Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Cornell student pleads guilty to posting violent threats to Jewish students online
A former Cornell University student accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus shortly after the start of the war in Gaza in the fall pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday. Patrick Dai, from the Rochester, New York, suburb of Pittsford, was accused by federal investigators of posting anonymous threats to shoot…
Read MoreAntisemitic flyers found on Chicago’s North Side
For the second time this year, anti-Semitic flyers were found recently on the hoods of cars in the Lincoln Park neighborhood – this time inside zip-lock bags also containing a substance that resembled rat poison. According to Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd), some of the flyers were found in bags including a “substance with the appearance…
Read MoreTexas Man Sentenced for Hate Crimes Following Mass Shooting Targeting Muslims at Car Repair Shop
A Dallas man was sentenced today to 37 years in prison, with credit for time served in state custody, following his guilty plea to hate crime charges arising out of a fatal shooting at a car repair shop. On Sept. 14, 2023, Anthony Paz Torres, 39, pleaded guilty to five federal hate crime counts for…
Read MoreMaryland 13-year-olds who ‘displayed swastikas’ charged with hate crime
Three middle school students from Calvert County, Maryland, have been charged with violating the state’s hate crime laws, officials say. The 13-year-olds attending Plum Point Middle School in Huntingtown, Maryland, were charged after they “displayed swastikas, made Nazi salutes, and directed offensive comments to a classmate because of the classmate’s religious beliefs,” according to a…
Read MoreBerlin Summons Iran Ambassador Over 2022 Synagogue Plot
Germany on Wednesday said it had summoned the Iranian ambassador over an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in 2022 that Berlin believes was planned with the help of Tehran. A German Iranian national was sentenced in December to two years and nine months in prison in the plot to attack a synagogue in the…
Read MoreHackney house fire could be antisemitic attack, police say
Police are investigating whether a house fire in east London that destroyed two floors of a three-storey house was an antisemitic hate crime. A man in his 60s, who was arrested near the scene in Hackney, had made threatening and “allegedly antisemitic” comments, the Met Police said. Four people were injured but none are in…
Read MoreA fourth former Mississippi officer is sentenced to 40 years in racially charged torture cases
A fourth former Mississippi law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday, as accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of deputies gripped a federal courtroom. A judge imposed the harshest sentence so far on former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Christian…
Read MoreReddit, YouTube must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo mass shooter
Reddit and Google’s YouTube were ordered by a New York state judge to face lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York grocery store. Justice Paula Feroleto of the Erie County Supreme Court said 25 plaintiffs could try…
Read MoreMan shatters door of Chicago Islamic center after threats, CPD investigating possible hate crime
A downtown Chicago Islamic center was vandalized Sunday night, worshipers and Chicago police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. Worshipers said a man had been making threats as members were going inside to pray about 8 p.m. Sunday night at 231 S. State St. in the Loop. Surveillance video from the mosque…
Read MoreFormer California Rideshare Driver Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Antisemitic Attack on Passenger
A Daly City, California, resident and former rideshare driver was arrested today for an Oct. 26, 2023, assault on a rider because he perceived the rider to be Jewish or Israeli. “The defendant, a rideshare driver, is charged with assaulting a rider because he thought the rider was Jewish or Israeli,” said Attorney General Merrick…
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