Dec 21, 2016
A home health care nurse in Maine said this week that supporters of President-elect Donald Trump have attacked her and her family with more than 100 calls because conservative websites published the wrong number. Debbie Oram explained to the Bangor Daily News that the callers are upset at the...
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Dec 20, 2016
Police are investigating multiple red spray-painted swastikas on Long Island as hate crimes after residents reported seeing the offensive messages throughout their neighborhoods. The slew of reported racist graffiti was found between Nov. 30 and Dec.16 in several Long Island towns that include Mineola and Merrick, according to the...
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Dec 15, 2016
A group of cowboy hat-clad high school students turned their backs and displayed a Donald Trump sign as the starting roster for a predominantly black basketball team was announced before a game in Missouri. The pregame prank at Warrensburg High School occurred as the home team prepared for tipoff...
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Dec 12, 2016
Muscatine police are investigating after racial slurs were spray-painted on McKinley Elementary School over the holiday weekend. The school was marred by derogatory words pertaining to the gay community and black people. The spray paint covered walls, windows and even playground equipment. Educators at McKinley say they were at...
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“I was sitting down in the library in my school and a very big man wearing a Trump shirt walks up behind me. I start to turn around but before I can see who’s there, a hand is on my head… attempting to push my hijab back.” The Muslim...
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Dec 6, 2016
A New York City transit worker who is Muslim was pushed down the stairs at Grand Central Terminal by a man who called her a terrorist, authorities said. The assault took place on Monday morning as the victim, 45, was heading to work on the subway, CBS New York...
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Dec 5, 2016
A Nevada university instructor is furiously back-pedaling after warning that his classroom is not a “safe space” and vowing to turn students in to immigration authorities if he suspects they are in the country illegally. The controversial comments are one more example of a mounting anti-immigrant rhetoric ignited by...
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Vandals had poured cement into the stove and down the tub’s drain. Walls and staircase railings were kicked in. A ceiling had collapsed. Most troubling: “White power,” die n—–” and swastikas were spray-painted on walls. “They wrecked every room,” the couple wrote. “Nothing was spared.” Joe is black and...
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A Muslim off-duty NYPD officer, hailed by the mayor as a hero, and her 16-year-old son became the city’s latest hate crime victims Saturday when a bigot in Brooklyn yelled at them to “go back to your country,” police sources said. Officer Aml Elsokary, who was off duty and...
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Dec 2, 2016
A trio of Bangor City Council members is denouncing what they say was a hate crime against a black man in downtown Bangor Friday night. Police charged Joshua Pendergast, 42, of Bangor with misdemeanor assault late Monday. Bangor City Council Chair Joe Baldacci, writing Sunday on his Facebook page,...
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