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Sheriff Don Barnes called the deputy’s actions “unacceptable and deeply concerning.” The deputy was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
Hate incidents targeting the Muslim community tripled from 2014 to 2015, according to a report from the OC Human Relations Commission. Meanwhile, hate crimes against African Americans reached their lowest point ever.
Supporters of Derek Reeve appeared at Tuesday night’s City
Council meeting to support his naming his dog after the Muslim
prophet.
Derek Reeve boasted that he gave his dog — an animal Muslims
consider particularly impure — the same name as the Muslim
prophet.
Protestors descend on Villa Park City Hall to release pent-up
feelings over Deborah Pauly’s anti-Muslim comments at an event in
February.
The statement calls for a “return to civility” in the wake of a
controversy over a video that shows a protest outside of a Muslim
charity event.
Controversial comments by the Republican Central Committee’s
vice chair during a recent protest outside a Muslim charity event
show how difficult message control has become for leaders
unaccustomed to controversy from the inside.