20 Horrific Acts Of Violence In Donald Trump’s First Days As President-Elect
Donald Trump’s first day as president-elect spurred racism and vitriol across America, and the entirety of the worldwide web. A week later, assaults and intimidation against minorities have only worsened, despite the real estate billionaire demanding his supporters put an immediate end to the violence. “I am so saddened to hear that,” Trump said Sunday […]
Hate Crimes Surge After Trump Victory
Extremism watchers and civil rights groups have welcomed an appeal from Donald Trump for a halt to a surge in harassment and hate crimes, but are urging the president-elect to do more. In an interview with CBS television network’s 60 Minutes program that aired Sunday, Trump was asked about reports of threats and racial slurs […]
FBI: Hate Crimes Against Minorities Increased in 2015
Hate crimes against minorities rose 7 percent in the United States last year, the FBI reported Monday, with incidents targeting Muslims jumping 67 percent. Hate crimes escalated to 5,850 from 5,479 last year, according to the bureau’s latest data. By contrast, hate crimes against Muslims jumped to 257 from 154 in 2014. Bias-motivated offenses against […]
FBI: Hate crimes against Muslims in US surge 67 percent
Hate crimes against Muslims in the United States shot up 67 percent in 2015 to their highest levels since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to new FBI statistics. Overall, 57 percent of the 5,850 reported incidents were motivated by race or ethnicity, while 20 percent of hate crimes were related to […]
White Privilege wages jihad: Kansas “militia members” aren’t considered “terrorists” because they’re not Muslim
The three white men planned to unleash a killing spree and to bomb a house of worship — what should we call them? Chauncey DeVega On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that they had arrested three white men, Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright and Patrick Stein, who as part of a militia group called […]
Worship site in Bayonne marred by anti-Muslim graffiti citing ‘Donald Trump’
BAYONNE — Muslims arriving for prayer this morning at their place of worship — the basement of a Catholic school — here were met with anti-Muslim graffiti on the windows and walls outside the building. But among predictable profanities such as “F— Muslims,” “F— Allah,” and “F— Arabs!”, something else was spray painted on the […]
Alabama Congressman Tweets Muslims ‘Want To Kill Us’
A Republican congressman from Alabama who is also a state campaign official for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is standing some inflammatory comments he tweeted Monday night during the first debate. A series of tweets from Rep. Ed Henry targeted Muslims as well as Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton. The three-term congressman […]
Witness links Duterte to mosque bombing, killings
Manila, The Philippines – A witness in a Senate hearing on the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines has testified that he was a member of a death squad in the home city of President Rodrigo Duterte, and that the then-mayor himself ordered the killings of crime and drug suspects as well as the bombing of […]
Arrest made in arson fire at Florida mosque
A 32-year-old man has been arrested and is facing a charge of arson and hate crime in a fire that heavily damaged a mosque in Florida, according to authorities. Joseph Michael Schreiber was arrested without incident on Wednesday afternoon and was being interrogated by investigators looking into the fire set late on Sunday at the […]
UK: Arrest made in hate crime attack on pregnant woman
A man has been arrested in connection with a racially motivated attack on a pregnant woman last month in the UK, which resulted in the loss of her baby. The 34-year-old woman was verbally abused with “racial remarks” while shopping at a supermarket in the town of Bletchley, north of London, on August 6, police […]