by Caitlin Dickerson

November 11, 2016

 

In New York, men shouted, “You’re next!” at a black policewoman, making shooting motions with their hands. In California, a high school student told a classmate, “You support Trump? You hate Mexicans!” before throwing her to the ground and hitting her. Online, anonymous users wrote on Twitter, “Just reported you to ICE. Expect a van at your door tomorrow” to illegal immigrants.

Since voters elected Donald J. Trump president on Tuesday, outbursts of vitriol — verbal and physical — have been widely reported in the news and on social media. Civil rights groups say their inboxes and call centers are lighting up with reports of attacks.

But the groups caution that it is too early to be certain how many of the accusations are legitimate, or how long the uptick will continue.

“It doesn’t compare to the civil rights movement. No one is blowing up churches,” said Richard Cohen, the president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups. “But I don’t think there’s any question that there’s been an increase.”

Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/reports-of-bias-based-attacks-tick-upward-after-election.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FHate%20Crimes&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection