Over 200 Reports of Hateful Harassment and Intimidation Post-Election, SPLC Says
Over 200 Reports of Hateful Harassment and Intimidation Post-Election, SPLC Says
By JENNIFER HANSLER
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/200-r...ry?id=43491050
"According to the organization's analysis, anti-black, anti-immigrant, and anti-Muslim incidents were the most common. Harassment targeting women and the LGBTQ community as well as incidents involving Nazi symbolism were also highly reported, the SPLC reports. These findings are consistent with those reported by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).""In Wellsville, New York, a baseball dugout was vandalized with a swastika and the words "Make America White Again." The graffiti has since been painted over and police are investigating, according to local media. In addition, New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a statement Saturday that State Police and the State Division of Human Rights have launched a joint investigation into the incident, calling it an alleged hate crime. Nazi graffiti was also found painted on a building in South Philadelphia along with the words "Sieg Heil" and "Trump" with the T-replaced by a swastika. Philadelphia police are investigating. In Rochester, New York, two rainbow flags were burned. According to the local ABC affiliate WHAM, local police are working with the Gay Alliance to investigate the acts of arson."
"However, these incidents of harassment and intimidation have been most prevalent at K-12 schools, according to the SPLC findings. Middle school students in a suburb of Detroit were caught on camera chanting "build the wall" during lunchtime the day after the election. At a high school in Maple Grove, Minnesota, a bathroom stall door was found defaced with the words "White America," "Whites only" and other racial slurs. In letters to the community, the principal and superintendent have condemned the incident and said the Maple Grove Police Department is investigating."
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Thanks to ABC News for this report.
Imho, crime is running rampant after the Trump election. Supporters apparently think that they can declare war on people and property to espouse his thoughts and feelings. That is wrong and the law must look into this immediately and put a stop to it. The swastikas cropping up more and more with Trump's name nearby is also far from being OK. In the meantime, what Trump and his supporters should do and need to do is to tell his followers who are wreaking havoc on the country to step back that it is wrong to hurt people and property and to be civil for once.
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