Posted on 02/07/2024 8:59:43 AM PST by Sam77
Oklahoma's largest newspaper must pay out a staggeringly large settlement to a sports broadcaster they wrongly identified as being a racist, it was announced on Tuesday.
The Oklahoman, the state's largest newspaper, was ordered by a jury to pay $25 million to Scott Sapulpa after they accused him of engaging in a racist tirade against high school basketball players. The incident in question took place in March 2021, when players from the Norman High School girls basketball team "took the knee" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. As the protest took place, audiences were astonished to hear one of the live commentators launch into a rant filled with racial slurs directed at the kneeling players.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
The NFL needs to be sued over their racist anthem crap.
It probably won’t happen, but I really hope a white player takes a knee when that black song gets played.
The Oklahoman is doomed..............
“Staggeringly”
Kinda like $83M for denying an accusation from a loony bin slut?
And so do other woke corporations.
So do I.
If New York can rig their court system to favor their sicko leftists and perverted progressives, why can’t judiciaries in Red States fight back?
for sure 👍💯
Exactly!
Another ridiculous ruling by our dysfunctional court system.
The Jury needs to go to jail.
Newspaper says they will appeal.
This is good news. Now, if we can just get some justice for Doug Adler.
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