Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Man 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…
Read MoreFrench authorities arrest suspect behind explosion at a synagogue that has injured a police officer
French police apprehended and detained the suspect behind the arson attack on a synagogue in a southwestern Mediterranean town that injured a police officer, the country’s acting interior minister said early Sunday. Two cars parked at the Beth Yaacov synagogue complex in the seaside resort town of La Grande Motte near Montpellier were set ablaze…
Read MoreOregon man faces federal charges for making hoax bomb threats targeting Jewish hospitals and care centers across New York
An Oregon man who is accused of targeting several Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island with fake bomb threats was arrested on federal charges Tuesday, according to prosecutors. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, of Portland, Oregon, is charged with multiple counts of conspiring to make and making threats concerning explosives, conspiring…
Read MoreMisogyny to be treated as extremism by UK government
Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK’s counter-extremism strategy to determine how best to tackle threats posed by harmful ideologies.The analysis will look at hatred of women as one of the…
Read MoreFormer Cornell student sentenced to nearly 2 years for threatening to kill members of the university’s Jewish community
A former Cornell University student was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for threatening to kill members of the university’s Jewish community last fall, according to the prosecutor’s office. The former student, Patrick Dai, was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Richard Southwick of…
Read MoreTeen wearing helmet and bulletproof vest livestreams stabbing rampage by mosque in Turkey, authorities say
A teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest stabbed five people near a mosque in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, officials and media reports said Tuesday. The 18-year-old, identified as Arda K., broadcast Monday’s knife attack on social media through a camera attached to his vest. The victims were relaxing after prayers at…
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