Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Oklahoma Man Sentenced for Racially Motivated Hate Crime
An Oklahoma man was sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and payment of $68,186.64 in restitution for a racially-motivated attack on a Black victim in Shawnee, Oklahoma. On Jan. 18, 2022, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Oklahoma returned a two-count indictment charging Devan Wayne…
Read MoreHate crime charges added for suspect in Annapolis shooting that killed 3, injured 3 others
Hate crime charges have been added for the suspect in the mass shooting that killed three people and injured three others in Annapolis. Charles Robert Smith, 43, of Annapolis was handed the additional charges Friday by a grand jury, in addition to 39 other counts he is facing for the shooting on June 11, that…
Read MoreFive Patriot Front members convicted of conspiracy to riot in Coeur d’Alene
A jury deliberated for a little over an hour before convicting five Patriot Front members Thursday for conspiring to disrupt a Pride celebration last June in downtown Coeur d’Alene. Devin Center, James J. Johnson, Forrest Rankin, Robert Whitted and Derek Smith stood in suits behind their attorneys and showed no emotion after a clerk read…
Read MoreJapanese diplomat attacked in downtown Portland. Prosecutors file bias crime charges
The top Japanese diplomat in Oregon was the target of an unprovoked attack last month in downtown Portland, according to court records. Yoshioka Yuzo, the Consul General for Portland’s Consular Office of Japan, was walking near Southwest Park Avenue and Oak Street when he was pushed to the ground by a stranger on June 17.…
Read MoreMississippi Man Charged With Cyberstalking and Making Antisemitic Threats Targeting Synagogues and Jewish-Owned Businesses
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Donavon Parish, 28, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was arrested and charged by indictment on charges of cyberstalking and communicating interstate threats. The federal grand jury made a special finding that the defendant targeted his victims based on their actual and perceived religion. The indictment alleges that during April…
Read MoreMiddlesex County Man Admits Communicating Threats to Attack Synagogue
A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted transmitting via the internet a manifesto containing threats to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Omar Alkattoul, 19, of Sayreville, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with…
Read MoreUN rights body passes disputed motion on religious hatred after Koran burning
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday approved a disputed resolution on religious hatred in the wake of the burning of a Koran in Sweden, prompting concern by Western states who say it challenges long-held practices in rights protection. The resolution, introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),…
Read MoreU.S. Attorney Ritz Launches National Security and Civil Rights Unit
United States Attorney Kevin Ritz has announced the creation of a National Security and Civil Rights Unit within the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee. This move permanently positions a supervisory attorney and several prosecutors to respond to and prevent hate crimes and civil rights violations, as well…
Read MoreEl Paso Walmart gunman’s federal hate crimes sentencing hearing begins Wednesday
The sentencing hearing for the El Paso Walmart gunman on dozens of federal hate crimes and firearms charges is set to begin Wednesday. Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty in February to the racist 2021 massacre that killed 23 people. Crusius had initially pleaded not guilty to the federal charges, but requested a rearraignment hearing after…
Read MorePolice make arrests in Annapolis church vandalism cases
After someone ripped a cross from the wall and reduced bibles and hymn books to pages littering the sanctuary of the Fowler United Methodist Church in Annapolis, some congregants were too fearful to return for Sunday services. “I have never seen a church in such disarray and so much pain in a room,” said Rev.…
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