racial intimidation
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Brick With Racial Slurs Thrown at Window of Black-Owned Business in Chicago
Apparently, white people around the country just felt like being their truest, most racist selves on Wednesday. A café in the Illinois neighborhood of Oak Park had a brick with racial slurs on it thrown at the window. According to CBS Chicago, the Live Café and Creative Space on Oak Park Avenue serves as the…
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White Supremacist Busted on Charges He Ran Black Candidate Out of Race for City Council in Charlottesville, Va.
One day, a black activist aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement was announcing his intent to run for City Council in Charlottesville, Va.—and the very next day, he was out. Apparently, for good. Now, federal prosecutors say they know why the candidate, identified in court papers only as “D.G.,” stepped away from the race:…
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Former Firefighter Who Hanged Noose Outside Black Neighbor's Apartment Pleads Guilty to Interfering With Right to Fair Housing
A white, elderly former firefighter in North Texas who was arrested on stalking charges for harassing and intimidating his black neighbor has pleaded guilty to interfering with an African American family’s right to fair housing. Court documents accuse 64-year-old Glenn Eugene Halfin of threatening force, intimidating, and interfering with the family due to their race…
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Pregnant Mich. Mom, Walking Around Her Neighborhood to Help Induce Labor, Harassed, Called Racial Slurs
Imagine being nine months pregnant and enduring contractions, which can be stressful enough already. Now imagine you’ve decided to take a walk around your neighborhood to help move your labor along. Now imagine that while you’re strolling along with your other two kids, enjoying the weather, someone starts hurling racial slurs at you. That is…
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Ore. Man Accused of Intentionally Running Over Black Teen Faces Hate Crime Charges
An Oregon man and his girlfriend are now facing new hate crime charges after they allegedly intentionally ran over a black teen, killing him, following an altercation in a convenience store parking lot, the Associated Press reports. Russell Courtier, 38, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of first- and second-degree intimidation in the death of…
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Ore. Man Accused of Threatening Neighbor: Black People ‘Get Hung in These Parts’
A Lane County, Ore., man is facing a charge of intimidation after allegedly threatening a black Lake County resident at his home and using racial slurs, KEZI reports. According to the local deputies, four men in two vehicles approached the victim at his residence. One of the vehicles allegedly had a Confederate flag secured to…