Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Maryland 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…
Read MoreNorway: Oslo terrorism trial for LGBTQ bar shooting begins
A trial began on Tuesday in Norway for a man accused of killing two people, and seriously injuring nine others, at an Oslo nightclub in 2022. Prosecutors said 44-year-old Zaniar Matapour fired 10 rounds with a machine gun and eight shots with a handgun into a crowd outside the “London Pub,” a popular gay bar.…
Read MoreEmailer threatened to bomb kid-friendly ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ at Minneapolis brewery, police say
An emailer sent messages threatening to bomb a northeast Minneapolis brewery during a weekend drag show as well as the home of the taproom’s founder and George Floyd Square, according to police. Police spokesman Aaron Rose said that “officers did not find explosives at any location” after conducting searches Sunday afternoon at Broken Clock Brewing…
Read MoreEugene man arrested, charged with federal hate crime for repeatedly defacing synagogue
A Eugene man has been charged with a federal hate crime for intentionally defacing a Eugene synagogue several times over a five-month period. Adam Edward Braun, 34, a resident of Eugene, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with intentionally defacing a synagogue because it was a place of religious worship for Jewish people. According…
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