Hate Crime - Page 74

September 28, 2020

Paris attack suspect wanted to avenge Prophet Muhammad cartoons, cell phone video claims

Investigators in Paris were studying a video in which a Pakistani man accused of attacking people with a meat cleaver on Friday allegedly said he did so as an act of "resistance" following the republication of a cartoon mocking the Prophet Muhammad in Charlie Hebdo magazine. 

September 17, 2020

Oklahoma state senator: Attacks on law enforcement should be classified as hate crimes

Oklahoma state Sen. Casey Murdock is set to file legislation later in the fall that will classify any targeted assault or threat to a law enforcement officer, first responder, national guardsman or military service member as a hate crime.

August 27, 2020

Arsonist torches University of Delaware Jewish center

A fire at a Jewish center on the University of Delaware campus late Tuesday was intentionally set, authorities said Wednesday, but have not determined it to be hate crime.

August 22, 2020

Vandals desecrate French village WWII memorial to victims of Nazi massacre

Vandals desecrated a sacred memorial to the victims of the deadliest World War II massacre in Nazi-occupied France.

August 20, 2020

Police arrest 2 suspects in Los Angeles hate crime targeting 3 transgender women

Two men were arrested in connection with an attack on a group of transgender women in Hollywood this week, police said Thursday. 

August 10, 2020

Self-proclaimed KKK leader who plowed into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters found guilty

The self-proclaimed leader of the Ku Klux Klan who allegedly drove a vehicle into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters in June found guilty of 6 misdemeanor charges.

August 6, 2020

Indiana man accused of burning cross near Black neighbor’s home charged with hate crime

An Indiana man accused of trying to intimidate his Black neighbor, including an instance in which he burned a cross near the neighbor’s house, was charged in federal court Thursday with a hate crime. 

August 2, 2020

Calif. couple faces charges after Nazi salute, yelling 'White lives matter' at Black man, girlfriend

A husband and wife in California were arrested last week on hate crime and vandalism charges after allegedly getting out of their truck at a traffic stop, doing a Nazi salute and shouting “only white lives matter” at a Black man and his girlfriend.  

July 30, 2020

Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to take down 'anti-Semitic' denial posts, classify them as hate speech

Holocaust survivors launched an online campaign Wednesday to implore Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to classify posts that deny the genocide of six million European Jews carried out by the Nazi regime during World War II as hate speech and be taken down from the social media platform.

July 22, 2020

Man who videotaped Ahmaud Arbery's death being investigated for possible sex crimes, GBI says

The man who videotaped the grisly shooting death of Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery had messages on his cell phone "replete" with racist remarks and is facing a separate state criminal investigation into possible sex crimes, prosecutors said.