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Liam Neeson Admits Walking Around With A Weapon Looking For A ‘Black B******’ To Kill After His Loved One Was Raped
During a week in his life, actor Liam Neeson carried around a weapon, hoping he’d run into a “Black bas- tard” so he could “kill him” in some twisted racist and re- venge-filled fantasy. In an in- terview with The Independent circulating the web, Neeson revealed one of his family members was raped and though she doesn’t know who raped her, she told him it was a Black man who committed the heinous crime against her.
“She handled the situa- tion of the rape in the most extraordinary way,” Neeson said during a junket promot- ing his latest action-flick Cold Pursuit. “But my immediate reaction was ... did she know who it was? No. What colour were they? She said it was a black person.
And then it got really bad. “I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I’d be ap- proached by somebody. I’m ashamed to say that, and I did it for maybe a week – hoping some [Neeson ges- tures air quotes with his fin- gers] ‘black bastard’ would comeoutofapubandhavea go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill
him.”
Neeson went on to ques-
tion himself, saying, “It was horrible, horrible, when I think back, that I did that.”
Neeson volunteered this troubling story during a stan- dard junket interview, but oddly, he didn’t see anything racist with it. Instead, he fo- cused on the ills of seeking
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revenge.
“I understand that need
for revenge, but it just leads to more revenge, to more killing and more killing,” he added.
Well, the Internet is col- lectively cancelling Neeson and you can bet there won’t be any Black people at the theaters supporting the movie he is promoting.
Liam Neeson Starts Apology Tour For His Racist Murder Fantasy And Says Power Walking cured His Racism
The Liam Neeson apol- ogy/new movie promo tour kicked off its first stop with an interview on Good Morn- ing America.
Neeson’s flick, Cold Pur- suit, is about revenge, but when discussing the film’s themes in an interview with the Independent, the once revered actor shared an inci- dent where he learned that
someone close to him had been raped.
“God forbid you’ve ever had a member of your family hurt under criminal condi- tions,” he explained, adding that after he found out about the rape, “My immediate re- action was ... I asked, did she know who it was? No. What color were they? She said it was a black person.”
Neeson then admitted he went out on the streets with a heavy stick, hoping someone would approach him and start an altercation.
“I’m ashamed to say that and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some ‘black b******’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about some- thing, you know? So that I could ... kill him,” he contin- ued.
As his costar Tom Bate- man listened in shock, he could be heard saying: “Holy s*^t.”
Neeson then seemingly realized the major admission and apologized saying it “was horrible, horrible, when I think back, that I did that and I’ve never admitted that, and I’m saying it to a journalist. God forbid.”
Needless to say Neeson’s racist murder fantasy didn’t sit well with fans and social media users were quick to cancel the Taken star.
GMA anchor Robin Roberts drew the short straw and sat down with Neeson for his first televised interview where the actor claimed power walking cured his racism.
MR. VIRGIL BENTLEY OLIVER BROOKS, JR.
Mr. Virgil Bentley Oliver Brooks, Jr., of Tampa, passed away Tuesday, Jan- uary 29, 2019. Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, February 9 at 2 p. m. at First Baptist Church of College Hill, 3838 N. 29th Street, with Pastor Gregory Whaley, officiat- ing. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Mr. Virgil Bentley Oliver Brooks, Jr., affectionately known by his family and friends as “Scooter” and “Big Daddy,” was a native of Greensboro, NC, born to the late Deacon and Mrs. Virgil (Marneese) Brooks. Virgil was loved and ad- mired by all who knew him. Virgil was a well-respected, accomplished patriarch of his family.
He was preceded in death by: his father, Deacon Virgil Bentley Oliver Brooks, Sr.; mother, Marneese Elizabeth Brooks; brother, Mr. Robert Smoot, Jr.; sister, Mrs. Frances Loyce Brooks Jennings; brothers-in-law, Mr. James Jennings, and Mr. Sol Nickerson; daugh- ter-in-law, Valarie Gail Johnson; and granddaugh- ter, Yasmine Tyson.
Cherishing his loving memories are: his loving wife of 65 years, Olivia Levy
Brooks; children, sons, Vir- gil Brooks, III (Valarie), Oliver Brooks (Evelyn), and daughter, Janice Hagins (Isaac); sister, Margie Brooks Nickerson; grand- children, Janice Ward (Eddie), Olivia Brooks, Lashawna Johnson, Danyell Tyson, Janelle Brooks, Janeka Bivens (Larry), Shayna Brooks, Virgil Huggins, Aiko Ha- gins, Victoria Collins (Xavier), Isaiah Hagins, and Kaleb Brooks; great grandchildren, Wilbert, Eddie, Essence, J’Kobi, Zemberiah, J’London, Makaio, J’Landis, Zaire, Asia, Zaniyah, Bentley, J’Landon, and J’Lyssicia; great-great grandchildren, Madison, and Eddie, Jr.; special nephew, Bentley Haley; and a great multi- tude of loving nieces and nephews, family and friends.
Special Thanks to Pastor Coller Williams, Pastors Gregory and Priscilla Wha- ley and Ms. Ollie Maddox- Carter.
The remains will repose after 5 p. m. Friday, Febru- ary 8 at Ray Williams Fu- neral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FU- NERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners.
National
New Jersey Becomes 4th State To Approve $15 Hourly Wage
New Jersey became the lat- est state on Monday to boost its hourly minimum wage to $15 after Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a measure phasing in the higher rate over five years.
Murphy signed the bill alongside Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver and Democratic leg- islative leaders at a raucous event in Elizabeth where ad- vocates cheered, “Ready for 15,” carried banners with their union affiliation and ap- plauded loudly once the bill
was signed.
“It is a great day to make
some history for New Jersey’s working families,” Murphy said. “And that’s just what we’re going to do. We’ve talked long enough about putting New Jersey on a re- sponsible path to $15 an hour minimum wage. Today we start our way on this path.”
New Jersey joins Califor- nia, Massachusetts, New York and the District of Co- lumbia in phasing in the higher rate. The $15 wage is a
prominent policy goal of left- leaning groups, as well as the fulfillment of a key campaign promise by Murphy.
The governor, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin announced a deal on the higher wage last month following yearslong efforts by left-leaning groups and unions in the state to raise the wage.
Republican Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a similar bill in 2016 to raise the wage.
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