Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
First federal gender-based hate crime trial starts over trans woman’s killing
The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity is set to begin Tuesday in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman and then fled to New York. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that in August 2019, Daqua Lameek Ritter coaxed the woman —…
Read More2nd youth charged in connection with anti-Jewish terror plot
A young person has been charged as the alleged “co-conspirator” of a 15-year-old Ottawa boy already accused of plotting a terrorist attack against Jewish people, according to the RCMP. In a release Friday, the RCMP said both youths are now facing charges of unlawfully conspiring and agreeing to commit murder — either for the benefit…
Read MoreOntario school shooting plot defendant follows Hitler, is danger to other groups, prosecutor says
An 18-year-old accused of planning to murder classmates at Ontario Christian High School was also a danger to “several groups,” followed Hitler’s beliefs and had expressed a dislike for “minorities” and “LGBTQ” people, a prosecutor said Thursday, Feb. 15. Sebastian Bailey Villaseñor was arraigned Thursday in Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga via video from West…
Read MoreMan sentenced for attacks ‘steeped in hatred and prejudice’ at Asian American businesses
A man was sentenced Wednesday to serve life in prison with all time suspended but 30 years for a series of attacks that prosecutors described as “steeped in hatred and prejudice” at several Asian American-owned businesses in West Baltimore. Darryl Doles, 53, of Coldstream Homestead Montebello, cried and wiped tears throughout his sentencing in Baltimore…
Read MoreArcata Police investigating possible hate crime in Mad River Hospital ER
The Arcata Police Department has initiated a hate crime investigation over an anti-semitic sign placed above a restroom doorway at Mad River Community Hospital (MRCH) . The restroom is inside the Emergency Room and only accessible to patients and staff. A witness noticed the sign last Monday, Jan. 29 inside the restroom, and photographed it.…
Read MoreColorado man who wanted to build white supremacist community sentenced to federal prison in weapons case
The man who had been building a “white private community” in the mountains of Fremont County has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a federal weapons charge, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Friday. Chad Edward Keith, 42, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison…
Read MorePhiladelphia man charged, accused of threatening to rape, kill 8 victims using antisemitic, Islamophobic slurs
A Philadelphia man is facing charges after officials say he made multiple phone calls threatening victims using antisemitic and Islamophobic slurs United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced Monday that Yaniv Gola, 50 was charged with eight counts of interstate communication of threats. Officials say between August 2, 2022 and November 5, 2023, Gola used…
Read MoreMassachusetts Man Extradited From Sweden on Charges Related to Fires at Jewish Institutions in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts man has been extradited from Stockholm, Sweden to face charges in connection with his alleged obstruction of an investigation into fires set at Jewish institutions in Arlington, Needham and Chelsea, Mass. in May 2019. Alexander Giannakakis, 37, formerly of Quincy, Mass., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in 2019 for…
Read MoreUCF student arrested for alleged threat to shoot 3 Jewish students during school event
The University of Central Florida Police Department is investigating an alleged threat made during a UCF Office of Student Involvement-approved pro-Israel free expression event on Tuesday. According to UCFPD, a Palestinian-American student named Seif Asi approached a table of Jewish students participating in the event and engaged in a one to two-minute “heated conversation.” Once…
Read MoreNorthridge Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Charge and Admits to Threatening Mass Shooting of Synagogues
A San Fernando Valley man pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of stalking and admitted to engaging in a 14-month campaign in which he threatened a victim and threatened to shoot synagogues and “exterminate” Jewish people and Asian Americans. Andre Morrow Lackner, 35, of Northridge, pleaded guilty to one count of stalking. According to…
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