March 22, 2007

Hatewatch: for the week of March 21st 2007

Navy officer under investigation for extremist activities
Navy Times
March 19, 2007
Lt. Cmdr. John Sharpe Jr. was relieved of duty after an Intelligence Project investigation uncovered evidence of his writing anti-Semitic dispatches and attending white supremacist gatherings.
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Klan group rallies in support of racist parties
The Toronto Star
March 18, 2007
Two dozen members of The Traditional Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan demonstrated in support of Tarleton State students who held a Martin Luther King Jr. Day party where attendees ate fried chicken, drank malt liquor, and dressed as Aunt Jemima.
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Lawmakers: homeless need hate crime protection
Miami Herald
March 15, 2007
The Florida legislature is considering legislation to classify attacks on homeless people as hate crimes.
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Anti-Semitic acts up 86 percent in Illinois
Chicago Tribune
March 16, 2007
While anti-Semitic incidents declined nationwide, in Illinois they leaped from 30 in 2005 to 56 last year, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League.
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