Navy commanders address 2 racist incidents on West Coast
By LOLITA C. BALDORFebruary 10, 2021 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) Senior U.S. Navy commanders met with sailors on ships on the West Coast Monday and Tuesday, after two recent racist incidents triggered one of the first military stand-downs to address extremism in the ranks.
The meetings came after a noose was found on one ship, and hate speech was found written on a wall on another ship. But the discussions with sailors and admonishments by leadership were spurred by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent orders for all military commanders to meet with troops in the next 60 days to talk about extremism and racism.
Navy officials address 2 racist incidents on West Coast February 9 Adm. John Aquilino, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks with sailors assigned to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) on Feb. 8, 2021. (Mass Communication Spc. Seaman Apprentice Mason Congleton/U.S. Navy via AP) WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Navy commanders met with sailors on ships on the West Coast Monday and Tuesday, after two recent racist incidents triggered one of the first military stand-downs to address extremism in the ranks. The meetings came after a noose was found on one ship, and hate speech was found written on a wall on another ship. But the discussions with sailors and admonishments by leadership were spurred by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent orders for all military commanders to meet with troops in the next 60 days to talk about extremism and racism.
WASHINGTON (AP) Senior U.S. Navy commanders met with sailors on ships on the West Coast Monday and Tuesday, after two recent racist incidents triggered one
Parler, the social media platform popular with conservatives, could be offline longer than expected after a handful of Big Tech companies moved to take down the platform.
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Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro compared a handful of Big Tech companies ceasing their relationship with Parler, taking the Twitter alternative offline, to one of the earliest events of the Holocaust.
Parler is offline as of Monday morning after Amazon ended its relationship with the conservative-targeted alternative to Twitter. Amazon provided Parler with cloud computing power, but that ended as the clock hit midnight on the West Coast Monday morning. Apple and Google also removed the app from their platforms, and all three accused Parler of not doing enough to stymie posts inciting violence following the attack on the Capitol.