Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Queens DA staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter: police
A paralegal at a New York City district attorney’s office has been arrested after he attempted to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Police said Derek Klever, a 27-year-old who worked as a trial preparation assistant at the Queens District Attorney’s…
Read MoreRandallstown NAACP, Jewish community leaders concerned over robberies, carjackings
Community leaders in the northwest Baltimore and Pikesville areas are concerned about recent crimes against Orthodox Jews. The Randallstown branch of the NAACP is tracking reports of robberies and carjackings, saying it believes Orthodox Jews and women are being targeted in front of synagogues, homes and businesses. “Jewish people and women should not feel unsafe…
Read MorePhilly teen hoped to make bombs for terror group, planned LGBTQ parade attack, officials say
Law enforcement officials in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, provided an update to a case involving a teen boy who, officials claim, communicated with a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda and allegedly purchased materials online in an effort to obtain weapons of mass destruction. During an event on Wednesday morning, First Assistant District Attorney Robert Listenbee said Muhyyee-ud-din…
Read MoreSpringfield City Hall, school, county hit by threats tied to Haitian issue
Multiple city, county and school buildings around Springfield were closed Thursday after a bomb threat “to multiple facilities throughout Springfield,” according to a city statement released Thursday morning. Springfield City Hall was evacuated around 8:30 a.m. Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said everyone who was in the City Hall building was moved out and is safe.…
Read MoreNew details emerge on alleged white supremacist ‘Terrorgram’ leader based in Sacramento area
By all available accounts, Dallas Humber barely socialized with her Elk Grove community — she didn’t own a home, raise kids or work a salaried job. But on the vast internet, Humber tapped into a nearly unlimited global network to attempt to solicit assassinations of U.S. government leaders and encourage white supremacists to unleash terror…
Read MoreMan In Denmark Faces Preliminary Terrorism Charges Over Arson At A Jewish Woman’s Home
A 21-year-old man in Denmark was arrested on Tuesday for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary court charges under the country’s terrorism laws that can lead to a life sentence. Preliminary charges are one step short of formal charges and allow authorities to detain…
Read MoreLeaders of Transnational Terrorist Group Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes, Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials, and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho — leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — were charged with a 15-count indictment for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.…
Read MoreMassachusetts Man Sentenced for Hate Crime Against Asian American Man
A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for a federal hate crime. On April 3, John Sullivan pleaded guilty to willfully causing bodily injury to a victim, identified in court papers only by his initials, G.N., through the use of a dangerous weapon (a…
Read MoreRacist, anti-immigrant signs were posted at Denver bus stops. How Colorado officials are responding.
Regional Transportation District (RTD) officials are working with law enforcement to determine who posted several racist, anti-immigrant signs at several bus stops along one of Denver’s busiest transit corridors overnight. The first of at least three signs which reference Jim Crow-era laws and a perceived preferential treatment of immigrants coming from the southern border by…
Read MoreMultiple Jewish organizations and doctors across Canada receive identical emailed threats
More than 100 synagogues, Jewish organizations and doctors in multiple cities across Canada were on high alert after they received the same threatening email Wednesday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed threats were made to “a number of institutions, including synagogues and hospitals, across Canada.” “Law enforcement is also engaging with faith-based leaders to ensure…
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