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Behind the Aegis

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Wed May 13, 2020, 03:35 PM May 2020

Human rights activist who went on homophobic Facebook rant arrested for assault... again [View all]

LaKendrick Coburn, better known as Brother Kenick El, is a human rights activist from Virginia Beach, Virginia. There’s just one problem. For someone who claims to be an advocate for humanity’s rights, he’s developing a rather long rap sheet of alleged human rights violations.

In May 2019, the Virginia Beach City Council unanimously voted to make El head of its esteemed Human Rights Commission, which consists of 19 volunteer board members. Five months later, he was forced to step down after publishing a string homophobic posts on Facebook.

“Men trying to be women and women trying to be men is really confusing our children and I’m tired of seeing this nonsense promoted to our children,” one of his posts read.

In another post he called homosexuality “an abomination to the human race” and “a mental illness and should be treated as such.”

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