Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Man, 24, charged in ‘hate-motivated’ stabbing attack in gender studies class at Canadian university
A 24-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing of a professor and three other people during a gender studies class at a university in Canada, in what police say was a “hate-motivated incident.” Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, an international student who had recently graduated from the University of Waterloo, is alleged to have carried out the…
Read MorePride and Ukrainian flags burned or vandalized overnight in Silver Spring
Flags promoting Pride were set on fire overnight near downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, infuriating members of the community. Mark Heare and Chris Middleton were asleep in their home when their dogs woke them up. “By the time I came down, I didn’t see anybody,” Heare said. “I walked out the walk and didn’t see anybody.…
Read MoreHermosa Beach police search for suspect who threw a lit firework into a crowd
The Hermosa Beach Police Department is asking for help identifying a suspect who lit a firework and threw it into a crowd of people. Authorities said it happened at a silent disco event at 11 Pier Avenue on June 17th. Witnesses said the firework exploded in the middle of the group and fragments of the…
Read MoreMan dumps gasoline, sets fire to Leesburg [FL] Masonic Lodge, detectives say
A man was arrested Thursday after dumping gasoline and setting fire to the Leesburg Masonic Lodge last week because he was mad at what it stood for, an affidavit shows. According to detectives, Luke Pratt, 22, was arrested after the fire that destroyed the fraternal organization’s building, located at 200 Richey Road off West Main…
Read MoreGeorgia leaders voice concern over antisemitic demonstrations outside 2 synagogues
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other state leaders have spoken out against bigotry and hate after antisemitic demonstrations took place outside two synagogues in the state this weekend. Groups were observed yelling antisemitic messages outside a Macon temple Friday night and displaying swastikas and signs with neo-Nazi messages outside a Cobb County synagogue on Saturday.…
Read MoreSwastikas, hate speech found scrawled on Taunton, Massachusetts, synagogue, home
Police are investigating a hate crime in Taunton, Massachusetts, after a synagogue and a home were spray-painted with swastikas and other hateful messages. A swastika was painted near the entrance to Congregation Agudath Achim, and more swastikas and antisemitic, racist and homophobic slurs were found on the rear of the building. “This person was an…
Read MoreMichigan House OKs new hate crime, institutional desecration penalties
The Michigan House on Tuesday passed a package of bills to reclassify certain offenses as hate crimes and designate the defacement of synagogues, churches or cemeteries as a crime separate from ordinary destruction of property. The Michigan Hate Crime Act, which passed 59-50 in the Democratic-controlled House, would replace Michigan’s 1988 ethnic intimidation law so…
Read MoreKansas Man Facing Federal Charges For Making Online Threats Toward Nashville Pride Event
A Kansas man has been indicted for making online threats to commit acts of violence at an upcoming Nashville Pride event, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. An indictment unsealed this morning charges Joshua Hensley, aka Josh Echo, 25, of Hoisington, Kansas, with two counts of transmitting an interstate threat related to the upcoming…
Read MoreSuspect arrested after FBI uncovers alleged mass shooting plot
A Michigan suspect who authorities say expressed explicit neo-Nazi and antisemitic ideologies online was arrested Friday by the FBI who alleged he stockpiled weapons and was planning a mass shooting. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan charged Seann Pietila, 19, of Pickford, Michigan with transmitting a communication containing a threat…
Read MoreGunman found guilty on all charges Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
Jurors found the man accused of shooting and killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue guilty on all federal charges Friday. Robert Bowers now faces the possibility of the death penalty in the Oct. 27, 2018, shooting in Squirrel Hill. Jurors signaled the court about 11:20 a.m. that they’d reached a verdict. The jury received…
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