Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Nebraska shooting that wounded 7 immigrants may be racially motivated, police say
A shooting on Friday in Crete, Nebraska, that wounded seven Guatemalan immigrants, including four children, may have been racially motivated, police said, adding that the suspect later killed himself. The suspect identified by police as Billy Booth opened fire from his house in Crete with a shotgun on Friday afternoon. Crete Police Chief Gary Young…
Read MoreChinese social media companies condemn hate speech against Japanese after knife attack
China’s top social media companies have condemned online hate speech targeting Japanese, delivering a vigorous response to comments triggered by a knife attack last week that killed one person and injured a Japanese mother and child. Such waves of sentiment, and a vocal nationalist element, are not uncommon, but companies from WeChat-owner Tencent to TikTok’s…
Read MorePolice release video of suspect in Vancouver synagogue arson
Police in Vancouver have released video showing a man who is believed to have set fire to the front entrance of a synagogue in May. The security video shows a man wearing a dark jacket, light ball cap and a medical face mask approaching the front steps of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue on Vancouver’s Oak…
Read MoreMarine veteran pleads guilty in neo-Nazi plot to damage power grid
The final defendant in a group of five former military members with ties to white-supremacist organizations pleaded guilty this week to weapons charges stemming from a plot to attack the power grid in the northwestern United States. Jordan Duncan, a Marine veteran who was previously stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, appeared Monday in…
Read MoreKentucky Man Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime Targeting Children Online
A Kentucky man pleaded guilty and was sentenced last week to one year and one day in prison and one year of supervised release in the District of Eastern Louisiana for committing a federal hate crime. According to court documents, Brian Adams, 24, of Paintsville, Kentucky, transmitted a threat to a fifth-grade class at the…
Read MoreSheriff says bomb threat made against Grand Marais Pride event came from Russia
The sheriff of Cook County said a bomb threat directed at a weekend Pride event came from an email address in Russia, and has closed the case for now. Sheriff Pat Eliasen shared in an email sent out Monday morning that an investigation into the threat – which targeted the Cook County Pride Celebration –…
Read MoreWest Boca Raton man threatened mass shooting at synagogue, arrest report says
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said a west Boca Raton man made antisemitic threats on social media to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue. Paul Morris, 26, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday on a charge of making written threats to commit a mass shooting…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi Brighton teenager jailed over synagogue bomb plan
A teenager with neo-Nazi views who drew up a plan to carry out a suicide bomb attack on a synagogue in Hove has been jailed. Mason Reynolds, 19, from Brighton, was previously convicted of having an article connected with the preparation of an act of terrorism and had admitted 10 offences relating to terrorist publications…
Read MoreTerrorist Designations of Nordic Resistance Movement and Three Leaders
The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and is committed to countering the transnational components of violent white supremacy. Today, the Department of State is designating Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended.…
Read MoreArizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans at an Atlanta concert to incite a race war, feds say
An Arizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans and other minorities at a rap concert in Atlanta in May, looking to incite a race war ahead of the presidential election, federal authorities said. Mark Adams Prieto was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm…
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