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Southern Poverty Law Center takes heat after D.C. shooting
Conservatives on Wednesday blasted the Southern Poverty Law Center after a gunman shot a security guard in the front lobby of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. The Southern Poverty Law Center had labeled the organization a hate group in 2010 “because of its dissemination of false and demonizing…
Missouri National Guardsman gave combat training to white supremacists
A document released in a Florida court proceeding against a white supremacist group reveals that its members received training last year from a member of the Missouri National Guard who had formerly served with the U.S. Army in Iraq. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League both identify…
Second person sought in connection to Wisconsin temple shooting
UPDATE: The FBI has cleared the person of interest of having anything to do with the shooting, according to the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Police said Monday they are seeking a second person in connection to the shooting assault on a Sikh temple that left six people dead and an officer…
Head of white nationalist group registers as a lobbyist
Pastor Paul Mullet of Crusaders For Yahweh-Aryan Nations LLC registered as a lobbyist last week, according to The Hill. Mullet described his group as being “pro-white Christian identity white nationalism” on the registration form. He plans to lobby lawmakers in Washington, D.C. regarding “any activities that adversely affect the White…
Local Fox affiliate calls neo-Nazi org a ‘civil rights group’
The Fox affiliate in Orlando, Florida made a glaring mistake Sunday afternoon, labeling a neo-Nazi organization as a “civil rights group” in both a broadcast and online report. The National Socialist Movement (NSM), labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “neo-Nazi group” that idolizes Adolf Hitler, was included…
Study: Hate of Obama fuels 755% growth in extremist groups
Fears that the nation’s first black president will be re-elected has fueled the dramatic growth extremists groups in the U.S. over the past year, according to a report from a civil rights organization that tracks these groups. The number of groups in the anti-government “Patriot” movement have sky rocketed 755…
Minnesota school district reaches $297,000 bullying settlement
Several civil rights groups announced an insurance settlement of $297,000 between six students and a Minnesota school district represented by Rep. Michele Bachmann for the district’s failure to punish bullying. The coalition of civil rights advocates said it resolved complaints against the Anoka-Hennepin School District after years of sexual and…
American kids of immigrants denied food stamps in Alabama
A civil rights law firm based in Alabama says that children who are U.S. citizens from at least five families have been denied food stamps because their parents are undocumented immigrants. Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Legal Director Mary Bauer confirmed to Raw Story that Alabama’s Department of Human Services…
Immigrants face Alabama civil rights backlash
Fifty-seven years after a historic Supreme Court ruling put an end toracial segregation, Alabama is in the grip of another civil rights crisis, only this time one affecting Hispanics. “People are fleeing the state, they’re afraid to step out of their homes, they’re made to be criminals,” said Sam Brooke, a lawyer with the Southern Poverty…
Father of MLK bomb suspect: Son didn’t plant bomb, is a racist
The father of man suspected of planting a bomb at a Spokane, Washington Martin Luther King Day parade believes that there is no way his son could have committed the crime. After a raid on his home, Kevin Harpham was arrested last Wednesday on charges of attempting to use a…
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