The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist social media posts targeting Black employees in two South Carolina police departments.
Officials of the Goose Creek Police Department and the neighboring North Charleston Police Department say they were inundated with racist comments on their Black History Month social media posts.
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“This reported hate campaign targeting Black employees is unfortunately symptomatic of the growing bigotry targeting minority communities nationwide,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “These hate-filled comments and all other forms of bigotry must be challenged and repudiated by those who seek a just and inclusive society.”
Earlier this month, CAIR welcomed charges against a man after he was reportedly captured on video harassing Hispanic men in a racist tirade in Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina.
Washington, D.C., based CAIR also reiterated its past support for a hate crime law in that state. South Carolina is one of just two states without a hate crime law.
Washington, D.C., based 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