Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Prosecutors: Suspect shouted ‘white power’ while attacking Portland strip club-steakhouse staff
A Portland man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting staff working at the Acropolis steakhouse-strip club. Prosecutors state the man shouted “white power,” racial slurs, and anti-Semitic slurs as he punched staff and smashed windows. According to court documents, Justin Anthony Gates, 32, was asked to leave Acropolis, located on SE McLoughlin Blvd, on May…
Read MoreClosing arguments begin Thursday in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial
Closing arguments are set to start Thursday in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial. The jury could begin deliberating later this afternoon. The final witnesses for this guilt phase of the trial gave powerful testimony. They were two survivors of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting — a police officer and a congregation member. Andrea Wedner was shot…
Read MoreSuspect in mass shooting at Colorado gay nightclub expected to take plea deal
The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told The Associated Press. Word of a possible legal resolution…
Read MoreN.J. man torched house, spray-painted swastikas in antisemitic crime spree, cops say
An Ocean County man is facing 36 charges in an antisemitic crime spree that included burning down a home and scrawling antisemitic graffiti on multiple other houses in what authorities called a targeted attack against Jewish residents. Ron Carr, 33, of Manchester, was arrested Wednesday shortly after investigators say he set fire to a home…
Read MoreSheriff releases racist threats in case of Florida woman shot through door
A Florida woman charged with shooting and killing her Black neighbor told detectives that she called the victim’s children by racist slurs in the months leading up to the slaying, according to an arrest report released Thursday. Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, admitted to detectives that she called the children “the n-word.” One child told deputies…
Read MoreJasper community reflects on Byrd dragging death 25 years later
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the racially-motivated murder of James Byrd Jr. Three white men were convicted of dragging the 49-year-old black man to his death on June 7, 1998. Two of the killers were executed and the third is serving life in prison. We went there Wednesday and asked Jasper County leaders about…
Read MoreTwo men charged with federal hate crime for assaulting LDS missionary in Payson
More than three years after a missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was assaulted in Payson, two men have been charged with federal hate crime offenses. Nathan Thomas, 22, and Sebastian West, 22, both residents of Payson, were charged in connection to the incident on April 26. In February 2020, FOX…
Read MoreNYC woman indicted on hate crime charges accused of string of anti-Asian attacks, district attorney’s office says
A New York City woman was indicted on seven felony hate crime charges in connection with a string of anti-Asian attacks on the city’s Upper West Side, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. Camila Rodriguez, 29, was charged in two New York State Supreme Court indictments with assault in the second degree as a…
Read MoreWhite House releases national strategy to fight antisemitism
The White House rolled out its national strategy Thursday for combating antisemitism as the country grapples with record levels of violence, vandalism and hate speech directed at Jewish communities. President Biden, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and other officials detailed the strategy during a virtual event from the White House. It is the first time the…
Read MorePossible arson, hate crime being investigated in De Kalb
A structure at an outdoor rodeo in De Kalb, Texas burned to the ground early Tuesday morning (May 23), and figurines were hung by ropes on the nearby announcer’s stand. Some residents in the area say someone is trying to stop their Juneteenth celebration, and they want to know who. “I don’t know what to…
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