A law enforcement figure associated with the extremist 鈥渃onstitutional sheriff鈥� ideology will serve as an adviser for the anti-immigrant hate group Federation for American Immigration Reform, according to an announcement in October.
Reporting on organized white supremacy comes with a myriad of challenges. We confront those challenges on Hatewatch daily with varying degrees of frustration and success. And we have watched with sympathy 鈥撯�� and, yes, at times frustration 鈥撯�� as reporters and editors have grappled with white supremacy rebranded as the 鈥淎lt-Right.鈥澨�
Hate groups rooted in white supremacism; Spencer eyes bid for Montana seat; Roof forgoes mental听health experts; and more.
Trump and Roof are brothers in resentment; Google fails on fake听news ad front; Arpaio claims probe proves 鈥楤irther鈥� theory; and more.
This is the fourth update in the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 effort to collect reports of bias-related harassment and intimidation around the country following the election. This update spans the period from November 9 to December 12.
Dylann Storm Roof, indoctrinated in online hate and racism, was convicted today听in Charleston, S.C., of a murderous gun rampage in 2015 that left nine people dead at a historic African-American church.听The racially motivated killing spree jarred the nation.
In the month following the election, extremists on Twitter exalted in the election of President-elect Donald Trump by circulating a number of memes and images, many of which targeted Muslims, in an attack on political correctness that听mirrored a terrifying听emergence of hate incidents.
Alt-Right hates new 鈥楽tar Wars鈥� flick; How sexism lures men into white supremacy; Israeli ambassador praises Gaffney; and more.
Judge orders three separate trials for antigovernment rancher Cliven Bundy and 16 other defendants
Google won鈥檛 alter search results highlighting Holocaust denial; Tech workers vow not to aid Trump; Jones scrubs 鈥楶izzagate鈥� from site; and more.
Trump鈥檚 team of conspiracy theorists; Spencer and cohort return to Twitter; Putin a 鈥榖eacon鈥� for American alt-right; and more.
