counterpunch.org: https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/21/the-san-diego-mosque-hate-crime-and-the-political-leaders-who-lit-the-fuse/

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Subject: T000278
Source: GDELT news · original
Published: Thursday, May 21, 2026

A hate crime had struck close to home. On the TV screen, more than four dozen police cars, blue lights swirling in a cold, mechanical rhythm. The news ticker crawled across the bottom of the TV screen, sanitizing horror into a newsbreak: police responding to an "incident" in San Diego's Clairemont Mesa neighborhood. An incident. I didn't think much of it at first. Then my phone rang. A friend. I couldn't bring myself to answer. Moments later, a text came through, cryptic, short, and to the point: "Check on the Imam, shooting at the Islamic Center."

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