Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Maryland man pleads guilty in Palm Beach County antisemitic flyers case
A man accused of tossing antisemitic flyers onto Palm Beach County properties earlier this year pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges. Nicholas Byshiem, 33, of Maryland pleaded guilty to a charge of resisting arrest without violence in the city of Atlantis for an incident in January, as well as misdemeanor charges of dumping litter…
Read MoreA new network of hate groups in the Pacific Northwest targets smaller Pride festivals
The hateful messages began as soon as Michelle Lee agreed to let Oregon City Pride use the Oregon City Children’s Theater, a small performance space she owns, and an adjacent parking lot for the June LGTBQ Pride festival. “My phone, my daughter’s phone, our business phone,” were all targeted, she said. “Some are very brief…
Read MoreUtah Man Sentenced for Hate Crime Attack of Three Men
A Utah man was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his bias-motivated attack of three men at a family-owned business. On Feb. 19, 2020, after a five day trial, a jury in Salt Lake City convicted Alan Covington for attacking three men with a metal pole…
Read MoreUtah Man Sentenced for Hate Crime Attack of Three Men
A Utah man was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his bias-motivated attack of three men at a family-owned business. On Feb. 19, 2020, after a five day trial, a jury in Salt Lake City convicted Alan Covington for attacking three men with a metal pole…
Read MoreMan convicted for threatening to blow up SF synagogue, making criminal threats
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office on Monday announced the conviction of a man for threatening to blow up an Inner Richmond synagogue and for making criminal threats. On the afternoon of April 7, Anatoly Smolkin, 39, walked up to Temple Emanu-El and threatened to kill everyone there and to blow up the synagogue, according to…
Read MoreMan accused of trying to run over people at Rancho Cordova park turned himself in
A man is in custody after threatening a group of Muslim families with South Asian heritage at a Rancho Cordova park. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office identified 33-year-old Robert Avery, from Orangevale, as the suspect. They said he drove through Heron Landing Park trying to run people over while families were holding a celebration. The…
Read MoreDeadly stabbing of gay man at NYC gas station investigated as potential hate crime
The deadly stabbing of a 28-year-old professional dancer at a Brooklyn, New York, gas station is being investigated by the NYPD as a hate crime, officials told ABC News. According to officials, O’Shae Sibley was stabbed in his torso on Saturday, July 29, 2023, a little after 11 p.m. In a video posted to Facebook,…
Read MorePittsburgh jury condemns Tree of Life synagogue killer to death
A federal jury on Wednesday voted to sentence Robert Bowers to death for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. In June, the jury found Bowers, 50, guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes in a trial held at the U.S. District Court in…
Read MoreTBI investigating after Memphis police say they thwarted ‘potential mass shooting’ at Jewish school
Tennessee’s lead law enforcement agency is investigating an officer-involved shooting of a man who allegedly opened fire outside a Jewish school in Memphis on Monday afternoon. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced in a press release on Monday evening that it has launched a probe into the incident at the request of Shelby County District…
Read MoreTexas church firebombed weeks after anti-LGBTQ YouTubers disrupt service
An LGBTQ-friendly church in Texas was firebombed this weekend, weeks after anti-LGBTQ YouTubers posted a video trolling churchgoers at a Sunday service. News of the bombing comes the Texas GOP’s ongoing legislative and rhetorical onslaught aimed at restricting LGBTQ rights in the Lone Star State. The Community Unitarian Universalist Church of Plano was damaged after…
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