Hatewatch Headlines 5/3/2018
How Florida murders exposed fascist youth; Facts show Trump policies based in bigotry; ‘Sanctuary status’ fights fueled by national groups; and more.
Rolling Stone: How a senseless double murder in Florida exposed the rise of a fascist youth movement in the U.S.
CNN: Five ways that hate spreads online.
Washington Post: Trump says his policies aren’t based on bigotry, but then there are the facts.
Los Angeles Times: Sanctuary-state fight at local levels may be orchestrated by national nativist organizations.
Rewire: The new ICE age: Agency has been unleashed amid a tide of associations with nativist hate groups.
Daily Beast: Richard Spencer was supposed to lead the alt-right to victory, but now he’s begging for money.
Talking Points Memo: Black student at American University sues Daily Stormer over neo-Nazi harassment campaign.
Post and Courier (Charleston, SC): Georgia man pleads guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Tim Scott because he is black.
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN): Militia accused in Bloomington mosque bombing charged in Illinois indictment, too.
High Plains Reader (Fargo, ND): Nordic Club in Moorhead targeted by white nationalist group.
Forward: Rabbi crashes D.C. council meeting to protest ‘dangerous’ anti-Semitism among members.
Think Progress: Fake ‘antifa’ posts on social media tricked police into a massive show of force at Newnan neo-Nazi rally.
Advocate: California voter guide contains vile anti-trans screed by Constitution Party candidate.
Mother Jones: White police officer involved in fatal California shooting was once charged with a hate crime.
Texas Tribune: Fighting over Confederate monuments, symbols continues across Texas.
Times-News (Greensboro, SC): Neo-Confederate group helps fly Dixie flag over a Hillsborough property.
Politico: ‘Baby Breitbarts’ – right-wing papers full of fake news and bad info – are popping up around rural America.
