OUTRAGE: Woman Had Her Home Raided for Playing Malcolm X Speeches
In Garner, North Carolina, about a dozen police officers raided a woman’s home and charged her with a noise violation after a White neighbor complained that the words of Malcolm X was hate speech. A search warrant of Mikisa Thompson’s home was issued by the Garner Police Department after she played “amplified speech being projected by some sound amplification device.” Although the raid went down on May 16, the incident happened last month. They seized several electronic devices from her home, including a MacBook, an HP laptop, a computer monitor, seven iPhones and computer speakers. Don Barnette, Mikisa Thompson’s neighbor, first called 911 to complain about her playing “loud Islamic-Muslim preaching” on April 22. At the time, police seized her stereo and fined her $50. Cops came back on May 16 after the same neighbor complained that Mikisa Thompson kept playing Malcolm X speeches in the early morning hours. She denied doing that. Mikisa Thompson was charged with violating Garner’s noise ordinance, a misdemeanor which carries a maximum fine of $500. The neighbor, Don Barnette claims he is not racist. “I don’t have anything against any Black person that acts like they’ve got sense,” he said. He also said he and his family felt like victims “of a hate crime.”
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