(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/22/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of the suspected perpetrator of racist harassment targeting a Black family in Gresham, Ore.
Police confirmed that they have arrested a man accused of making violent racist threats to a Black mother and daughter, who had recently moved in to the same building. The man reportedly brandished a knife outside their door and threatened them with rape.
SEE: ‘We were terrified’: Black tenants in Gresham apartment complex receive death threats
“No one should be subjected to the horrific harassment and intimidation that this mother and daughter were subjected to,” said CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison. “We thank law enforcement for apprehending the suspected perpetrator before he took his threats to the level of action.”
He said CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com, CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com