13 racist, bigoted incidents in Michigan after Donald Trump’s victory

It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump’s divisive, insult-driven campaign has fueled bigotry after his Nov. 8 victory.

Motor City Muckraker is documenting cases of intimidation, violence and discrimination in Michigan.

Here are 13 hate-fueled incidents in Michigan in the first week after the election:

1. A man threatened to burn a Muslim woman alive near University of Michigan’s campus if she didn’t remove her hijab on Friday evening. The woman removed her hijab and called police.

2. A customer at a TGI Friday’s near Kalamazoo left a note for the server that read, “Fuck you n—-  faggot #PresidentTRUMP.”

3. Traverse City Police Officer Michael Peters flew a Confederate flag from his pickup truck at an anti-Trump rally. He was suspended with pay and later resigned.

4. A Canton police officer posted on Facebook, “go home monkeys” in response to black protesters rallying against Trump’s racism. He was suspended with pay while the department investigates.

5. Students at Royal Oak Middle School taunted Latino classmates by chanting, “Build the wall.”

6. Students at DeWitt Middle School shouted racially charged chants at minority classmates and even locked arms to create a “wall.”

7. Three white students at Wayne State University threatened to hang a Muslim woman by her hijab, according to witnesses. The woman declined to notify police out of fear of retaliation.

8. Two men pushed a woman down a hill at the University of Michigan after yelling at her for being in America and referencing her religion.

9. A suburban Detroit man threatened on Facebook to hang President Obama and “other traitors” from a noose. His comments were above a photo of the president hanging from a noose.

10. A student wrote “Heil Trump” on a wall at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, referencing a gesture used as a greeting in Nazi Germany.

11. A University of Michigan student left his apartment and returned to find a swastika drawn on his apartment door.

12. A Monroe High School teacher assigned her students a lesson in which they were asked to rank the “funniest” jokes about a “Miss Iraq Pageant.” Included in the list were “Getting plastic explosives through airport security,” “Pointing to Mecca after being spun around three times blindfolded” and “Blowing self up in a car in the parking lot.” She was placed on paid leave.

13: A gay couple in Bay City opened their mailbox to find a letter that read, “Faggots Get Out! Trump Country!” A swastika also was included.
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Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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