Hatewatch Headlines 5/9/2017
American alt-right didn’t help LePen; Judge keeps asking about Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ promises; New Orleans mayor defiant in face of threats; and more.
: The American alt-right turns out to have had an effect on the French election, but it wasn’t a positive one for LePen.
: Judge reviewing travel ban repeatedly asks Trump’s lawyers about his campaign promises.
: Trump team quickly scrubs call for a ban on Muslims from campaign site after a reporter asks about it.
: New Orleans mayor declares death threats won’t prevent removal of Confederate monuments.
: Pepe the Frog’s creator decides to kill his character off rather than surrender to the alt-right’s hijacking.
: Alex Jones’s ex-wife says she’s ‘shocked that Alex has any viewers left at all.’
: Daily Stormer’s Anglin leads another ‘troll storm,’ now targeting American University student leader.
: Purported vice-president of six-man ‘Aryan Strikeforce’ terrorist team arrested at his home.
: Mississippi’s richest county uses police checkpoints to enforce segregation, lawsuit claims.
: Anti-Semitic ‘white genocide’ flyer show up on neighborhood doorsteps.
: South Dakota lawmaker wants investigation of polygamous FLDS compound.
: Here’s how the media did, and didn’t, cover hate groups last week.
: A look at state actions on ‘sanctuary cities’ so far in 2017.