Trump elected: attacks on Muslim women begin
The first police reports started trickling in within 10 hours of Donald Trump’s victory speech.
A Muslim student from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette reported being attacked by two men on Wednesday morning. The victim told investigators that one wore a white “TRUMP” hat while they hit her with a metal object and shouted obscenities as she fell to the ground. University police say the suspects fled with the woman’s wallet and hijab.
The center of the campus was also defaced with incendiary pro-Trump language.
At San Diego State University, another Muslim student reported being followed by two men who made comments about Trump and the Muslims, according to the police report. University police say the suspects confronted the woman, stole her purse and car keys before fleeing the scene. They came back for her car while she was off searching for help.