Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Man who went after BLM demonstrators with bladed claw glove and car convicted
A Queens, New York, man was convicted on multiple counts of attempted murder for attacking peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrators in 2020, according to prosecutors. Frank Cavalluzzi, 57, was found guilty last week on nine counts of attempted murder in the second degree, nine counts of attempted assault in the first degree, seven counts of menacing…
Read MoreRevealed: neo-Nazi active club counts several of US military as members
A neo-Nazi “active club” counts several current and former members of the United States military as its members, the Guardian has learned, including a lance corporal machine gunner currently in detention on insubordination charges and a former US Marine Corps staff sergeant who was booted from the service for stealing large quantities of ammunition. Lance…
Read MoreStaged videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India
In a video shared and watched by millions of people in India, a man is seen attacking a person who is wearing a black burka and holding a child. He then forcibly removes the burka to reveal a man. The message accompanying the clip warns in Hindi that people should “be aware” of criminals using…
Read MoreNazi symbols and child pornography found in German police chats
Another group within Germany’s security structures has been found to be inclined toward Nazi imagery. Recklinghausen officials are concerned by this incident, the second in recent months. Prosecutors in Germany have uncovered illegal content including Nazi symbols in chat messages involving five officers from three different police districts. The discovery was made after searches in…
Read MoreWhite supremacist accused of threatening jury, witnesses in trial of Pittsburgh synagogue gunman
A self-proclaimed white supremacist was arrested Thursday on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the U.S. Justice Department said. Hardy Carroll Lloyd of Follansbee, West Virginia, is accused of sending threatening social media posts and emails…
Read MoreMaryland 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…
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