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  • Louisville black history museum known for ‘shackling’ white visitors set to get $1M from taxpayers: ‘Peak white guilt theater’

    05/14/2026 4:27:32 AM PDT · by Libloather · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/13/26 | Alex Oliveira, David DeTurris
    A Kentucky black history museum known for “shackling” patrons and posting “white guilt” videos is expected to receive a $1 million grant from the local city government. The Roots 101 African-American Museum in Louisville is set to receive the large sum from the local government as a part of a recently proposed budget. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said the funds will be used to establish a permanent home for the black history museum. “With this budget, we’re sharing more of our history, with all of its depth and complexity,” Greenberg said last month. The museum aims to “to empower visitors...
  • Court bans shackling of murder defendants

    05/23/2005 9:57:00 AM PDT · by EveningStar · 192 replies · 4,937+ views
    AP - StL Today ^ | May 23, 2005 | Gina Holland
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court, brushing aside warnings by two justices that it was jeopardizing courthouse safety, ruled Monday it is unconstitutional to force capital murder defendants to appear before juries in chains and shackles. Justices threw out the sentence of Carman Deck, who was shackled in leg irons and handcuffed to a chain around his belly when he faced a Missouri jury that put him on death row. Carman Deck as he appeared at his double murder trial in Jefferson County in 1996.