Hatewatch Headlines 10/19/2016
‘Rigged election’ theories popular with militias; Politico reporter gets death threat; Pepe creator replies to the Alt-Right; and more.
Medium: Militia groups brimming with conspiracy theories about the ‘rigged election,’ thanks to Donald Trump.
BuzzFeed: A Politico reporter received an anti-Semitic death threat from a Trump supporter.
The Guardian: Extremist militias recruiting heavily in fear of Clinton winning election, activists say.
Rolling Stone: Meet Richard Spencer, the Alt-Right ‘spokesman’ who’s thrilled with Trump’s rise.
The Nib: Pepe the Frog’s creator draws his Alt-Right election nightmare.
WBAL-TV (Baltimore): Anne Arundel County police officer suspended after ‘Oath Keepers’ hat spotted in his cruiser.
Kansas City Star: Prison ordered for man convicted of burning down Joplin mosque, attacking women’s clinic.
Albuquerque Journal (NM): Man who ripped off woman’s hijab mid-flight from Chicago sentenced to probation, fines.
Huffington Post: Matthew Shepard’s mother has a chilling warning for America about Trump.
KOCO-TV (Oklahoma City): White supremacists glue ‘Identity Evropa’ posters onto walls around University of Oklahoma campus.
Route Fifty: How a refugee-resettlement plan stirred controversy in a small town in Vermont.
Mic: Chicago woman caught on video hurling racial epithets during festival is charged with a hate crime.
Raw Story: Boise man threatens black family with knives before school, saying ‘I’m going to cut some n------.’
