Patrol Captain Ron Johnson A Gang Member

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And so THIS is why we have to continue to dialogue.  This is why we have to continue to hear each others views and not restrict ourselves to the viewpoints of solely our peers.  This is why diversity promotes mental and spiritual evolution but superiority complexes (racism) promotes ignorance.  This is why I appreciate forums like Dinar Vets where we can be up front and honest about our views while considering the views of others.  I only dislike it when we take shots at each other and demean one another.

 

So for all those who are not aware, there are three prominent black fraternities and many of my friends belong to one of them.  I decided not to pledge when I was in college for my own personal/spiritual reasons.  Those fraternities are Alphas, Omegas and Sigmas.  These fraternaties were birthed ages ago by black students establishing a support community for their educational and lifelong goals, a good thing. Frats have nothing to do with hatred.  Each of them have their signature styles and call signs.  Ron Johnson is a member of the Alpha fraternity and took pictures with fellow Alphas displaying brotherhood and flashing their call signs.  He is also seen on occasion marching with the people and supporting the constitutional right of peaceful protest.  

 

Well guess what happens when ignorant people see this man posing with his Alpha brothers?  Without the benefit of any doubt, he is ostracized is being affiliated with thugs and gang members.  Does this surprise anyone?

 

CNN Removes Ridiculous Report Claiming Ferguson Captain Is In A Gang

The Huffington Post  | By Catherine Taibi

A CNN Report from a user falsely claiming that Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson was affiliated with a gang has been deleted from the network's site.

An article posted on iReport, the CNN page that allows people around the world to share photos and submit their own stories, stated that Capt. Johnson was seen in a photograph holding up a hand symbol associated with the Bloods. Johnson was recently placed in charge of security procedures in Ferguson, Missouri, where the violent protests over the killing of Michael Brown are currently taking place.

The photograph soon made its rounds on Twitter:

The Washington Post put those rumors to rest Wednesday when it confirmed that the symbol was actually just a greeting from Johnson's fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi.

Anyone can submit an iReport, a platform for citizen journalism, and CNN deleted the submission in question once it realized the information was not true. The network issued the following statement, explaining, "iReport is a social network for news. A small number of user submissions are approved for use on air and online. The iReport in question had not been vetted, was labeled as "NOT VERIFIED BY CNN," and was removed shortly after being flagged by the community."

Others on Twitter caught the blunder before the erroneous article was taken down:

Edited August 23, 2014 by TrinityeXchange