KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — There are reports of groups organizing “Love Trumps Hate” rallies in Kalamazoo this week, and while there may not be a lot of love at those events for the President Elect, there’s isn’t much love coming in the opposite direction.
Trump supporters like GOP State Party Chief Ronna Romney-McDaniel and Congressman Bill Huizenga have been dismissive of the protestors, questioning their motives, suggesting they “get over it” and they are just going through the five stages of grief.
WWMT-TV reports a customer at TGI Fridays in Kalamazoo left a racist and obscenity-filled note to a waitperson and signed with a pro-Trump message.
A gay couple in Bay City got a note in their mailbox telling them to get out of the community. It included a backwards swastika and included that it was from “Trump Country.” Another gay couple in Okemos had a derogatory comment left by someone with a Sharpie on their front door.
The Royal Oak community is stunned and school officials are investigating after students in a middle school lunch room began chanting “build that wall” at a Hispanic student. It triggered a rally by Trump opponents in Royal Oak on Friday.
Students at DeWitt Junior High School formed a wall to keep minorities from getting into school Wednesday.
Hope College’s president threatened suspension for any students found responsible for ethnic intimidation or hate crimes after several minority students were verbally assaulted after the Trump victory.
A Traverse City Police veteran will be the subject of an internal investigation after he was seen flying a confederate flag from his pickup and revving the engine after he drove past a black family participating in a rally in a city park.
A Canton police officer has been suspended for racist comments he made on a social media post.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which keeps track of such things, reported there have been over 200 similar incidents nationwide as of Friday. They say most of them have targeted African-Americans and Immigrants, but women and Asians have also been recipients of hate-messages.
