We thought Jim Crow was over, however an unseasoned and uncouth white man has determined that he’s received to come out and present ni**as that the spirit of 1877 continues to be alive and properly in Amerikkka.
In line with reporting finished by The Minnesota Star-Tribune, a driver for Jefferson Strains bus service has come underneath hearth for a wild, allegedly racist incident the place he pressured two Black males to sit down at the back of the bus earlier than he would depart the station. A type of males, Xavier Davis, has filed a lawsuit in opposition to each the driving force and the corporate in Hennepin County District Court docket. In 2023, Davis was boarding a bus headed from North Dakota to Minnesota alongside a separate Black male passenger when the “John Doe” driver advised them that they needed to sit within the again. An argument ensued, and “John Doe” threatened to name the police if the lads didn’t comply together with his orders.
Jefferson Strains firm coverage clearly states that passengers are to board on a first-come, first-served foundation, however the driver advised the lads that the coverage was for passengers to load in from the again going ahead. In the meantime, white passengers have been allegedly allowed to sit down anyplace they rattling properly happy.
Months previous to this week’s lawsuit, Xavier Davis contacted the Minnesota Division of Human Rights Commissioner, Rebecca Lucero, to launch an investigation into the incident. In her memo, The Minnesota-Star-Tribune stories that Lucero famous that all the driver’s causes for why the Black males needed to sit within the again have been primarily based on racial discrimination, a reality that can certainly assist Davis in his lawsuit. The driving force, when questioned by Jefferson Strains, admitted that he pressured the lads to sit down within the again as a result of they smelled like marijuana, a habits that Lucero described as “rooted in discriminatory and stereotypical expectations.”
“Driver’s implication that he would possibly have to contain the police was rooted within the trope {that a} Black man questioning Driver’s determination was by some means threatening or disruptive,” Lucero wrote. “There was no proof that [Davis] engaged in any exercise that might warrant police intervention.”
Davis’ lawyer Sam Smith says that they’ve been negotiating a settlement with Jefferson Line for months however “They simply are unwilling to do the fitting factor.”
They might be unwilling to do the fitting factor however the fitting factor is prepared to do them. We hope Xavier Davis breaks the financial institution.
