Hate Crime - Page 39

June 29, 2023

19-year-old Michigan man charged with threatening synagogue on social media

Seann Pietila, a 19-year-old from Michigan, has been charged with making threats, including threats to kill by fire, toward a synagogue in Lansing.

June 28, 2023

Hate crimes in California increased by 20% last year

Crimes regarding homophobia, antisemitism, and racism against Black people in California all rose in 2022 compared with data from 2021. Overall, hate crimes increased by 20.2%.

June 26, 2023

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp condemns neo-Nazi demonstrations that occurred outside synagogues last week

Brian Kemp, the governor of Georgia, denounced two neo-Nazi demonstrations where extremists displayed antisemitic rhetoric outside synagogues near Atlanta.

June 26, 2023

Colorado Club Q 'nonbinary' shooter sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder

Club Q shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, accused of killing five and wounding 17 others, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder and no contest to biased motivated crimes.

June 16, 2023

Gay Milwaukee County supervisor claims he was accosted, punched in face at local mall

Milwaukee County Supervisor Peter Burgelis claims he was called a homophobic slur before being punched in the face at a Wauwatosa mall.

June 16, 2023

Man tried to drive into Idaho library employee who defended transgender coworker, pleads guilty to hate crime

An Oregon man who threatened to use his car to strike several people believed to be part of the LGBTQI+ community has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges in Idaho.

June 15, 2023

PA shooter turned synagogue into 'hunting ground,' said 'all these Jews need to die': prosecutor

Prosecutors argued Thursday that Robert Bowers, who in 2018 killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue, was "filled with hatred for Jews" and treated the scene as a "hunting ground."

June 15, 2023

Shooting suspect of Colorado gay nightclub attack expected to take plea deal

Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspected gunman who shot and killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is expected to take a plea deal.

June 15, 2023

Closing arguments in Pittsburgh mass shooting suspect's trial set to begin

The trial for Robert Bowers, the man who allegedly killed 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, is coming to an end as closing arguments are set to begin on June 15, 2023.

June 13, 2023

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's social media teeming with anti-Semitic tirades, prosecutors say

Robert Bowers, perpetrator of the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, reportedly used social media to incessantly rant about his hatred of Jews.