Facebook user threatens to kill black people at Alabama fair, adds 'white power' message and Confederate flag. Cops say black man is behind post.
An 18-year-old black man is behind a Facebook post that promised to kill black people at an Alabama fair and used white supremacist imagery, police told AL.com.
What are the details?
The Facebook user indicated in the post that he and his friends “are coming to [the] Opelika Alabama fair to kill every NEGRO that we lay eye contact on so be prepared. WHITE POWER," the outlet said, adding that the poster’s profile included the Confederate battle flag.
Opelika police said they launched an investigation Sept. 19 after learning about the "racially inflammatory" post that included a threat to "shoot attendees of a certain demographic at the upcoming Lee County Fair."
The department added that it "takes threats like these very seriously" and that it would "provide additional officers for security to ensure the safety of all fair attendees."
A day later, police said they had a suspect.
"Officials were able to trace the social media account to a residence in Lafayette, AL," police said. "Through the investigation, 18-year-old Pharrell Smith was developed as a suspect." Lafayette police arrested Smith on "unrelated charges" on Oct. 6, police said.
\u201cFAIR TERRORISTIC THREAT SUSPECT https://t.co/VZtoiMS9QD\u201d— Opelika Police Department (@Opelika Police Department) 1665091924
Opelika police added that once he's released from the custody of Lafayette police, Smith would be extradited to Lee County and arrested on a terroristic threat charge.
Police added that those with information on the case can contact the Opelika Police Department Detective Division at 334-705-5220 or the Secret Witness Hotline at 334-745-8665 — and anonymous tips can be submitted through the Opelika Police Mobile App.
'Another day... another hoax!'
Among the comments under the police department's Facebook post about the arrest, one reads, "Wow! Another day... another hoax! Let’s hope justice is served and he gets the full amount. Please do... persecutors and judges."
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Harvard professor needed ‘police protection’ after publishing study condemned by Claudine Gay
Although Claudine Gay has since stepped down as the president of Harvard University, she once wielded her powers to further the woke agenda.
Many are aware of Gay’s refusal to address anti-Semitism on campus and the alleged plagiarism in her academic work, but fewer are familiar with how she attempted to destroy the career of Dr. Roland G. Fryer, a professor of economics at Harvard.
What was Dr. Fryer’s crime? Publishing research that found no racial disparities behind the killings of unarmed black men in Houston, Texas.
Pat Gray plays a clip of an interview of Dr. Fryer explaining his research:
“Yes, we saw some bias in the low-level uses of force — everyday pushing up against cars and things like that — people seemed to like that result. But we didn't find any racial bias in police shootings,” Dr. Fryer explained, adding that this research took place over a year’s time and involved the help of eight others.
However, because the result wasn’t what he expected, he restarted the research with eight new RAs.
“They came up with the same exact answer,” he said, but when he published his findings, “all hell broke loose.”
“It was a 104-page, dense academic economics paper with a 150-page appendix, okay? It was posted for four minutes when I got my first email [saying], ‘This is full of s***’ ... and I wrote back, ‘How'd you read it that fast?!’"
“I had colleagues take me to the side and say, ‘Don't publish this; you'll ruin your career,”’ Dr. Fryer continued. “I said to them, ‘If the second part showed bias, do you think I should publish it then?’ and they said, ‘Yeah, then it would make sense.”’
Thankfully, Dr. Fryer wasn’t swayed by his colleagues and responded with, “I guarantee you, I’ll publish it.”
His boldness didn’t come without consequence though.
“I lived under police protection for about 30 or 40 days,” he said. “I was going to the grocery store to get diapers with an armed guard. It was crazy.”
“People don’t like the truth,” says Pat.
“All he did was present facts, but that'll get you in trouble,” agrees Keith Malinak.
To hear more of Dr. Fryer’s story, watch the clip below.
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