Hate Crime - Page 62

February 2, 2022

Feds identify five 'suspected individuals' in bomb threats to historically Black institutions

The FBI has identified at least five people who the bureau believes were involved in sending bomb threats to more than two dozen historically Black colleges and universities over the past month, FBI counterterrorism division deputy assistant director James Tarasca said on a call with academia and faith-based leaders Wednesday.

February 2, 2022

Chicago police make arrest in antisemitic hate crime spree targeting synagogues, Jewish schools

Chicago police arrested a man Tuesday over an antisemitic hate crime spree last weekend.

January 26, 2022

Texas synagogue attacker's gun purchase prompts federal charges against seller, authorities say

Texas felon Malik Faisal Akram is facing federal firearms charges after allegedly selling a handgun to the Colleyville synagogue hostage suspect, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

January 19, 2022

NYPD searching for woman who shouted antisemitic comments, spat on 8-year-old

Police in NYC searching for woman who allegedly made anti-Semitic comments towards children, spit on one of them.

January 13, 2022

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby indicted on federal charges

Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on federal charges, alleging that she lied on a mortgage application and when using coronavirus hardship as a reason to take money out of her city retirement account.

January 11, 2022

NYC man accused of attacking man for wearing Israel Defense Forces hoodie arrested, charged with hate crime

A Staten Island man who attacked a Jewish man in Brooklyn late last month for wearing an Israel Defense Forces sweatshirt turned himself Tuesday and is expected to make his first court appearance.

January 11, 2022

NYPD searching for suspect who punched 14-year-old boy on subway, uttered anti-Mexican statements

The NYPD is searching for a suspect who made anti-Mexican statements and punched a 14-year-old boy in the face on a subway in Brooklyn on Monday morning, the department said.

December 22, 2021

Four British men deny shooting BLM activist and subsequent murder charges

Four Black men accused of planning to murder British Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist Sasha Johnson have pled not guilty to all charges. 

December 16, 2021

Vandal caught on camera drawing swastikas on City Hall, Charging Bull statue in NYC

NYPD searching for man accused of vandalizing three sites across the city with swastikas.

December 10, 2021

Psaki grilled on Biden, Harris tweets about Smollett; says 'lessons learned' for 'everyone who commented'

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday was pressed on President Biden and Vice President Harris' initial support for actor Jussie Smollett's hate crime claims, but noted that Biden and Harris weren't alone in initially believing Smollett.