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sheshe2

(83,780 posts)
Sun Oct 16, 2016, 05:46 PM Oct 2016

This 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.


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.’ That’s 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 OP
An expression that says one word - STUPID. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #1
VACANT sheshe2 Oct 2016 #4
Well spotted. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #6
Oh, the cliches that apply to that face! bulloney Oct 2016 #7
K&R for visibility radical noodle Oct 2016 #2
Yeah, he looks like some of the creatures I see here with Trump bumper stickers. Same stupid look! RKP5637 Oct 2016 #3
Did the cops take any pictures of his knuckles ? OnDoutside Oct 2016 #5

sheshe2

(83,780 posts)
4. VACANT
Sun Oct 16, 2016, 05:59 PM
Oct 2016

There is no one home there. I guess it is the look you get when hate consumes you, there is nothing human left.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
7. Oh, the cliches that apply to that face!
Sun Oct 16, 2016, 06:24 PM
Oct 2016

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.

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