Hate Crime - Page 58

July 20, 2022

New Jersey man is sentenced for sending threatening messages to a Black Maryland woman

A New Jersey man has been sentenced for sending threatening, racially charged messages to a Maryland woman. The man has received three years of probation.

July 14, 2022

Buffalo mass shooting suspect indicted on federal hate crime charges

The suspect accused of murdering 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in May was indicted on 27 federal hate crime and firearm charges on Thursday.

July 13, 2022

3 New York residents arrested after blanketing town in racist, antisemitic fliers

Three upstate New York residents were arrested after spreading white supremacist pamphlets. The pamphlets were left at a synagogue and a largely black church in Hornell.

July 11, 2022

Massachusetts senior LGBTQ-friendly housing project targeted by vandals

The first LGBTQ-friendly senior affordable housing project in New England was vandalized with threatening graffiti over the weekend, drawing quick condemnation by MA civic leaders.

July 7, 2022

US prosecutors charge federal agent in scheme to harass Chinese dissidents

U..S. prosecutors announced charges against a governments agent and private investigator in a scheme to stalk and harass Chinese dissidents in the United States.

July 7, 2022

New York City man has hair ripped out in violent attack on subway, police looking for suspect

New York City police have released an updated image of the suspect in a brutal March attack on a subway in which a man had his hair pulled out.

July 6, 2022

NY mosque explosion leads to hate crime investigation

Hate crimes officers are investigating an explosion outside of a mosque in Long Island. Police say a device similar to a Molotov cocktail damaged the building around midnight Sunday.

June 29, 2022

Washington state Catholic church vandalized with graffiti in suspected hate crime: ‘Woman haters’

The St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue, Washington, was tagged with graffiti and had its glass doors smashed in what police are calling a suspected hate crime.

June 19, 2022

Florida men charged with federal hate crimes in violent attack of Black man

Two Florida men were charged Friday with federal hate crimes in the violent November 2021 attack of a Black man at a Family Dollar Store in Citrus County.

June 19, 2022

Florida woman charged with hate crime for pepper-spraying Asian women in NYC

A Florida woman accused of making anti-Asian remarks and pepper-spraying four women in New York City appeared in court to face hate crime charges.