Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Mercer County Man Pleads Guilty To Communicating Threats To Attack Members Of The White Community
A Mercer County, New Jersey, man admitted to transmitting, via the internet, a post containing threats to injure members of the white community by shooting them with a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced today. Joshua Cobb, 24, of Trenton, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal court…
Read MoreEmailed threats to Jewish funeral home leads to Spring man’s arrest, Bellaire police say
A man in Spring was arrested after police say he threatened to kill Jewish people in the Houston area. Bellaire police were contacted about the threat in October. The owner of Houston Jewish Funerals in Bellaire told investigators he received a disturbing email with the subject line “Beezlebub.” Police didn’t have trouble locating a suspect.…
Read MoreArrest made after Nazi symbols found on Roanoke Valley couple’s vehicle
Roanoke Police say they made an arrest in connection to an alleged incident at Sam’s Club where a couple reported Nazi symbols were scrawled on lug nuts while their tires were being rotated. Police say 21-year-old Shannon Cox, of Salem, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in connection to this incident. He is charged with one count…
Read MoreTerrorist Designations of The Terrorgram Collective and Three Leaders
The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and committed to countering transnational components of violent white supremacism. Today, the Department of State is designating The Terrorgram Collective (Terrorgram) and three of its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as…
Read MoreJustice Department Announces Results of Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre
The Justice Department issued a report today on the Tulsa Race Massacre. The report documents the department’s findings, made during its review and evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre, undertaken pursuant to the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act. The Civil Rights Division previously announced it was undertaking this review during a Cold Case…
Read MoreAustralian counter-terrorism police probe rise in antisemitic hate crimes
Australian authorities are warning of escalating acts of antisemitism, which are now being investigated by counter-terrorism officers. A synagogue in Sydney, the country’s most populous city, was defaced Saturday with hate symbols and an attempt was made to start a fire. Red swastikas were daubed along the front fence of the synagogue in the latest…
Read MoreBeverly man threatening antisemitic violence had guns, Nazi flag, police say
A Massachusetts man accused of threatening violence against Jewish people has been arrested, police in Beverly said Monday. Matthew Scouras, a 34-year-old Beverly man, allegedly threatened to rape Jewish women and encouraged others online to shoot people outside of synagogues. Nazi paraphernalia and illegal weapons were found in a search of his Essex Street home,…
Read MoreGainesville man who “espoused antisemitic views” arrested for stalking after allegedly plotting to attack AIPAC office in South Florida
Forrest Kendall Pemberton, 26, of Gainesville, has been charged with stalking by the FBI after allegedly plotting an attack of an AIPAC office in Plantation, FL. Pemberton’s father reported that he was missing on December 23 According to federal and Alachua County court documents, Pemberton’s father contacted the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) on December 23…
Read MorePolice forces report sharp rise in religious hate crimes across UK
Some of the UK’s largest police forces have reported increases in religious hate crimes in the past 18 months, figures reveal, with the number of incidents rising after the start of the Hamas-Israel conflict in autumn 2023 and again after the Southport attacks in England this summer. Forces including Greater Manchester, West Midlands and the…
Read MoreMan arrested after threatening to bomb Lakewood Church on Christmas Eve
A man was taken into custody on felony charges after he threatened to detonate a bomb at Lakewood Church on Christmas Eve. Houston Police Department officers responded to the church at around 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve. They were dispatched after receiving a call from a man who threatened to “blow up the church” with…
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