Hatewatch Headlines 3/6/2018
Mosques may give immigrants sanctuary; Why Americans succumb to bots so easily; Spencer’s Michigan foray a fight-filled flop; and more.
National Public Radio: Mosques consider offering sanctuary in U.S. to Latinos at risk of deportation.
Salon: Americans are such easy targets for extremist bots and trolls because they’re intellectually ill-prepared.
Huffington Post: After fights and arrests, Richard Spencer speaks to tiny crowd at Michigan State.
ClickOnDetroit: Alt-right supporter of Spencer arrested after pointing gun at protesters.
Detroit Free Press (MI): Alt-right cocktail party canceled after warning from Sterling Heights police.
BBC (UK): Patrik Hermansson describes his year undercover with the American alt-right.
Media Matters: How Alex Jones has pushed the ‘crisis actor’ conspiracy theory about the Parkland students.
Right Wing Watch: Infowars is organizing a ‘life or death’ protest at this year’s SXSW gathering in Austin.
San Antonio Express-News (TX): Conspiracy-theorist couple arrested after harassing Sutherland Springs pastor.
Vice: This small Mississippi town rejected its first gay-pride parade, but the organizers are fighting back.
Think Progress: Immigrant advocates arrested as they urge Congress to support legal remedies for Dreamers.
Oregonian: Decorated Marine who assaulted Iraqi restaurant employee avoids prison for hate-crime conviction.
Associated Press: White supremacist who bought gun for ‘Dylann Roof style’ mass shooting pleads guilty.
CBS Los Angeles: Racist woman caught on video harassing Asian couple exposed as professor who offers to ‘enlighten the public.’
