Hate Crime - Page 23

April 2, 2024

JK Rowling dares police to arrest her, says free speech is 'at an end in Scotland' under new hate crime bill

Scotland’s Hate Crime Act took effect this Monday, and JK Rowling responding by daring Scottish police to arrest her for criticism of transgender ideology under the new bill.

March 27, 2024

Georgia men seek to overturn their hate crime convictions in 2020 murder of unarmed Black man

Attorneys representing three white men convicted in the hate crime killing of Ahmaud Arbery are appealing to a U.S. appeals court to overturn their convictions.

March 26, 2024

Bus company ending St. Louis Public Schools contract early over noose controversy

Missouri Central School Bus Co. is prematurely terminating its relationship with St. Louis Public Schools as tensions flare over a noose found near a Black mechanic's workstation.

March 25, 2024

Maryland middle schoolers charged with hate crimes for antisemitic harassment

Three southern Maryland middle schoolers have been charged with hate crimes for allegedly displaying swastikas, performing Nazi salutes, and deriding a classmate's religion.

March 22, 2024

Former Mississippi officers get 10 to 40 years in prison for torture of 2 Black men

Six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home and torturing two Black men were sentenced to prison terms of about 10 to 40 years.

March 20, 2024

Sentencing continues for former MS deputy 'Goon Squad' who tortured 2 Black men

Former MS law enforcement officers Daniel Opdyke and Christian Dedmon are to be sentenced for torturing two Black men, and new information came out about a past assault of Dedmon's.

March 19, 2024

Former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy gets 20 years for torturing 2 Black men

Six former Rankin County, MS, deputies are on trial for the racist torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. The first of them was sentenced to 20 years.

March 17, 2024

Former California rideshare driver punched rider after thinking man was Jewish or Israeli, DOJ says

A former California rideshare driver was charged with a federal hate crime after allegedly punching a rider who he thought was Jewish or Israeli in the face.

March 8, 2024

Would-be NYC arsonist botches attempt to burn US, Israeli flags

A hateful would-be-arsonist was captured on video failing to set fire to an American and Israeli flag flying hanging outside a kosher eatery in New York City.

March 7, 2024

Police conduct raids across Germany against those suspected of posting misogynistic hate speech online

German law enforcement conducted raids across the country on Thursday targeting those suspected of posting misogynistic hate speech online, officials say.