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At Belle Terre Park, a Confederate Flag, a Swastika and Other Obscenities Elicit Distress But Little Action

February 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Teens brandished a confederate flag on the grounds of the city's Freeda Zamba pool Sunday afternoon, next to Belle Terre Park, where bigoted and obscene graffiti had been spray-painted. (© FlaglerLive)

Twin 5 year olds and their mother found a swastika and other obscenities spray-painted on play equipment and concrete at Belle Terre Park Sunday, where teens later brandished and paraded a Confederate flag , daring a reporter to photograph it.

KKK Fliers Targeting Jews Dropped in Front of Flagler Beach Homes, Latest in Multi-City
Rash From Same Hate Group

November 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 61 Comments

The flier dropped in front of homes in Flagler Beach overnight is similar to one dropped in Jacksonville in October, and from the same North Carolina-based KKK organization that has been dropping fliers in Florida, Virginia and North Carolina at least since the Charlottseville rally of white supremacist groups in August. Click on the image for larger view.

The KKK flier attacks Jews and warns of “white extinction,” and is from the same group that’s been dropping fliers in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia since the Charlottesville rally of white supremacists.

In Flagler and Palm Coast, Hate Crimes Are a Rarity Even as State and National Stats Soar

May 25, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Officials and experts cite many reasons why reported hate crimes are rare: there may be more harmony locally, but also more subjectivity, under-reporting and lack of awareness when hate crimes are committed.

Alleged Chicago Assault Reignites
Issue of Hate Crimes Against Whites

January 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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As Chicago authorities waited before filing hate-crime charges against four young adult blacks for an alleged attack on a white disabled man, the Internet raged.

Trump Effect: A Reporter on the Hate Beat Finds Stories Too Close to Home

December 26, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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Something profound appears to be changing in American life as a wave of ugly incidents has washed over the country in the weeks since Donald J. Trump was elected–agains minorities, but also at times against Trump supporters.

Two Kindergarten Students of Mixed Races Come Home From Imagine School With Swastikas on Their Skin

November 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

The swastika drawn on the hand of Letty Comins's grandson, a kindergartener at Imagine School at Town Center in palm Coast. (Mercedes Owens)

School officials say clear video from the school bus captured the incident, in which a middle school student is said to have drawn swastikas on at least two kindergarteners’ skin. A motive has not been disclosed.

When Your Armed Neighbor Comes
Knocking: Guns and Muslims in Chapel Hill

February 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

What kind of country do we live in, where it’s legal for a man to bring a weapon to a noise complaint? Or a parking dispute? Mitchell Zimmerman confronts the Chapel Hill killings of three Muslims.

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