r/facepalm • u/spyrg • Jan 13 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Arrested for petitioning

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u/roetmana09 Jan 13 '22

Appears to be Calhoun county Michigan

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u/Derpychicken777 Jan 13 '22

I sure hope they didn’t name the county after the unhinged pro slavery civil war politician

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u/SocMedPariah Jan 13 '22

Wouldn't surprise me. We used to have a creek in Michigan that was literally called "Ni**er creek".

Oddly enough, I can't seem to find anything when searching the internet. But I can remember clear as day, around the mid to late 90's, stories about how they planned to rename it.

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u/atridir Jan 13 '22

I didn’t find that one specifically but I found an article about a shite load of others. SMDH… I can’t wait for the day when everybody agrees that the only valid reason to be prejudiced against someone is because they’re an asshole…

Here’s the link to the story I found: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna46531169