May 22, 2017
The FBI is helping police in Maryland determine whether the stabbing death of a visiting black student on Saturday was a hate crime. University of Maryland Police Chief David Mitchell said during a press conference Saturday that he sought the help of federal investigators after discovering Sean Urbanski, the...
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May 8, 2017
First of all, our parents who attend games hear the comments from other fans on a regular basis. “Yeah, we are playing a bunch of Mexicans, it should be an easy game.” “Those kids can’t even speak English.” “Wait until Trump sends them all home.” Those are just some...
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May 1, 2017
The photographs show bananas, each hanging from a string, tied with what appears to be a noose. The images, circulated on social media and the American University campus newspaper, have shocked and angered students and school administrators. “They tied it like a noose and put bananas in them,” says...
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Apr 18, 2017
Members of former student group Terps For Trump chalked pro-deportation and President Trump messages in front of Stamp Student Union Monday night, instigating swift counter reactions from fellow students. The original messages included phrases such as “Deport Dreamers,” “Build the wall,” “CNN is fake news,” “Wage gap myth,” “Trump 2020”...
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Apr 17, 2017
Fake lawn signs with the city seal and an anti-immigrant message have cropped up on a weedy street median near Beverly Hills. The signs at Burton Way and Doheny Drive read: “Landscaping by L.A. City Council, We’d rather spend your taxes on welfare for illegals.” City Councilman Paul Koretz...
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Apr 15, 2017
It was not enough for two South Boston brothers to urinate on a sleeping homeless man in August. They punched him repeatedly, and beat him with a metal pole. They called him a “wetback.” Then they high-fived each other and walked away. On Monday, the brothers — Scott Leader,...
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Apr 12, 2017
National and local Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups are calling for Milwaukee police to investigate as a hate crime an attack on a Muslim woman who says a man demanded she remove her hijab and beat her. “You can’t get a clearer hate crime than this,” said Janan Najeeb, president...
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Prosecutors say an Auburn man became enraged when he found out a neighbor was from Mexico, threatening to blow her up and chasing her around her yard with a knife. The Seattle Times reports Travis Senner threatened to blow up his neighbor and chased her around her yard with...
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Apr 11, 2017
The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia was spray-painted with anti-Semitic graffiti overnight on the first night of Passover, and police are still looking for a suspect or suspects. Among the hateful messages, “Hitler was right” was spray-painted across an entrance of the JCCNV, which is located on Little...
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Apr 9, 2017
An attempt to burn an east Charlotte store that included a note warning of plans to “torture” immigrants is being investigated as a hate crime by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police. Police say officers were called at 9:59 p.m. Thursday to a fire at the Central Market, a Nepali Indian store at...
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