Hatewatch Headlines 8/2/2016
Islamophobia runs amok in Idaho; Trump takes Jones’ hint, worries about election; Georgia town targets black voters; and more.
Slate: In Twin Falls, Idaho, a sexual-assault case involving refugees ignites a furor fueled by Islamophobia.
Media Matters: Days after Alex Jones asked him to, Donald Trump worries ‘the election is going to be rigged.’
Right Wing Watch: Trump gives radio interview with extremist Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke.
Raw Story: A Georgia town is sending police to black residents’ homes to challenge their voting rights.
Boston Globe: Massachusetts’ attorney general faces sexist, anti-LGBT slurs after imposing gun ban.
Salon: Miss Teenage America gets to keep her crown despite her old N-word tweets, and her non-apology.
Review Journal (Las Vegas, NV): Back home on the Bundy range, family members keep up their business as usual.
Imagine 2050: Oregon anti-immigrant group doubles down on extremism after its latest referendum hopes fall flat.
Patch (Tinley Park, IL): Man who spewed racial diatribes at black woman faces hate-crime charge with $100,000 bond.
Toledo Blade (OH): Two men charged with hate crime after assaulting black man they confronted while loading a truck.
Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA): FBI joins hate crime investigation of beating of black man late at night by white man.
