Showing posts with label Hate crimes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hate crimes. Show all posts
Thursday, April 04, 2024

Texas Man Sentenced To 37 Years in Muslim Hate Crime Murder

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A Department of Justice press release reports that yesterday a Texas federal district court sentenced a defendant to 37 years in prison (wi...
Wednesday, March 06, 2024

Man Sentenced To 1 Year + For Threatening Synagogue Shooting

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According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan, on Monday a 20-year old Michigan man...
Sunday, February 04, 2024

New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes Against 5 Orthodox Jews

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In a Feb. 1 press release , the U.S. Attorney's Office for the district of New Jersey announced that 29-year old Dion Marsh has pleaded ...
Monday, November 20, 2023

President Issues Statement On Transgender Day of Remembrance

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The White House today issued a  Statement from President Joe Biden on Transgender Day of Remembrance  ( full text ). The President said in p...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Michigan Passes Institutional Desecration Ban

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 Last week, the Michigan legislature gave final passage to HB 4476 ( full text ) ( legislative history ) which creates the crime of "in...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

FBI Releases 2022 Hate Crime Statistics

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The FBI yesterday released  2022 Crime Statistics, including data on hate crimes ( Methodology )  ( Data on Incidents ). According to the FB...
Friday, April 28, 2023

Florida Enacts Ban on Religious and Ethnic Intimidation

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NBC News reports that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, while in Israel, signed CS/CS/HB269  a bill ( full text ) that amends Florida's Pub...
Friday, November 25, 2022

New York Governor Announces Steps to Combat Hate Crimes

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Earlier this week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a number of steps to combat hate crimes. On Nov. 22, the Governor signed A1202 (...
Friday, October 21, 2022

Indictment Handed Down in 2018 Shooting of Jehovah's Witness Building

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The Justice Department announced yesterday that a federal grand jury in Seattle, Washington has indicted Mikey Diamond Starrett, aka Michae...
Friday, September 16, 2022

White House Hosts Summit Addressing Hate-Motivated Violence

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Yesterday President Biden hosted the United We Stand Summit at the White House directed at countering hate-motivated violence. The President...
Friday, August 12, 2022

Data On Canadian Hate Crimes Released

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On Aug. 2, Statistics Canada released  Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2021 . One section ( Text Box 5 ) focuses on hate crimes ...
Sunday, April 03, 2022

NY AG Orders Anti-Muslim Group To Stop Spying On The Muslim Community

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 In an April 1  press release , New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the office's Civil Right Bureau has sent a Cease ...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

FBI Releases Hate Crime Statistics For 2020

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Yesterday the FBI released its report on Hate Crime Statistics 2020 . According to the FBI: There were 7,554 single-bias incidents involvin...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Conviction and Sentence of Mother Emanuel Church Shooter Uphehld

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In United States v. Roof ,  (4th Cir., Aug. 25, 2021), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 149-page opinion, affirmed the hate crime...
Friday, August 06, 2021

DOJ Reports On 15 Years Of Hate Crime Prosecutions

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Last month (July 8), the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics issued a 15-page report titled  Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions,...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced For Online Threats To Jewish Community

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced yesterday that a 32 year old Pennsylvania man has been sen...
Friday, May 21, 2021

President Signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act

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Yesterday, President Biden signed into law S.937, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. ( full text ). While the impetus for the bill was the increase ...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

ISIS Supporter Pleads Guilty To Planning Ohio Synagogue Attack

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced  that yesterday Damon M. Joseph, aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf, pleaded ...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Scottish Parliament Passes Hate Crime Bill

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According to BBC News , the Scottish Parliament last week passed the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill ( full text ). Among other ...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

FBI Releases 2019 Hate Crime Statistics

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This week, the FBI released its 2019 Hate Crime Statistics . According to the Report, of the 7,103 single-bias incidents , 19.9% of the offe...