A Cook County judge on Saturday lashed out at two Northwestern University freshmen accused of spray-painting racist and homophobic messages along with the name of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump inside a nondenominational chapel on the university's campus. âThese allegations are disgusting to me,â Judge Peggy Chiampas said as she eyeballed Anthony Morales, 19, and Matthew Kafker, 18, her voice rising several times during a bond hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. The judge ordered both men held in lieu of $50,000 bail for charges of institutional vandalism, hate crime to a place of worship, and criminal damage to property for several spray-painted messages at the Alice Millar Chapel earlier this week.
A Muslim student at Wichita State University says he and a Hispanic friend, who also is a student, were attacked over the weekend by a man who shouted racial epithets and âTrump, Trump, Trumpâ before riding away on his motorcycle. Khondoker Usama, the student body vice president at Wichita State, who is Muslim, said he and a Hispanic friend, who so far has chosen to remain anonymous, were filling their vehicle at the gas pumps at a Kwik Shop near campus at 21st and Oliver early Saturday when a man in his 20s or 30s started calling a black customer at the convenience store a racial epithet. âThen suddenly it turned onto us, calling us âbrown trash, go home. Trump will win,â â Usama said.
[High] school students have begun using Trump's name and visage at sporting events to mock rival Hispanic athletes and supporters. In one such incident in northwest Indiana last week, Trump's face was used by a group of "super fan" students at a predominantly white Catholic high school in northwest Indiana to taunt students at a rival Catholic school that is mostly Latino. The white students also chanted, "Build a wall!", referencing Trump's campaign pledge to build a wall on the border with Mexico.... One held up a large paper cutout of Trump's face.
A 39-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged with three counts of homicide for tracking down and shooting three neighbors after confronting one over the fact that he didnât speak English, the Journal-Sentinel reports. According to police, Dan J. Popp shot and killed Jesus R. Manso-Perez, 40; Phia Vue, 36; and Mai K. Vue, 32.... Popp stopped Manso-Perez and his son as they walked by his apartment on the way to the laundry room. Popp asked where they were from and, upon learning they came from Puerto Rico, replied, âOh, thatâs why you donât speak English. Youâre Puerto Rican.â According to Manso-Perezâs son, they were returning to their own apartment when they encountered Popp on the landing pointing a rifle at them. âYou guys got to go,â Popp reportedly said before shooting Mans-Perez in the head.... Popp then proceeded to the Vueâs apartment where he kicked down the door and shot Phia and Mai Vue as they huddled with their four children.
The Milwaukee murders haven't been linked to Trump yet... but you know it's coming.
