts and evidence in this case it has been determined that there is insufficient evidence to charge Ethnic Intimidation or any other charge," she said. "We could not even begin to charge Ethnic Intimidation under current Michigan law."</p><p>The prosecutor condemned the neighbor's actions, however, and called on the Michigan legislature to "create laws to protect citizens from this kind of horrible conduct." </p><p>"There is absolutely no question that what happened to Ms. Dinges was despicable, traumatizing, and completely unacceptable," Worthy said. "But, very unfortunately in my view, not a crime."</p><p>According to US media reports, the neighbor eventually removed the flag after police bought him curtains. </p>
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Hannity faces blowback after attacking CNN doctor for delivering accurate medical information
March 03, 2021
Fox News host Sean Hannity faced some blowback from his Twitter followers on Wednesday after he attacked a CNN doctor for delivering accurate medical information.
Specifically, Hannity slammed pediatrician Dr. Paul Offit, who told CNN this week that Americans should consider wearing face masks every winter as a way to protect one another from getting the common flu, which kills tens of thousands of people each year but which has virtually disappeared this winter because so many people are masking up.
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"HERE WE GO," Hannity wrote on Twitter. "CNN Doctor Says 'Wearing Masks Every Winter, Social Distancing' Can Reduce Flu Deaths."
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The trouble for Hannity is that Offit's statement was completely factual, as wearing masks is a proven way to slow the spread of airborne diseases such as the flu or COVID-19.
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Some Hannity followers called him out for attacking Offit -- check out some replies below.
</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">HERE WE GO: Sean gets some click bait making fun of smart, caring people.<br/>So what if people die? Sean makes money!!!<br/>— Randy Winn (@rewinn) <a href="https://twitter.com/rewinn/status/1367121001159356418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p> <br/></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">Wearing masks seems to work. We haven't even had a cold this year. Personally, it's not that big of a deal. I'm not a whiny conservative, so YMMV.<br/>— weegee56 🤷🏻♀️ #maskup (@weegee56) <a href="https://twitter.com/weegee56/status/1367122251049492482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">NO SHIT IT CAN. <br/><br/>Doesn't mean people will follow that advice. <br/><br/>Stop framing everything for a reaction. Just because your guy lost the election and your show is incredibly boring, doesn't mean you need to invoke fear and anger at every opportunity for ratings.<br/>— Katie Stewart (@KatieSt1985) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatieSt1985/status/1367121684197568519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">How DARE this doctor try and save some lives!<br/>— Craig Falkenham (@CraigFalkenham) <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigFalkenham/status/1367126268160917504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">Even without all the Karens out there outraged by wearing a mask, mask-wearing and other precautions brought the flu to its knees this year. But Hannity and his fans seem to like dead people.<br/>— AtlCityBoy (@AtlCityBoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/AtlCityBoy/status/1367123224329355268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">HERE WE GO. <br/>It's the truth. Look at Japan, heavily affected by the Spanish flu pandemic, people wear masks any time they're in public places and they're not feeling their best. VOLUNTARILY!!! Like true citizens who care for others. <br/>Unlike the band of idiots you banner for.<br/>— St Aubin (@RealStAubin) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealStAubin/status/1367125449067929600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">What's the issue? He's obviously right in light of the dearth of flu cases this year. This isn't to say that everyone should be doing it, just that it would offer some protection for the more vulnerable among us.<br/>— sam (@e_libertas) <a href="https://twitter.com/e_libertas/status/1367121268034723841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">Why are masks politicized? Why does the right constantly make fun of mask-wearing when it's clearly an effective way to prevent disease, to protect our elders and essential workers? Why? Why? Why?<br/>— LynD @BrushdogCountry (@LookoutBrady) <a href="https://twitter.com/LookoutBrady/status/1367142046356541441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">Pro-flu is an interesting platform.<br/>— El Peezey (@elpeezey) <a href="https://twitter.com/elpeezey/status/1367125282197536770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-twitter-extracted-i1614796253504718526="true">This is crazy!!! What next? Should we wash our hands before eating?? Brush our teeth before bed?? This is madness!!!!<br/>— Jay Louis (@JayLouis) <a href="https://twitter.com/JayLouis/status/1367174154634502150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States was ready to confront China where need be, calling the Asian power the "biggest geopolitical test" of the century.
In his first major speech, Blinken vowed that President Joe Biden's administration will emphasize diplomacy over military action and build cooperation with the world on global challenges such as climate change and Covid-19.
<p>"We will manage the biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century: our relationship with China," Blinken said at the State Department.</p><p>He promised to champion the rights of Hong Kong and the ethnic Uighurs, saying that if not, "China will act with even greater impunity."</p><p>"China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system -- all the rules, values and relationships that make the world work the way we want it to," he said.</p><p>"Our relationship with China will be competitive when it should be, collaborative when it can be and adversarial when it must be. And we will engage China from a position of strength."</p><p>Blinken indicated that Biden would be sparing in military action despite ordering an air strike last week in Syria against Iranian-linked Iraqi Shiite paramilitaries.</p><p>He did not mention a fresh attack Wednesday on a base in Iraq in which a US contractor died from a cardiac episode.</p><p>"In future cases when we must take military action, we will do so only when the objectives and mission are clear and achievable, consistent with our values and laws and with the informed consent of the American people," Blinken said.</p><p>"And we'll do it together with diplomacy."</p><p>Blinken voiced alarm over an "erosion of democracy" worldwide that includes the United States, pointing to the January 6 siege of the Capitol by supporters of defeated president Donald Trump.</p><p>Unless the United States promotes democracy, "we play right into the hands of adversaries and competitors like Russia and China who seize every opportunity to sow doubts about the strength of our democracy," Blinken said.</p><p>But he said Biden had no interest in bringing democracy to the world "through costly military interventions or by attempting to overthrow authoritarian regimes by force."</p><p>"We have tried these tactics in the past. However well intentioned, they haven't worked."</p><p>He was likely alluding to the war in Iraq as well as the 2011 operation, which he supported, that backed an uprising that overthrow dictator Moamer Kadhafi in Libya, ushering in a decade of chaos.</p>
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