Hate Crime - Page 78

May 26, 2020

4 Minneapolis officers fired in death of black man after video shows officer pinning knee against his neck

Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after an incident where a black man died after one of the white police officers pinned his knee against the suspect's neck who appeared to be struggling to breathe and begging for help before going limp on the ground. 

May 26, 2020

Hundreds give orphaned El Paso Walmart shooting survivor drive-by first birthday celebration

The youngest survivor of the El Paso, Texas Walmart shooting last August – whose parents were killed shielding him from the gunfire – turned one year old last week, inspiring hundreds to organize a drive-by birthday celebration amid the coronavirus pandemic.

May 22, 2020

GBI says neighbor who videotaped Ahmaud Arbery's killing just as responsible as shooters

The director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Friday that William Bryan, the neighbor who filmed Ahmaud Arbery's death, was not a good Samaritan or simply a witness, but a significant player in the February killing of the unarmed black man. 

May 20, 2020

Video surfaces of Ahmaud Arbery being arrested on suspicion of shoplifting in 2017

Newly released video footage shows Ahamud Arbery, the Georgia jogger gunned down by a father and son with ties to local law enforcement, being handcuffed and arrested in 2017 on suspicion of shoplifting from a Brunswick area Walmart. 

May 19, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery case: 2017 video emerges of Georgia cops trying to tase victim

Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia jogger who was gunned down by a father and son with ties to local law enforcement, had also been the target of a Glynn County police officer two and a half years ago who tried to tase him in a park after accusing him of smoking marijuana, a newly released video shows. 

May 17, 2020

Gerard Baker: Hate crime in America – One-sided reporting, misrepresented facts don't help

You probably haven’t heard of Paul and Lidia Marino. The couple, 86 and 85 years old, were shot dead a week ago while visiting a veterans’ cemetery in Bear, Del.

May 12, 2020

Missouri grand jury hands federal hate crime charge to man accused of setting fire at Islamic center

A Missouri man is facing a slew of federal charges including a hate crime after he allegedly set fire to a mosque in April. 

May 8, 2020

GBI knocks local investigation into Ahmaud Arbery case, doesn't rule out other arrests in shooting death

​​​​​​​Georgia Bureau of Investigations Director Vic Reynolds on Friday took a veiled swipe at the local investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a black jogger who was allegedly murdered by a white father and son more than two months ago. 

May 4, 2020

California shopper appears to wear KKK hood to grocery store in lieu of coronavirus face mask, sparking outrage

A man was photographed wearing what appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood while grocery shopping in southern California over the weekend, inciting outrage from other shoppers, local officials and the Anti-Defamation League.

April 30, 2020

Missouri man who allegedly sparked mosque fire charged with hate crime

A 42-year-old Missouri man is facing hate crime and other charges for allegedly setting fire to a mosque last week, prosecutors said Thursday.