[URBAN NOTE] "Jerry Agar’s Tweets Explain Why His Black Lives Matter Column is Stupid"

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Torontoist fisks a column by Toronto journalist Jerry Agar critical of Black Lives Matter.

On Tuesday, Newstalk 1010 host and Toronto Sun columnist Jerry Agar made headlines when he dug up a controversial tweet by a Black Lives Matter Toronto co-founder. The tweet in question, sent out in February by Yusra Khogali (and printed by Agar, who seemingly hasn’t learned how to take a screenshot), calls on Allah for “strength not to cuss/kill these men and white folks out here today.”

The tweet may have been tongue in cheek, and it could be another example of someone tweeting before thinking through the implications.

Agar does not have the same excuse for his column.

Below, we deconstruct Agar’s column, and, because he kindly invited us to, use supporting evidence from the radio host’s own Twitter account.

There's much more at Torontoist.