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Hatewatch Headlines 9/24/2018

Amazon’s library of white nationalist screeds; PayPal bans Alex Jones, Infowars; Hate crime suspect dies in wild Miami shootout; and more.

Mic: Amazon publishes a library of white nationalist books and magazines; they know it, and won’t stop.

Washington Post: PayPal bans Alex Jones, saying Infowars ‘promoted hate or discriminatory intolerance.’

Right Wing Watch: Alex Jones says he’s ‘already won,’ and now is ‘ready to die.’

Sun-Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Hate-crime suspect with AK-47 killed in wild police shootout near Miami’s airport.

New York Times: Sword killing of random black man was ‘practice’ for planned racial terrorism, man told police.

Think Progress: Here’s how a Texas militia planned to assault Islamic convention participants in Houston.

BuzzFeed: Meet the ‘devil’s advocate’ lawyer fighting to keep Nazis and trolls on Twitter.

The Verge: 3-D gun maker Cody Wilson has been arrested in Taiwan on child-sex charges.

The Hill: New Jersey sheriff whose racist remarks were caught on tape steps down amid furor.

Craig Calcaterra: North Carolina’s football stadium is a memorial to the leader of a white-supremacist massacre.

Monroe News Star (LA): West Ouachita student jailed after reportedly putting noose on black classmate.

Chicago Sun-Times: Man charged with spray painting anti-Muslim graffiti in Homer Glen.

Inlander (Spokane, WA): Spokane cop reportedly tells a local professor that all Muslims are ‘terrorists.’

Fresno Bee: Was a Clovis man flashing a white-power sign with Nunes? Activist says, no.

Oregonian: Former Eugene pot-lab owner tied to white nationalists sued by employees.

BuzzFeed: New emails show confusion at the Pentagon after Trump’s transgender ban tweets.

Kansas City Star: Alleged white supremacist is taunted and punched in Westport, and video goes viral.

AL.com: Roy Moore seeks to bring public prayer back to football games.

The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale): Chancellor responds to neo-Nazi fliers on campus, as student identified as racist.

Journalist’s Resource: Reporting on immigration? Choose your sources carefully.

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