Hate Crimes
Hate Crimes
Hoping to deter hate crimes, a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Texas man to 24 and a half years in prison for setting a mosque on fire last year.
Read moreHate-Crime Acquittal Roils LGBTQ Community in West Virginia
Living in one of the 20 states where it is not a hate crime to attack someone for being gay, Angel Harless had been optimistic about finding justice when federal prosecutors indicted the man who knocked her unconscious last fall in a West Virginia bar. After that trial ended on Aug. 29 in an acquittal for John Perry Taylor IV, her positivity has taken a sharper focus.
Read moreCommission Told Hate Crimes in Ukraine Are on The Rise
Hate crimes against the Romani people by Ukrainian nationalist groups are worsening the existing humanitarian crises for the ethnic minority, human rights activists told the Helsinki Commission Wednesday.
Read moreTexas Man Found Guilty of Setting Fire to Mosque
A South Texas man who derisively called Muslims “towelheads” faces up to 40 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him Monday for setting a mosque on fire.
Read moreSuspect in Charlottesville Attack Pleads Not Guilty
An Ohio man pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges in a deadly car attack on a crowd of protesters opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia.
Read moreSocial Media Posts Lead to Charlottesville Hate Crime Charges
A 27-year-old Ohio man has been charged with numerous hate crimes after a grand jury linked white supremacists language he used on social media to the vehicular murder of a Charlottesville woman during last summer’s Unite the Right rally.
Read moreCharlottesville Driver Faces Federal Hate Crime Charges
Federal hate crime charges were filed Wednesday against a man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a woman and injuring dozens more.
Read moreAudit Finds California Law Enforcement Underreport Hate Crimes
California law enforcement agencies fall short in identifying and reporting hate crimes, according to a state audit released Thursday.
Read moreKansas Bar Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison
The man who confessed to shooting and killing an Indian national in an alleged hate crime at a Kansas bar last year will likely spend the rest of his life of prison.
Read moreKansas Man May Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Crime in Bar Shooting
The Olathe, Kansas man who pleaded guilty to state charges of killing an Indian national and wounding two others last year may possibly plead guilty to a federal hate crime.
Read moreHate Speech Is Free Speech, Neo-Nazi’s Lawyer Tells Judge
The attorney for neo-Nazi web publisher Andrew Anglin said Tuesday that although he abhors the comments his client launched last year against a Jewish real estate agent in Montana, defending the ability to make such racist comments is a cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution.
Read moreDeadly Package Explosions Rock Texas Capital
One teenager was killed and two women were injured in a series of explosions Monday morning that police say could be linked to a third bombing in Austin earlier this month.
Read moreKansas Man Pleads Guilty in Deadly Bar Shooting
The man accused of shooting three people and killing one in a Kansas bar last year pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree attempted murder in a Johnson County courtroom Tuesday.
Read morePlea Deal May Be in the Works for Kansas Bar Shooting Suspect
The man accused of shooting three people in a bar, killing one, a year ago may change his not guilty plea next week.
Read moreDeath-Row Inmate Loses Appeal in Notorious Dragging Murder Case
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday rejected claims of poor legal representation by a white man on death row for the gruesome 1998 truck-dragging murder of a black man in Texas.
Read moreHate Has Regional Roots – and Regional Differences, Study Finds
While the rise of hate groups is a national issue, the underlying factors that fuel the formation of these factions vary by region, according to a new study.
Read moreKansas Bar Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Adam Purinton, the suspect accused of killing an Indian national and injuring two others at a Kansas bar, pleaded not guilty in a brief court appearance Thursday.
Read moreHate Crimes Increased Again in 2016, FBI Says
Nearly 60 percent of U.S. hate crimes committed in 2016 targeted the victim’s race, ethnicity or ancestry, the FBI said Monday in its annual report, which found more than twice as many reports of anti-Semitic hate crimes than anti-Muslim ones.
Read moreRecordings Bring Hate-Crime Charges Against Police Chief
Federal hate-crime charges unveiled Wednesday against a recently retired New Jersey police chief recount a litany of abuses, many of them recorded by a rank-and-file officer who says the behavior alarmed him.
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