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Hatewatch Headlines 8/16/2016

Milwaukee violence decades in the making; Trump and Jones get ‘totally synced’; Malheur defendant pleads guilty; and more.

New York Times: Racial violence in Milwaukee erupted out of decades of segregation, residents say.

Think Progress: Meet the black right-wing extremist sheriff who is fanning the racial tensions in Milwaukee.

Media Matters: How Donald Trump and Alex Jones get ‘totally synced.’

Talking Points Memo: Trump unveils plan for ‘extreme vetting’ of immigrants trying to enter the U.S.

New York Daily News: Trump used another Star of David image from a fringe website in attack on Clinton.

Salon: New data reveals who is most likely to vote for Trump, and race is the biggest driver by far.

Fox23 News (Tulsa, OK): Family of man who was murdered on his front porch say killer had harassed them, used anti-Muslim epithets.

The Oregonian: Malheur standoff defendant Jon Ritzheimer pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge.

KPHO-TV (Phoenix, AZ): Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward retweets a notorious anti-Semite.

Right Wing Watch: Oath Keepers chief Stewart Rhodes urges ‘real men’ to carry arms to church so they can fight ISIS when it attacks.

WNCT-TV (Greenville, NC): Hundreds of Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers tossed into Johnston and Wake County neighborhoods.

Raw Story: Texas awards $1.6 million health grant to outfit run by woman who fears she could get HIV from fetuses flushed into sewers.

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