#hate-crimes

#hate-crimes

While most states have hate crime statutes, only about five include law enforcement officers as a protected category. Utah is one of these states. After a 2021 traffic stop for speeding, Lauren Gibson is alleged to have stomped on a "Back the Blue" sign while "smirking in an intimidating manner" at a deputy. She was charged with a hate crime for her actions. These leads to two issues. The first is a specific matter: did her actions constitute a hate crime?

Earlier this year, a social media account started documenting the mysterious and alarming appearance of spray-painted swastikas around downtown Ventura. But the account was not run by a good Samaritan trying to draw attention to a hate crime, authorities later determined. It was instead the handiwork of a convicted rapist who was committing the vandalism himself, then posting photos online in an effort to sow fear, according to the Ventura Police Department and the county district attorney's office.

It's the members of Congress, councilpeople in New York calling for Mamdani to be deported now. This is very dangerous, and my concern is the anti-Muslim bigotry.

Cornett told a detective he was 'pissed' about undocumented migrants receiving welfare funds, and had fantasized about firing on them from an Apache helicopter.

"My life has changed a lot. For almost 30 years, I felt safe; now, I am full of so many fears, so much panic. I don't think I will ever be the same again."

This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack...

The decision was made to not file charges because we do not believe there is proof beyond a reasonable doubt to support a conviction.

The agency released photos of the three suspects Monday, hoping to identify the men linked to repeated hate crimes against a transgender woman.

The woman, who did not want to be named due to security concerns, told CNN that she was initially reluctant to file a police report on the incident. But on Monday, she released a statement demanding an immediate hate crimes investigation and action from city and state officials.

The act of violence against a Muslim worshipper in the La Grand-Combe mosque has raised serious concerns in France about rising Islamophobia and hate crimes targeting the Muslim community.