Re: Judge Rules That Nine-Year-Old NFL Fan Can Sue the Crap Out of Deadspin for False Blackface Allegations

 > kamala voter watch wrote:
 > Remember when a braindead columnist tried to accuse a 9-year-old
Kansas
 > City Chiefs fan of wearing blackface at a football game in an op-ed
for
 > Deadspin? Well, it appears the child’s family will be able to
hold the
 > news outlet accountable for publishing the fallacious piece.
 >
 > A Delaware judge declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed
against
 > Deadspin over the article, which attempted to paint the 9-year-old
child
 > as a virulent racist.
 >
 > The lawsuit was filed by California residents Raul Armenta Jr. and
his
 > wife, Shannon, on behalf of themselves and their son, Holden, who
 > attended a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas
Raiders
 > last November.
 >
 > According to the lawsuit, Holden, referred to in the lawsuit as
“H.A.”,
 > is a Chiefs fan who also loves his family’s Chumash-Indian
heritage. He
 > wore a Chiefs jersey to the game, with his face painted half-red
and
 > half-black, and a costume Native American headdress.
 >
 > The author, Carron Phillips, wrote an article accusing the child of

 > wearing blackface because his face was painted half black and half
red,
 > the colors of the team he was rooting for.
 >
 > Bobby Burack
 >
 > @burackbobby_
 > ·
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 > Hey @carronJphillips, were you aware at the time of publication
that the
 > little boy who you framed as a racist for wearing blackface wasn't
 > wearing blackface, but the double red and black paint to support
the Chiefs?
 >
 >   Do you plan to apologize to him and his family?
 >
 > In the article, the author not only pretended the boy was wearing
 > blackface, but also accused him of disrespecting Native Americans
 > because he was wearing a traditional headdress.
 >
 > It takes a lot to disrespect two groups of people at once. On
Sunday
 > afternoon in Las Vegas, someone in the stands at the Kansas City
Chiefs
 > game wore a headdress and face paint that some observers found
 > objectionable, leading to lots of unanswered questions.
 >
 > Why is Native American headdress banned in Arrowhead Stadium but
not in
 > every stadium in the league?
 >
 > The author claimed the boy had been taught “hatred” by his
parents and
 > called on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to condemn the child and
his
 > family.
 >
 > Amazingly, when Phillips was called out for his blatant
race-baiting
 > lie, he doubled down in a post on X. “For the idiots in my
mentions who
 > are treating this as some harmless act because the other side of
his
 > face was painted red, I could make the argument that it makes it
even
 > worse,” he wrote. “Y’all are the ones who hate Mexicans but
wear
 > sombreros on Cinco [de Mayo].”
 >
 > He later deleted the post. But the damage was already done. The
child’s
 > family indicated they began receiving hateful messages and even
death
 > threats over Phillips’ lie. One even threatened to murder Holden
“with a
 > wood chipper,” according to the lawsuit.
 >
 > The judge definitely made the right ruling in this case.
Phillips’
 > article was clearly a deceptive way to stoke racial tensions. There
is
 > nothing abnormal about this, as left-leaning members of the
chattering
 > class have been doing this for years.
 >
 > But the fact that he chose to use a child to ignite a racial
controversy
 > is about as low as whale excrement. Hopefully, Deadspin will be
held
 > accountable for publishing what was obviously a cynical attempt to
 > exploit racial tensions for attention.
 >
 >
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/10/08/judge-rules-that-nine-year-old-nfl-fan-can-sue-the-crap-out-of-deadspin-for-false-blackface-allegations-n2180321

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