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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThis Is Who They Are
It is, perhaps, the least surprising story published this year.
A supporter of [Republican] presidential candidate Donald Trump is accused of threatening to beat a black woman and calling her racial slurs after being kicked out of a grocery store Monday night, Albany [New York] police spokesman Steve Smith said.
A supporter of [Republican] presidential candidate Donald Trump is accused of threatening to beat a black woman and calling her racial slurs after being kicked out of a grocery store Monday night, Albany [New York] police spokesman Steve Smith said.
Police: Trump supporter threatens black woman in Albany
55-year-old white man faces aggravated harassment charge
By Emily Masters
Updated 11:50 pm, Wednesday, October 12, 2016
A supporter of presidential candidate Donald Trump is accused of threatening to beat a black woman and calling her racial slurs after being kicked out of a grocery store Monday night, Albany police spokesman Steve Smith said.
Officers responded to a 911 call at a ShopRite on Central Avenue at about 8:20 p.m.
Smith said Todd M. Warnken, a 55-year-old white man from Albany yelled, "Trump is going to win and if you don't like it I'm going to beat your ass," punctuating the sentence with a racial slur.
"I didn't do anything to this man and I didn't even know him," victim Sharavia Moore said. "I've never been called that word in my life."
More: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Police-Trump-supporter-threatens-black-woman-in-9965998.php
The 27-year-old Albany resident said she was standing outside the store alone, waiting for a cab with her groceries, when Warnken walked out cursing and screaming, followed by store employees.
He yelled, You (racial slur) had your time. Your eight years are up. Thats when he looked and pointed at me, Moore said. The assistant manager got in front of me and got him to move along.
Donald Trump has infected the American body with a virus far more dangerous than Zika or Ebola. He has taught millions of Americans that hate is an honor, that contempt for people of color is commendable.
More: http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/10/15/this-is-who-they-are/
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I have never been so frightened of a Presidential election in my life. The mug shot? That is your typical Trump supporter.
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This Is Who They Are (Original Post)
sheshe2
Oct 2016
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. An expression that says one word - STUPID.
There is no one home there. I guess it is the look you get when hate consumes you, there is nothing human left.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)6. Well spotted. . . . . nt
bulloney
(4,113 posts)7. Oh, the cliches that apply to that face!
The elevator doesn't reach the top floor.
A few fries short of a Happy Meal.
The butter slid off his noodles.
A few bricks short of a load.
The light's on, but nobody's answering.
radical noodle
(8,000 posts)2. K&R for visibility
But cannot like. Trump has taken us back to the 50s.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)3. Yeah, he looks like some of the creatures I see here with Trump bumper stickers. Same stupid look!
OnDoutside
(19,957 posts)5. Did the cops take any pictures of his knuckles ?