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At vigil for Marcellus Andrews, attendees advocate tolerance

By | 08.26.11 | 1:38 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Roughly 300 people gathered around the Tree of the Five Seasons in downtown Cedar Rapids Thursday night to remember a young man who died too soon and to pledge tolerance for all. (Photo: Lynda Waddington/The Iowa Independent)

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Vigils for Marcellus Andrews

By | 08.25.11 | 6:09 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Several demonstrations and candlelight vigils are taking place Thursday evening in memory of a 19-year-old Waterloo man who died over the weekend following a violent attack.

Waterloo, Iowa police say Andrews beating death likely won’t be classified a hate crime

By | 08.24.11 | 10:35 am | More from The Iowa Independent

While anti-gay slurs may have been part of a Waterloo assault that led to the beating death of a 19-year-old Waterloo man, law enforcement investigating the incident say they do not believe sexual orientation was the focus of hate and violent actions.

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CNN Rejects ‘Drop Dobbs’ Ad

By | 10.15.09 | 3:23 pm

Immigrants’ advocates and the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters are so angry that CNN plans to run a four-hour special called “Latinos in America” next week without mentioning the role of CNN anchor Lou Dobbs in fomenting hatred of Latinos that they raised $16,000 to create and run More…

Marcus Epstein is Free at Last

By | 07.10.09 | 9:00 am

The saga of the Pat Buchanan and Tom Tancredo employee who pleaded guilty to a hate crime is over, for now.

At about 10 am on July 8th, in the District of Columbia Superior Court, Judge Anderson dismissed the case against Marcus Epstein, who had pled guilty to a

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Tancredo, Buchanan Bruised by Racist ‘Karate Chop’

By | 06.02.09 | 12:01 am

On July 7, 2007, Marcus Epstein had too much to drink and stumbled onto Georgetown’s scenic, shop-lined M Street, walking in no particular direction. At 7:15 p.m., he bumped into a black woman, called her a “nigger,” and struck her in the head with an open hand. An off-duty Secret More…

University of Virginia: Marcus Epstein Isn’t Coming Here

By | 06.01.09 | 5:44 pm

Jason Wu Trujillo, UVA Law’s Senior Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, has emailed TWI about Marcus Epstein’s law school plans.

Mr. Epstein is not currently enrolled at the University of Virginia School of Law, and I do not expect him to be an enrolled student in the future.

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Bay Buchanan Responds to Tancredo Speechwriter Hate Crime Scandal

By | 06.01.09 | 2:07 pm

I just talked to Bay Buchanan, the co-chairman of Team America PAC and president of the American Cause, who is sticking by executive director (of both groups) Marcus Epstein after this weekend’s revelations about his 2007 arrest for karate-chopping a black woman while yelling a racial epithet.

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Tom Tancredo Staffer Pleads Guilty to Karate-Chopping Black Woman

By | 06.01.09 | 10:49 am

For years, conservative writer and activist Marcus Epstein has worked with the mainstream of the immigration restrictionist movement. He wrote speeches for former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) during his presidential bid, and he’s still working as the executive director of Tancredo’s Team America PAC, alongside Bay Buchanan. Epstein has More…

Another Fabricated Political Hate Crime?

By | 10.24.08 | 1:04 pm

The media have jumped all over the story of Ashley Todd, a McCain campaign volunteer in Pittsburgh who claims she was attacked because she supports Sen. John McCain.

Todd alleges that a mugger, upon spotting her McCain-Palin bumper sticker, assaulted her and carved a “B” — for “Barack” — into More…