Hatewatch Headlines 12/4/2017
Trump tweets elevate the far-right fringe; White nationalists protest Steinle verdict; Border vigilantes remake themselves as free-speech protectors; and more.
: Trump has kept the alt-right alive by sending them signals of encouragement.
: Trump’s tweets elevate a tiny fringe group of anti-Muslim haters in Britain.
: Dozens of senators criticize Trump for his anti-Muslim tweets.
: Twitter backtracks on why it didn’t block Trump’s retweets of hate group.
: So far, Twitter is avoiding explaining why far-right accounts in the UK still have blue check marks.
: White nationalists protest Steinle verdict outside White House, are chased away by antifascists.
: Anti-immigrant vigilantes on desert borderlands are rebranding as free-speech defenders.
: Alex Jones warns of a ‘plan to kill’ Trump that will spark a ‘massive civil war in this country.’
: Anti-Semitism fuels far-right response to news of Flynn’s guilty plea in Russia probe.
: Center for Security Policy event closes with anti-refugee take on Niemoller poem.
: ICE tracks down, arrests immigrant who spoke to newspaper about ramped-up enforcement.
: Utah wildfires exposed would-be survivalist’s hidden bunkers containing explosives.
: Cleveland police union chief who hated black NFL protests gets the boot from his rank and file.
: Judge rules that Gresham police were wrong to interrogate suspect in alleged race-motivated killing.
: Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers show up in Highland County neighborhoods.
: 14 local men arrested, charged in crimes related to Aryan Brotherhood of Texas.