Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes

AP via Google ^ | 15 Nov 2008 | Jesse Washington

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Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.

Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.

From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders.

There have been "hundreds" of incidents since the election, many more than usual, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes.

[JoJo Gunn]

This is not a news article or even an opinion piece. It’s propaganda from the “Southern Poverty Law Center”.

[Kid Shelleen]

Am I the ony one to think one of the Obamites may go Trotsky on the Clintons and take them out with an ice pick?

[Vaduz]

Wonder how many people in the 1% ?

[grimalkin]

This is a trash article.

Is this the same person?

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