A town in Pennsylvania is calling for their mayor to step down as he continues to post racist memes on Facebook. Charles Wasko, the Republican mayor of West York, has received waves of criticism after sharing incendiary memes, including one that suggests President Barack Obama should be lynched. He also shared an image depicting the …
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Lawyers for victims of a neo-Nazi gang in Germany filed criminal complaints against two federal prosecutors and Berlin police officers for destroying evidence in a case that is already mired with accusations of cover-up and negligence. Lawyers for the families of German citizens of Turkish origin, İsmail Yaşar and Enver Şimşek, who were killed by …
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Germany’s EU commissioner has been accused of racism after he described Chinese people as “slit eyed”. Speaking to businessmen in Hamburg last week, Guenther Oettinger used the term “Schlitzaugen” (“slit eyes”) to describe visiting Chinese businessmen, Reuters reports. He said the congregation consisted of “nine men, one party, and no democracy”. “All of them in …
A police officer in Minnesota who shot and killed Philando Castile, during a routine traffic stop, was charged with second-degree manslaughter. Castille’s girlfriend went on Facebook Live following the incident. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi made the announcement during a Wednesday morning press conference that officer Jeronimo Yanez will face three charges for shooting and …
A massive 198 people were arrested in Rotterdam on Saturday for wanting to protest against racist character Zwarte Piet. Among them were GroenLinks councilor Simion Blom, lawyer Michiel Pestman and activist Jerry Afriyie. According to newspaper AD, the people arrested belong to action group Kick Out Zwarte Piet. The police stopped the bus carrying the …
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The week following Donald Trump’s election win was marked by countless acts of hate and violence carried out across the country. Reports of vandalized property, verbal attacks and physical assaults on Muslim, Jewish, Black, Latino and LGBT communities inundated news outlets, leaving many members of these communities fearful for what the future would bring. In …
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Twitter’s Chief Executive Jack Dorsey apologized on Thursday after the microblogging service let through an ad promoting a white supremacist group. “We made a mistake here and we apologize. Our automated system allowed an ad promoting hate. Against our policy. We did a retro and fixed,” Dorsey tweeted. The ad titled “New Article: The United …
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Imran Khan was left with burning skin and eyes when a teenager squirted the liquid from a Lucozade bottle through the window of his car. The 37-year-old, who is still in pain, says the assault in Barking last Tuesday came after he was intimidated by a gang of teens as he delivered a pizza to …
At least two more churches have been vandalized with what appears to be pro-Donald Trump racist graffiti, according to the houses of worship. One of the churches, St. David’s Episcopal, in Beanblossom, Ind., was targeted sometime Saturday, a Facebook post from the church says. “Three tags were painted on the outside of the church,” the …
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Senior officials in West Virginia have become embroiled in a race row after a county employee published a Facebook post likening Michelle Obama to an “ape in heels”. Clay County Development Corporation director Pamela Ramsey Taylor published the post to celebrate Donald Trump’s election victory, commenting it would be “refreshing” to have a “classy, beautiful, …
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