IL High Court Voids Jussie Smollett Conviction In Hate Crime Hoax
The conviction of actor Jussie Smollett for falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in 2019 has been overturned by the Illinois...
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Oct 312 min read
Amid Rise In Hate Crimes, Illinois Allows Anonymous Reporting
Illinois promoted a new program aimed at stemming hate crimes and other forms of bias as reports surge. Help Stop Hate will allow victims...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 12 min read
DOJ Announces $30M Effort To Fund Fight Against Hate Crimes
When the Justice Department's third-in-command announced nearly $30 million in new federal funds to fight the rise in hate crimes last...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 61 min read
Driver Gets 18 Months; Yelled 'Go Back to China,' Hit Vietnamese Man
John Sullivan, an elderly man from Quincy, Massachusetts, has received an 18-month prison sentence for making threats to kill an Asian...
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Crime and Justice News
May 12 min read
Asian Americans See Rise in Hate Crimes Against Them
A new survey found that while most Americans believe hate crimes against Asian Americans are decreasing, Asian Americans disagree. One in...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 161 min read
U.S. Antisemitic Incidents Reached Highest Level Last Year
Driven in part by reactions to the Israel-Hamas war, 2023 saw the highest number of antisemitic incidents against Jewish Americans ever...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 281 min read
Men Who Chased, Killed Arbery Ask Judge to Overturn Convictions
Attorneys for the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020 in a Georgia subdivision asked a federal appeals...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 261 min read
Maryland Middle School Students Face Hate Crime Charges
County prosecutors charged three Maryland middle school students with harassment and violating state hate crime statutes after they...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 72 min read
Harsh Anti-Migrant Rhetoric Raises Latino Hate Crime Fears
Latino activists and political leaders worry that increasingly harsh and racist rhetoric about migrants, particularly by Donald Trump and...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 51 min read
Michigan Mayor Boosts Police After Article Calls City 'Jihad Capital'
A Michigan mayor ordered increased police patrols in the city over the weekend after an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal labeled...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 312 min read
Ohio Man Gets 18-Year Term For Throwing Molotov Cocktails At Church Planning Drag Shows
An Ohio man who prosecutors said had tried to burn down a church in anger by throwing Molotov cocktails at it last year because it...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 301 min read
FBI: In in 10 Hate Crimes Happened at Schools
Hate crimes committed at schools comprised as much as 10% of all reported hate crime offenses, according to FBI officials and their newly...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 51 min read
Majority Of 10 Largest U.S. Cities Saw 2023 Spike In Hate Crimes
A majority of the 10 largest U.S. cities reported an increase in hate crimes last year, increases that averaged 11%, Axios reports. The...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 11, 20232 min read
In 'Tectonic Shift,' Hate Crimes Against Jews, Muslims Both Rise
Shots fired in the parking lot of a New York synagogue. A 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy fatally stabbed outside Chicago. Violent...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Israel-Hamas War Fuels Hate-Related Gun Violence in US
On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, three Palestinian college students were shot while walking home from a birthday party in Burlington,...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Las Vegas Man Indicted For Threats Against Jewish U.S. Senator
A federal grand jury indicted a Las Vegas man for making antisemitic threats against U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and her family, along...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 30, 20232 min read
Man Charged In Palestinian Student Shooting Faced Girlfriend Complaint
The man charged with shooting three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont last weekend was accused several years ago of...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 27, 20232 min read
Man Arrested in Vermont Shooting of Palestinian Men
Police arrested a suspect in the shooting of three young men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Ex-Federal Official Arrested For Hate Crime Food Vendor Rant
A former U.S. government official was arrested after being captured on video spewing Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian language at a...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 7, 20231 min read
New York Lawmakers Propose Expanding Hate Crime Statute
Lawmakers in New York are propsing adding over 30 new crimes to the state’s hate crime law, including gang assault, sexual misconduct,...
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