Black lawmaker sues anti-abortion group over racist threat

By JOHN RABY
Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s only Black female lawmaker has filed a lawsuit alleging harassment and intimidation. Delegate Danielle Walker took the legal action Tuesday, citing a racist Facebook post and a racist email she said she received over her support of legislation to remove all restrictions on abortion. The lawsuit names the anti-abortion group West Virginians for Life and Richard Demoske, who resigned as president of the group’s local chapter after he admitted posting the image of a Ku Klux Klansman on the group’s Facebook page. The post targeted Walker by name. The suit seeks unspecified damages and asks for a restraining order to prohibit the defendants from further contact with Walker.