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Dead Wrong: USA Today cartoon illustrates racial prejudice—and insults every cop in America

Sign the petition below and demand a retraction

May 2, 2021
Robert JohnsonbyRobert Johnson
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Its official. USA Today is no longer a newspaper, but a propaganda platform for pushing ignorance and racial prejudice throughout America. A cartoon published by USA Today is absolutely nothing to laugh it. It illustrates the ignorance and black/white racial prejudice that has become a hallmark of woke racism. It clearly ignores the violence that police officers must face from suspects—both “black” and “white” and criminals of every kind.

The cartoon by Mike Thompson and published by the USA Today Network spoofs the board game LIFE—and repulsively spits in the face of every officer who has suffered violence—or sacrificed their lives—on the streets and by the side of highways throughout America.

A diagram of the wokely ignorant and racially prejudiced cartoon appears below.

The illustrator, various editors, and others involved in USA Today publications surely had to recognize they hurt and harm this illustration could cause before syndicating it across the country.

And they should have recognized how this only illustrates what we have been saying for years:

This is all a lie—one that the media and politicians need to continue to stay relevant, despite the facts.

Coincidentally, the woke-minded allies of the USA Today at The Washington Post have all but proven the lie with their very own data regarding officer-involved shootings.

The Washington Post database indicates that In the last five years, 24% of people who were shot by police were “African Americans”—but more than twice that many were “white.” And no delusions of “racial disparity” can change these basic numerical facts.

Yet in their ignorance of facts, civility, and common sense, USA Today has chosen to illustrate that “blacks” are treated differently than “whites” in traffic stops—as though criminal behavior has nothing to do with the circumstance. And even just to underscore their ignorance, the same data shows that out of the “unarmed” people shot by the police 2 percent were “black”—while 3 percent were “white.”

We don’t expect any of the fake news machines to spend even a moment looking at the data. But we do expect civility. It is atrocious that a major newspaper distributes what can only be described as hate speech and racial prejudice to the American public.

We wonder what the families of the following law enforcement officers think about this illustration and of USA Today:

  • Iowa State Police Sergeant James Smith
  • Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Chad Walker
  • New Mexico State Patrolman Darian Jarrott
  • Decatur County (GA) Captain Justin Bedwell
  • Stanley (VA) Police Officer Dominic Winum, and
  • Sacramento County (CA) Deputy Adam Gibson

Each one of these heroes were murdered in cold blood on a traffic stop in 2021. The same type of traffic stop that USA Today so appallingly portrayed.

The staff of USA Today may think their audience is stupid. But America knows better, and will not stand for this baseless racial bigotry.

On behalf of law enforcement officers throughout America—especially the ones who have lost their lives during traffic stops—we demand an immediate retraction of this cartoon along with an official apology from Mike Thompson, USA Today, and Gannett.

SPEAK OUT & SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT

Please speak out and demand a retraction from USA Today.

RE: Retraction of "The Game of Life" Cartoon

Read the Petition

I hereby demand the immediate retraction of the appallingly racist, ignorant, and offensive cartoon published and syndication by USA TODAY/GANNETT.
An example of which was published here: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/opinion/readers/2021/04/25/letters-editor-sunday-april-25-2021/7331303002/

The so-called "cartoon" illustrates little more than the collective ignorance and racial prejudice of your publication. It is an insult to law enforcement officers throughout our nation. Moreover, it utterly disrespects the lives and legacies of law enforcement officers who have been killed during traffic stops—especially those who have been ambushed and killed alongside the streets and highways of America.

Please retract immediately.

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USA Today Contacts

Maribel Perez Wadsworth, President/Publisher USA Today: [email protected] 

Kristen DelGuzzi, Opinion Editor, [email protected]

Mike Thompson, Editorial Cartoonist, [email protected]

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Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson is a 25 year veteran law enforcement officer currently working at a large metropolitan agency on the east coast. His assignments have included patrol, narcotics, gangs and training. He joined Law Officer in 2017 as a contributing author.

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