The Knights Party

America doesn’t have a ‘systemic racism’ policing problem, America has a Black crime problem. Recently, The Washington Examiner ran this headline, “The ‘systemic’ problem with policing isn’t racism.” The police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis last month has rightly pricked the nation’s conscience. Unfortunately, so far it has not generated a correspondingly thoughtful debate on how to respond with better policy ideas. As in the gun control debate, there is an emotional rather than a fact-based response, an impulsive urge brought on by trauma that prompts legislators to do something — anything! — no matter how ineffective or irrelevant it […]

Here’s the way to begin Black History Month. On Friday, February 3rd., Comic Sands ran this headline, “Rightwing Student Group Sparks Outrage After Hosting ‘Affimative Action Bake Sale’ At Clemson“. The Clemson University branch of the rightwing student group Turning Point USA is facing heavy criticism for hosting an “affirmative action bake sale” on the grounds of the South Carolina university on the first day of Black History Month. Turning Point USA members priced cookies differently based on a customer’ race, according to a photo of the sign posted on the table for the bake sale, a range of prices listed […]

Say hello to your new neighbors! Fox News on Wednesday, January 31st., published this headline, “NYC hotel worker calls out city as migrants ‘destroy rooms, ‘disrespect employees: ‘No Accountability’.” Migrants initially placed at the Watson Hotel in Midtown Manhattan are camping outside after being evicted on Monday. The migrants, who are single men, are protesting accommodations at a new migrant relief center in Brooklyn. Felipe Rodriguez, an employee at nearby Row NYC, detailed how his once-trendy hotel has spiraled into a migrant “free-for-all” riddled with drugs, sex and violence during “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday. “Chaos, total chaos,” Rodriguez said when […]

So much for the all American family. That is according to this article from newsource Reason, published on Monday, January 30th., headlined, “Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids, Ages 7 and 9, Walk to Dunkin’ Donuts.” Cynthia Rivers and her husband decided that their kids, ages seven and nine, deserved a long-promised treat for cleaning their rooms: the right to walk to Dunkin’ Donuts by themselves. This was in Killingly, Connecticut, a suburban town in the northeast part of the state. The Rivers’ lived near an elementary school, library, state police barracks, sidewalks, crosswalks, many Victorian-style homes, and the aforementioned donut […]

Some things don’t belong in our White, Christian America, and someone else feels the same way. On Friday, January 27th., The Birmingham News published this headline, “Hoover schools cancel Black History Month author visit after parent complaint.” In 2022, Hoover City Schools scheduled award-winning author Derrick Barnes to visit three elementary schools. But just before Barnes’ planned Black History Month appearances in February 2023, the invitation was abruptly canceled. At first, the school district referenced a “recent change” and said Barnes had failed to provide information needed to offer a contract. Later, Hoover Superintendent Dee Fowler acknowledged that Barnes had, in […]

It seems the Pope interprets God’s laws to fit his own agenda. The Associated Press on Wednesday, January 25th., ran this headline, “Pope says homosexuality not a crime .” VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an exclusive interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops in some parts of the world support laws that criminalize homosexuality or […]

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot expects the public to do her job for her. The Blaze, on Monday January 23rd., published this headline, “Don’t want to get mugged? Stop using cash, says Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot told viewers that one of the solutions to ending crime in the city is for citizens to stop carrying cash to the best of their ability, as reported by News Channel 20. Lightfoot is running for reelection. In a candidate debate, the mayor was asked about safety concerns, one of the hottest topics for the people of Chicago. Particularly regarding the […]

A little late, but ok. Just the News, on Friday, January 20th., published this headline, “Authorization of military force against Mexican cartels fueling fentanyl crisis gaining support.” A resolution introduced by GOP Reps. Mike Waltz and Dan Crenshaw authorizing military action against Mexican drug cartels fueling the deadly fentanyl epidemic sweeping the U.S. is gaining more cosponsors. According to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), “fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances kill approximately 80,000 Americans every year and is the leading cause of death for American men between the ages of 18 and 45.” If passed and signed into law, […]