Hate crimes, racist graffiti after election; Trump says 'stop it'We are (regrettably) updating this page on a regular basis. This story has been updated to remove a section about a Muslim student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, who said she was threatened by a man with a lighter. In the weeks after the original report, Ann Arbor police investigated the matter and they announced December 2. And the list of incidents keeps growing. Critics accused Trump of fostering xenophobia and Islamophobia during the divisive presidential campaign. Recent days have witnessed ugly episodes of racist or anti- Semitic, pro- Trump graffiti along with threats or attacks against Muslims. The President- elect said he was . A man in Chicago reportedly was beaten as a bystander yelled, . US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said FBI statistics for 2. Muslim Americans. Hate crimes against Jewish people, African Americans and LGBT individuals also increased. Overall, reported hate crimes spiked 6%, but the number could be higher because many incidents go unreported, Lynch said. Here's what some Americans are dealing with across the country: INTIMIDATION, VIOLENCE AFTER TRUMP WINMosques get letters calling for genocide. American Horror Story Season 7 Will Apparently Feature A Creepy Elephant, Check It Out. ABC’s acclaimed midseason drama is going for a “total reset” in season 2, says ABC entertainment. A group calling itself . Jorge Santiago, an Army veteran who has served two deployments overseas, noticed scratches in the family's red sedan after he put his daughter on the bus to school, said his wife, Toni Santiago. He reported the vandalism to the West Springfield police soon afterward, she said. West Springfield Police Department Capt. Daniel Spaulding said detectives are following up and the investigation is ongoing.
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