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Apr 17 2024
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Antisemitic hate crimes in NYC spiked in first months of 2024
Antisemitic hate crimes in New York City have spiked as conflict continues to rage in the Middle East. As of Sunday, there have been 96 hate-fueled incidents targeting Jewish people, according to NYPD stats. The figure marked a 45% uptick compared to the same time frame last year, when cops investigated 66 antisemitic hate crimes. The attacks against Jewish New Yorkers made up 56% of hate-
New York Daily News
Jun 08 2024
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FBI: Hate crimes down in Pennsylvania, but up in Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland
SPREAD LOVE, NOT HATE—Amenah Tucker holds up the sign that says it all, at the Black Brilliance Collective’s march and rally in Homewood and Point Breeze. The protests that transpired in Charlottesville, Va. prompted a series of anti-hate movements nationwide, including in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Emmai Alaquiva) Pennsylvania was listed among the nation’s top 10 states with the biggest decrease
New Pittsburgh Courier
May 15 2024
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Councilmembers pen letter of support for NYC’s ousted hate crimes czar
A group of City Council members has joined with community groups to protest the sudden firing in April of Hassan Naveed, who was executive director of the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes. A letter published Wednesday decried “the unjust and abrupt termination” of Naveed, who is a Muslim of Pakistani descent, with one Muslim elected official arguing it was part of a pattern of
Gothamist
Jun 05 2024
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Dallas man charged with federal hate crime, accused of threatening Sikh nonprofit
A Dallas man was charged with a federal hate crime after he allegedly called a Sikh nonprofit organization and threatened its employees, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Bhushan Athale, 48, was charged with one count of interfering with federally protected activities through the threatened use of a dangerous weapon and one count of transmitting an interstate
The Dallas Morning News
Jun 05 2024
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Police investigating ‘possible hate crime’ against Hopkins High School student
MINNETONKA, Minn. — Minnetonka Police are investigating a “possible hate crime” after school officials say an “act of violence” occurred last week against a Hopkins High School student who identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community. The Minnetonka Police Department confirmed the investigation and shared a “call for service” log from the report they received on May 30. The record is redacted
Valley News Live
Jul 06 2024
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PA advocates calling for hate crime charges to be filed against man accused of killing teen
MERCER COUNTY — New details released concerning the death of a Mercer County teen have local advocates calling for hate crime charges to be filed against the man accused of being responsible for the murder. Paul “Pauly” Likens Jr.’s remains were found in the Shenango Lake on June 25. DaShawn Watkins, 29, is charged in the murder. A group that advocates for the rights of LGBTQ+ people said they
WPXI
Apr 09 2024
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Man charged with hate crime in assault of Asian person in S.F.
A man has been charged with a hate crime for a racially motivated attack of an Asian person in San Francisco’s Polk Gulch neighborhood last month, the district attorney’s office said Tuesday. Anell Medrano pleaded not guilty to charges of one count of assault with a deadly weapon, with a special allegation of a hate crime at his arraignment last week, according to the DA’s office. Medrano, 35
San Francisco Chronicle
Jun 21 2024
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Man charged with hate crime for assaulting Bellingham student on field trip due in court
The man Whatcom County authorities say assaulted an 11-year-old Black student during a school field trip on June 12 is set to appear in court Friday. Bellingham police said Paul Bittner, 42, targeted the student because of his race. Bittner is facing charges for a hate crime and assaulting a child, and his bail was set for $500,000. Whatcom Middle School students were walking back to campus
KOMO News
Apr 09 2024
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Long-awaited hate crime trial begins in Orange County
It’s been more than six years since Blaze Bernstein was found dead in Lake Forest, but on Tuesday, the trial of his alleged killer finally began. Bernstein, 19 at the time of his disappearance in January 2018, was found at Borrego Park, and a former classmate of his, Samuel Woodward, could end up serving life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of the slaying and an
KTLA
Jun 21 2024
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Three arrested in Peoria on hate crime charges for allegedly stealing, burning pride flags
A pair of Peoria men and a Goodfield man were arrested Thursday for two separate incidents in which pride flags were stolen from residences and, in one case, burned. Andrew D. Gohring, 19, Noah Gohring, 21, both of Peoria and Nathaniel E. Sheppard, 18, of Goodfield, were arrested Thursday in relation to the two incidents, which took place Sunday and Thursday nights in the Uplands just north of
Peoria Journal Star