Hatewatch Headlines 9/19/2017
New report shows hate crimes rising in Trump era; Anglin served lawsuit on the run; ‘Weev’ tossed from yet another social-media platform; and more.
Huffington Post: New report offers proof of rise in hate crimes in the United States in the Trump era.
The Daily Dot: Daily Stormer’s Andrew Anglin, still on the run, served lawsuit via Ohio newspaper.
Wonkette: What kind of free speech platform won’t let you tell people to blow up buildings full of Jews?
New York Daily News: Why radical racists revere Russia.
KGO-TV (San Francisco): UC Berkeley says student group missed deadlines to reserve venues for Milo’s ‘free speech week.’
Raw Story: ‘Did they rape you?’ Armed right-wing militiamen surround and verbally assault protester at D.C. rally.
BuzzFeed: Antifascists used Twitter to find a neo-Nazi in Seattle who had harassed bus riders and beat him up.
The Hill: University of Virginia to remove Confederate plaques, ban open flames after white supremacist march.
Vox: The women fighting for white male supremacy.
The Verge: Pepe the Frog’s creator sending takedown notices to far-right sites that hijacked his character.
Think Progress: Judge says it’s OK for businesses to discriminate so long as they write about it on Facebook.
Post and Courier (Charleston, SC): Calling attorneys his ‘political and biological enemies,’ Dylann Roof seeks new ones for federal appeal.
The Algemeiner: Antisemitic flyers found at University of Houston as neo-Nazis continue college recruitment efforts.
Detroit Free Press (MI): University of Michigan police investigate racist graffiti on dormitory doors.
io9: Why one Portland comics convention has banned all Nazi costumes.
Essence: A racist letter was left at the first-ever black business in this small California town.