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Far From Ohio, Haitian Americans Feel the Sting of Threats in Springfield

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Miriam Jordan
18 September 2024 at 17:05
They charged Donald J. Trump and JD Vance, who spread baseless rumors that Haitians in an Ohio city were eating pets, with imperiling their community for political gain.

© Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

“It may seem like just politics,” said Karl Racine, who served two terms as attorney general for the District of Columbia and immigrated to the United States from Haiti when he was 6. “But it’s serious business, with the real possibility of violence.”

Ohio Woman Says She Regrets Sharing False Rumor About Haitians on Facebook

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Kevin Williams
18 September 2024 at 06:35
The woman has since deleted the post claiming that one of her Haitian neighbors might have taken a neighbor’s cat. But it took on a life of its own.

© Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times

Downtown Springfield, Ohio, in August.
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Ohio Governor Sending State Police to Springfield After Rash of Bomb Scares

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Kevin Williams and Miriam Jordan
17 September 2024 at 21:13
After Donald J. Trump spread a debunked rumor about the city’s Haitian immigrants, schools have endured dozens of bomb threats.

© Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos/Associated Press

“We must take every threat seriously, but children deserve to be in school, and parents deserve to know that their kids are safe,” Gov. Mike DeWine said.
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