lynching threats
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White Man Gets 10 Years in Prison for Attempting to Hire the KKK to Lynch His Black Neighbor
It’s no secret that hate crimes are on the rise since our alleged president was sworn into office. They show up in news reports on a near daily basis. In this latest example, a man in Greenwood, South Carolina, will go down in infamy as one of the worst neighbors ever after attempting to hire…
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Walmart Pulls T-Shirt Calling for Journalist Lynchings
Even Amazon Sold Hoodie Bearing a Threat Crime Reporter in Company Car Carjacked Police Not Collecting Data on Hate Crimes Monica Drake Joins Masthead of N.Y. Times Lilly Workneh Exits as Black Voices Editor Salt Lake Paper Opposes Trump on Monuments Seattle Times Protests ICE Arrest of News Source Anti-Harassment Campaign at HBCUs Bubbles Up…
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Police Investigating Ill. Man in Threat to Lynch Rep. Frederica Wilson, but He’s Pointing the Finger at an Anonymous ‘Meme-Maker’
Police are investigating claims that a Des Plaines, Ill., man made threats on Facebook to lynch Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.). However, according to the Chicago Tribune, Tom Keevers said that he is all but being framed and that an anonymous “meme-maker” put words in his mouth, and now, as a result, he and his family…