Police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, but officials say students may have been attacked because of their sexual orientation.
The fires that caused severe damage to the Fresno Ararat Armenian Cemetery Sunday afternoon were found to be arson, but not a hate crime, FOX26 News reports. According to the Fresno Fire Department, firefighters responded to the cemetery on Sunday for reports of several trees on fire in the clearly marked Armenian section of the cemetery, leading the …
Michigan State University is investigating an alleged hate crime. According to the university, an "aggravated assault" happened near the MSU Main Library on Circle Drive on Monday, Apr. 15, 2024.
Assemblymember Grace Lee speaks during a press conference in Manhattan. Legislators added 23 new offenses in a modified bill attached to the state budget. [ more › ]
Residents in Riverside County’s sunny Coachella Valley area are advised to remain vigilant amid an uptick in “sophisticated” criminal activity, officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department warned. According to an April 11 news release, individuals have been stealing jewelry and other valuables from residents after approaching them in parking lots and starting conversations. In some cases, the subjects have robbed victims at gunpoint of money and other items. In others, scammers have...
The first day of the Birmingham Civil Rights Conference wrapped up Monday afternoon with the theme being the trauma of crime and hate.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson raised concerns about granting the president absolute immunity, suggesting it could foster criminal activity in the Oval Office. She questioned Trump’s lawyer, D. John Sauer, on why presidents should not be required to follow the law when acting in their official capacity.
Tyler Smith, 34, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania and Zachary Dinell, 29, pleaded guilty to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act by repeatedly assaulting 13 residents of a New Brighton in-patient healthcare facility between June 2016 and September 2017.
There is reportedly unrest within the already fractured SNP ranks regarding the controversial new hate crime laws - with some Nat MSPs demanding they be altered.
A man was arrested and charged with federal hate crimes for allegedly breaking into and vandalizing the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University, investigators said.
Warning: This post contains spoilers from Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 4, Episode 10. Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be young, male Organized Crime Control Bureau detectives. As much as I wanted that body in the back of the pickup truck in last week’s Law & Order: Organized Crime to be […]
Chicago police are investigating vandalism found at a North Side school as a hate crime.