Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Swastikas, 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…
Read MoreProsecutors: 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…
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