Hatewatch Headlines 1/29/15

January 29, 2015

Hatewatch Staff

Rachel Maddow: American Family Association fires Bryan Fischer as analysis director ahead of RNC trip to Israel.

CNN: South Carolina judge throws out old convictions for sit-ins from Civil Rights era for ‘Friendship Nine.’

News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.): Police say traffic incident quickly escalated into racial assault on woman.

American-Statesman (Austin, TX): Aryan Brotherhood member faces felony theft charge after stealing snacks at Wal-Mart.

Right Wing Watch: Far-right activist Bill Federer warns of the Obama-Ferguson-Islamist-Homosexual plot to destroy America.

Raw Story: Seattle man needed state official’s help to deal with bogus charges for ‘walking while black.’

Idaho Statesman: Huge crowd, deep division at hearing for proposal to ban anti-LGBT discrimination in Idaho.

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