Hatewatch Headlines 9/5/18
New book says Trump later called his criticism of white supremacists his “biggest mistake;” neo-Nazi reportedly offered $9,000 to kill family of five; the curious case of a black man who befriended the KKK, and more.
Washington Post: In his bombshell new book, journalist Bob Woodward says President Trump later opined that it was his “biggest … mistake” to condemn white supremacists after the last year’s Unite the Right rally in Virginia.
WFTS-TV: Florida jail inmate accused of offering neo-Nazi $9,000 to murder family of five.
The Advocate: A transgender woman is murdered in Chicago, the 17th transgender American known to have been murdered this year.
Vox: Twitter says it didn’t ban outspoken white nationalist Richard Spencer from the platform because he supposedly doesn’t have any known affiliations with hate groups.
Daily Beast: The curious case of the black man who befriended KKK members.
Washington Post: Joe Gomez believed he could find the middle by working for the anti-immigrant group FAIR. He was wrong.
The Trace: How to keep armed militias out of your city.
KMTV: Five churches in Omaha, Nebraska, are targeted by propaganda fliers from the extremely violent neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division.
Raw Story: The racist ideas of American white nationalists David Duke and Richard Spencer are finding a growing audience overseas.
Daily Beast: Why young men of color are joining extremist groups.
Vox: The Kansas Supreme Court rules that a grand jury must investigate whether Secretary of State Kris Kobach intentionally botched voter registration in the state in the 2016 elections.
Houston Chronicle: The Black Panthers, the Texas Patriot Network, the Houston Socialist Movement and other groups were represented at a weekend demonstration outside a large Islamic convention in Houston.
Color Lines: Survivors of hate violence share their stories in civil rights attorney Arjun Singh Sethi's new book, “American Hate.”
