Colin Flaherty: Evil Racist Watermelon Will Not Be Tolerated - Black Race Hoax

Evil Racist Watermelon Will Not Be Tolerated - Black Race Hoax Colin Flaherty (Author of Don't Make the Black Kids Angry) Commentary Video "NAACP SAYS STUDENTS OF COLOR STARTED WATERMELON INCIDENT AT FOOTBALL GAME at Ballard High School" and "Woman Made Up Story About Confrontation With Trump Supporters"
Thursday, September 13th 2018, 5:24 pm EDT by Fallon Glick
Updated: Thursday, September 13th 2018, 9:36 pm EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's NAACP says an incident involving a watermelon at a football game was started by students of color.

The watermelon was passed around the student section at last Friday's Ballard High School football game vs. Central High School. Central's principal spoke out on the taunt, which many called racist, for the first time.

For the students of color who started it, Louisville NAACP President Raoul Cunningham said it came as a surprise.

"Does it make it better or worse? For me, personally, it was very shocking," Cunningham said.

He added that while an older generation understands the connotation, a younger generation might not.

"Because if someone would have given me a watermelon in high school, I would have thrown it at them," Cunningham said. "Therefore, we have a different perspective of what segregation was."

Central High School Principal Raymond Green does not think there will be retaliation from Central students. He said he's been in constant talks with Ballard's principal on the appropriate ways to help students learn and grow from last week's display.

"I would call it inappropriate and insensitive, because to call it racist meant I would know their intent, and I didn't know their intent," said Central Principal Raymond Green. "But the best I could say right now is it was inappropriate and insensitive."

here was outrage on social media after the incident. Nearly 80 percent of Central's students are black, compared to about 30 percent of Ballard's.

"My message to my school is that we do not live in a post-racial America," Green said. "We have to be cognizant of the implication of race in all settings and be wise in how we deal with one another and ourselves."

By Alex Costello, Patch Staff | Sep 15, 2018 10:32 am ET
A Baldwin woman was arrested on Friday after police say she made up a story about Trump supporters harassing her.

According to police, Adwoa Lewis, 19, gave detectives a written statement saying that she was driving home on Sept. 2 at 11:15 p.m. when she was confronted by four teenagers. Her statement said that they yelled "Trump 2016!" and told her that she didn't belong here. She said she parked in front of her house, and when she woke up, she found one of her tires was slashed and there was a note on her car reading "Go Home."

Police say that an extensive investigation showed that the incident never happened, and that Lewis made it up. When questioned about holes in her story, police say that Lewis admitted she was the one who wrote the note on her car. She was arrested without incident.