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r/TrayvonMartin

Banned · Hate

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Action: banned
Date: August 2015
Reason category: Hate

Racist content mocking a shooting victim (Chimpire satellite)

'Chimpire' satellite that mocked a shooting victim; part of the SPLC-documented network removed in the August 2015 purge.

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SPLC — Black Hole (Intelligence Report 2015)
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Wikipedia — Controversial Reddit communities
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