Hate Crime - Page 81

December 4, 2019

New York subway platform anti-gay attack sees hammer-wielding man throw victim onto tracks, cops say

A New York City man narrowly missed being crushed beneath a subway train after a hammer-wielding attacker making homophobic comments fought with and then tossed a 21-year-old straphanger onto the tracks before fleeing the station, officials said.

November 26, 2019

Homeless Portland man who told Ukrainian immigrant to go back to his country asked to write 500-word essay

A homeless Oregon man who apparently spat at a Ukranian immigrant and yelled at him to go back to his country was sentenced to jail time — and asked to write an essay about the challenges people face as they start new lives in the U.S.

November 20, 2019

Georgia teenage girl planned knife attack at predominantly black church, police say

A teenage girl in Georgia was arrested after an alleged plot was discovered by her classmates last week to attack a mostly black church by using knives to go after worshippers because of their race, according to officials. 

November 19, 2019

Syracuse University students allegedly Airdropped white supremacist manifesto

A white supremacist manifesto was apparently Airdropped to students at a Syracuse University library on Tuesday — one day after a school fraternity was suspended for alleged racism, and as multiple instances of racist graffiti have been reported to campus authorities.

November 6, 2019

Milwaukee man, 61, accused of acid attack charged with hate crime: prosecutors

Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a white Milwaukee man with a hate crime for allegedly throwing acid on a Hispanic man's face last week.

November 4, 2019

Milwaukee police arrest man in acid attack being investigated as hate crime

Milwaukee police have arrested a man who is accused of throwing battery acid on a Hispanic man in what investigators believe was a racially motivated hate crime.

November 3, 2019

Wisconsin man suffers second-degree burns in acid attack, police say

A man in Milwaukee allegedly threw battery acid on another man's face Friday night, police said, adding that it stemmed from an argument over a parking spot.

October 22, 2019

California man, 19, sentenced after brutal gang hate crime assault on black special needs teen

A California man was sentenced to eight years in prison in the vicious attack on a black special needs student earlier this year.

October 21, 2019

Man gets probation for confronting woman over Puerto Rican flag T-shirt

A Chicago-area man convicted of confronting a woman over her Puerto Rican flag T-shirt was sentenced to probation Monday.

October 18, 2019

Guns seized from neo-Nazi leader in Washington state, court records show

Police have seized weapons, including AK-47-style military rifles, from the regional leader of a violent neo-Nazi group earlier this month in Arlington, Washington.