Showing posts with label Hate crimes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hate crimes. Show all posts
Thursday, September 26, 2024

FBI Releases 2023 Hate Crime Statistics

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Last Monday, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics for the United States for 2023. A Department of Justice release summarizes the data, a...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

10th Circuit: School Administrator Fired Over Religious Comments Has Discrimination, But Not Retaliation, Claim

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 In McNellis v. Douglas County School District , (10th Cir., Sept. 10, 2024), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of r...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Prison Sentences Imposed in Two Separate Antisemitism Cases

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Yesterday, an Indiana federal district court sentenced 67-year-old Andrezj Boryga to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised...
Wednesday, June 05, 2024

Neo-Nazi Sentenced for Defacing Michigan Synagogue

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 In a press release , the Department of Justice announced yesterday: A Michigan man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison followed by t...
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...