Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
White nationalist groups have attracted young men around the U.S. Now, they’re recruiting girls
Photos of two young women on a sunny Wisconsin hike picked up traction on the messaging platform Telegram in May. The photos, plain and anonymous, feature a woman in a white dress, her head cropped out of the photo and a girl in pink, heavily blurred, turning away from the camera to reveal a braid…
Read MoreIranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Sydney and Melbourne, spy chief says
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard used two agents who once lived in Australia to direct arson attacks against Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne, the head of Australia’s domestic spy agency said on Wednesday. “Iran continues to view Australia as a legitimate target for covertly directed acts of violence,” Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence…
Read MoreChicago man faces arson, hate crime charges after cross burning in Grant Park
A man has been charged in connection with a burning cross that was spotted in Grant Park last week. Merlin Lu, 21, of Chicago, was charged with felony counts of damage to property between $500 and $10,000, arson, and two felony counts of a hate crime. He also was hit with four misdemeanor counts of…
Read MoreFGCU student accused of praising mass shooters, making terrorism threats online
A Fort Myers man was arrested after investigators said he made online posts glorifying mass shooters and advocating violence. According to an affidavit, FBI special agents interviewed FGCU civil engineering student Joseph Baer, 21, on February 26, 2025, regarding a series of posts uploaded on Feb. 18, 2025, from an X account with the username…
Read MoreFourth suspect arrested in Heemstede synagogue terror plot
Police have arrested a fourth suspect in an investigation into the alleged preparation of an explosive attack targeting a Jewish institution on Adriaan Pauwlaan in Heemstede, Het Parool reports. The latest arrest involves a 20-year-old man from Amsterdam, taken into custody on June 9. Authorities say he is suspected of “preparing acts to cause an…
Read MoreNew Mexico Man Facing Federal Hate Crime Charge Following Attacks at Local Synagogue and Jewish Community Center
An Albuquerque, New Mexico man is in custody on federal charges for allegedly damaging religious property during back-to-back attacks at two local Jewish facilities. According to court documents, on June 2, Rex Crofton, 25, targeted two Jewish community facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during a series of motivated attacks. At approximately 4:31 PM, Crofton arrived…
Read MoreMan charged after alleged threats toward Catholic church in Marple Township
A potential tragedy was averted in Delaware County after police arrested a man accused of making threats against a Catholic church in Marple Township. Christopher Henderson, 37, of Exton, is now jailed on charges of making terroristic threats on Facebook targeting St. Pius Catholic Church in Broomall, according to police. According to the criminal complaint,…
Read MoreDepartment of Justice indicts eight conspirators who threatened University of Michigan officials, businesses, and the Jewish Federation
Eight individuals associated with the University of Michigan were indicted for their alleged roles in conspiracies to threaten University of Michigan leaders, law enforcement, and businesses, including the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, announced U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Runyan of the FBI Detroit Field Office joined Gorgon in…
Read MoreHomes and vehicles set alight as anti-immigration violence flares over Northern Ireland knife attack
Anti-immigrant protesters in the UK took to the streets on Tuesday after a 30-year-old man from Sudan was charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Northern Ireland that Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned as “horrific.” Masked crowds gathered in various parts of Belfast on Tuesday evening, setting houses, a bus, cars and barricades…
Read MoreBritish teen charged over London arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances
A teenager has been charged in connection with an arson attack on a Jewish charity’s ambulances in March, according to U.K. police, becoming the fifth person to be charged over the attack. The March blaze in Golders Green, an area in north London with a large Jewish population, engulfed four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest,…
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