Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
‘Incel’ schoolboy who threatened Valentine’s Day massacre pleads guilty to terrorism offences
An “incel” schoolboy who threatened to launch a Valentine’s Day massacre has pleaded guilty to possessing bomb-making videos. Dihan Rahman, then aged 17, also made threats to attack his school’s prom and released “doxing” material on to the internet to encourage online attacks on female pupils. The former army cadet from Uxbridge, west London, had…
Read MoreNew Terrorism-Related Charges Filed Against Alleged Killer of Israeli Embassy Employees
Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, was charged in a 13-count superseding indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court with multiple terrorism-related offenses in connection with the May 21, 2025, fatal shootings of two Israeli Embassy staff members outside the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown Washington D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Rodriguez previously was…
Read MoreNYPD: Woman attacks 3 people in anti-Muslim rampage in Bay Ridge
Prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against a Staten Island woman accused of attacking three Muslim females wearing hijabs during a brief but violent rampage in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood. Police say all three assaults happened within 11 minutes and just a few blocks of each other last Friday, Jan. 30. According to the NYPD,…
Read MoreJackson Heights teen arraigned on hate crime charges after he threatened to kill Jewish students at Renaissance Charter School: DA
A 17-year-old student at the Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights was arrested Feb. 2 for allegedly making antisemitic threats to hundreds of his classmates, according to authorities. The school’s principal alerted the NYPD as soon as he became aware of the threat. Police from the 115th Precinct responded to a 911 call just after…
Read MoreNeo-Nazis busted as part of plot to create paramilitary team to take out ‘high-value targets,’ FBI says
Two white supremacists, both with connections to a Tennessee-based neo-Nazi network, now face federal charges, accused of attempting to create a paramilitary unit capable of taking out “high-value targets.” Aiden Daniel Cuevas, 20, and Andrew Cole Nary, 23, are being held in separate northern Alabama jails after being arrested Jan. 20 by the FBI. Following…
Read MoreDriver crashes into Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn: NYPD
A man drove his vehicle into the Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday, and authorities are investigating it as a hate crime, police said late that night. The crash took place around 8:46 p.m. on Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights section of the borough. A 2012 Honda Accord sedan was found mounted on…
Read MoreHalifax teen allegedly part of online extremist group has 4 of 5 charges dropped
A Halifax teen, who police alleged was affiliated with the violent online extremist group known as 764, has had four out of five charges against him withdrawn. The 16-year-old was facing child pornography-related and inciting hatred charges. “The Crown had no realistic prospect of conviction on those four counts, having assessed the evidence in this…
Read MoreSouthern Sons hate group members charged with vandalism and arson
Three men were arrested by police for their alleged involvement in a hate group, the Southern Sons. Tristan Somerson, Alexander Hare, and David Pagava are facing charges stemming from actions taken in September. They reportedly desecrated the grave of a Jewish army veteran at Northlake Memorial Gardens Cemetery and later burned a pride flag belonging…
Read MoreSpokane man accused of threats to LDS church members may be released from custody
A man accused of making deadly threats toward The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) church members in Spokane may be released from custody for reasons involving his mental health treatment. In a more than 20-minute-long out-of-custody arraignment, 23-year-old suspect Armando Torres-Hernande did not appear due to an involuntary commitment at a local…
Read MoreMichigan church gunman called 911 with bomb threats to local churches minutes before attack
Gunman Thomas Jacob Sanford made his own call to emergency dispatchers minutes before he drove to a Michigan church in September, rammed his truck into the chapel, opened fire and set the building ablaze, according to newly released records. The documents, released first to ABC News by Grand Blanc Township Police, offer new details about…
Read More