trump’s america
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Out-of-Control Man Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Kicked Off United Flight as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Him Up’
Some things are just poetic to witness … like this one belligerent Donald Trump supporter being booted off a United Airlines flight in Shanghai on Sunday as a crowd of passengers cheer throughout the terminal: “Lock him up! Lock him up!” According to the Washington Post, the man, who was wearing a “Make America Great…
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Woman Goes on Racist Rant in Manassas, Va., Store, Calls Latino Man a ‘Spic’
Updated Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 12 p.m. EDT: The woman who went on a racist rant in a Manassas, Va., Sprint store has been identified as Tiffany Cormier, The Root has confirmed from a source reached through Fusion. Cormier is married to a Latino man and works for American Airlines in its payroll department and…
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‘Donald Trump Will Stop You’: Video Shows Man Harassing Muslim Family on Texas Beach
Another day, another idiot comes out to play. This time, a man is facing the music—or, rather, criminal charges—after going on what authorities say was an obscenity-laced, anti-Muslim tirade at a family trying to enjoy themselves on a Texas beach. South Padre Island police arrested 35-year-old Alexander Jennes Downing of Connecticut after responding to reports…
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Atlanta-Based Group Training African Americans to Properly Use Guns Sees Rise in Membership
A group offering itself as an alternative to the National Rifle Association and focusing on training African Americans in the proper use of guns says it has seen a spike in its membership, particularly since the election of Donald Trump. The National African-American Gun Association says that some black gun owners are particularly concerned about…
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‘I’m Going to Kill All of You’: Armed Fla. Man Attacks, Threatens Muslim Neighbor
A Florida man who was armed with a handgun and a rifle was arrested after pointing the weapons at his Muslim neighbors while hurling racial slurs and threats. According to the Florida Times-Union, Robert Anthony Ruetting, 52, is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was released on $50,000 bond Monday and…
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Undocumented Immigrant Married to Trump Supporter Deported to Mexico
On Wednesday, a Trump supporter felt the full brunt of the current president’s strict stance against immigrants when her husband was deported to Mexico. Helen Beristain openly acknowledges voting for Donald Trump even though she is married to an undocumented immigrant. As CNN notes, back in November, she claimed she thought Trump would only deport…
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Fla. Man Tried to Burn Down Convenience Store to ‘Run the Arabs Out of Our Country’: Police
A Florida man attempted to burn down a convenience store, admitting, apparently, to local authorities that he thought the owner was Muslim and that he wanted to “run the Arabs out of our country,” the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. As it turns out, the store owners were actually Indian, making the incident the…
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Ore. Man Screams ‘Arab, You Need to Leave,’ Bashes Restaurant Employee Over the Head With Pipe
Another day, another racist white guy attacking an innocent person for no reason other than existing. Earlier this week, officers arrested Jason Kendall, 52, for allegedly attacking a man working at a Middle Eastern restaurant with a pipe and telling his victim to “Go back to your country, terrorist,” according to court documents. KOIN reports…
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Police Investigating After Indian Man Fatally Shot in SC
The Lancaster County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office is investigating the killing of 43-year-old Harnish Patel, who was fatally shot in front of his yard Thursday. The motive behind Patel’s killing is unclear, although tensions are high given the current political climate and other recent high-profile cases involving people of Indian descent. “We don’t have any facts…