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Dec 10 2023
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Apparent Hate Crime on Jewish Man Shocks Beverly Hills: Cops
Police in Beverly Hills arrested a man Saturday following an alleged antisemitic attack—during which an elderly man was struck by a belt and bloodied while walking with his wife. The 44-year-old suspect, who police said had no relationship with the couple, reportedly yelled antisemitic statements while carrying out the attack. The victim was treated at the scene by paramedics but did not
Daily BeastApr 14 2024
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'People hated this': The story of an embattled SF landmark
Even after landing in capable hands, trouble followed the project. In 1970s San Francisco, the Catholic Church was “a lightning rod of protest,” Thomas Leslie, professor of architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, wrote in “Beauty’s Rigor.” Protesters criticized the multimillion-dollar project, arguing that such an opulent undertaking was wasteful and that millions of
SFGATEApr 11 2024
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Rutgers Islamic center vandalism investigated as ‘bias crime’
The Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) was vandalized early Wednesday morning in an incident university police said they are investigating as a “bias crime.” The vandalism took place on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr at the New Jersey university’s Muslim Chaplaincy house, according to CILRU’s statement posted on Facebook on Wednesday. CILRU posted photos of the
The HillJan 31 2024
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Man who destroyed Satanic Temple altar in Iowa charged under hate crime law
A man who attacked and beheaded a permitted statue put up by the Satanic Temple at Iowa’s capital in December has now been charged with a felony under the state’s hate crime statutes, the prosecutor’s office said this week. Michael Cassidy, who was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Mississippi’s state House of Representatives, is charged with third-degree criminal mischief in violation
NBC News (Online)Jan 31 2024
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Former congressional candidate charged with hate crime for destroying Satanic Temple display at Iowa Capitol
Iowa prosecutors charged a former Mississippi congressional candidate with a hate crime after he allegedly “destroyed beyond repair” a pagan idol monument put inside the Hawkeye State Capitol by the Satanic Temple. Right-wing advocate Michael Cassidy told a conservative website his “conscience is held captive to the word of God,” so he took action after learning the statuette had been placed
New York Daily NewsJan 31 2024
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Hate Crime: Christian Navy Veteran Charged for Tearing Down Satan Statue in Iowa Capitol
A Christian U.S. Navy veteran has been charged with a hate crime after admitting to beheading the Satanic Temple’s statue on display at the Iowa State Capitol in December. Michael Cassidy was initially charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief on December 15, but the Polk County Attorney’s Office indicated that the Mississippi man’s admission that he “destroyed the property because of the
Breitbart NewsJan 31 2024
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Christian conservatives outraged as man who toppled 'Satanic' statue in Iowa charged with hate crime
A Mississippi man who destroyed a “Satanic” statue in the Iowa Capitol last year has been charged with a hate crime, stirring outrage among Christian conservatives. Michael Cassidy, a former congressional candidate, vandalized beyond repair a statue of the pagan idol Baphomet on Dec. 14 that had been set up by the Satanic Temple of Iowa. Despite the statue being placed alongside other
The Daily DotJan 31 2024
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Navy vet who toppled satanic display slapped with 'hate crime' charge, felony mischief
A U.S. Navy veteran who toppled a satanic display in the Iowa state Capitol shortly before Christmas has been charged with felony mischief and a hate crime. Michael Cassidy, 35, made headlines in December when he traveled from Mississippi to Des Moines and pushed over a red-cloaked statue of Baphomet where it stood near a Nativity scene. The statue, which had been erected by the Iowa chapter
The Christian PostJan 16 2024
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Club Q mass shooter to plead guilty to federal hate crimes and avoid death penalty
Photos of the shooting victims are displayed at a makeshift memorial outside of Club Q in November 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo: Chet Strange/Getty Images The Colorado shooter who killed five people at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in 2022 intends to plead guilty to 74 new federal hate crimes and firearms charges, according to court filings made public Tuesday. The big picture: The
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