MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- The City of Myrtle Beach hosted a community discussion about hate crimes Monday evening. Officials from the United States Attorney's Office, the FBI, and local law enforcement led the conversation. The event "United Against Hate" focused on how to identify a hate crime or incident, report it and, ways to []
Timing is everything in politics, so it was splendidly appropriate that the launch week of Humza Yousaf's draconian hate crime law should culminate in yesterday's Old Firm derby.
Police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, but officials say students may have been attacked because of their sexual orientation.
The jibe coined by Inverness-born Spectator magazine editor Fraser Nelson after the introduction of the new Hate Crime Act, was this week quoted by Lord Hope, once Scotland’s most senior judge and a former deputy president of the UK Supreme Court. It could yet be the SNP’s epitaph. In less than a fortnight, Police Scotland has been deluged with thousands of complaints, hardly any of which will result in prosecution, never mind conviction. No-one knows how or if these complaints will be recorded,...
More than 1,000 hate crime complaints have been made to police every day on average since Scotland's controversial new law was introduced on April Fool's Day.
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.
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...
Reported financial crimes rose by 15 percent last year, reaching an all-time high.
The first day of the Birmingham Civil Rights Conference wrapped up Monday afternoon with the theme being the trauma of crime and hate.
It’s easy to laugh at the latest example of SNP incompetence, but new hate crime laws will have serious consequences – not last for the police’s ability to solve actual crimes, says Paul Ormerod The Scottish hate crime law has been a prominent feature in the media ever since it came into force just over []
(The Center Square) – Juvenile crime continues to be a challenge in Renton Renton Deputy Police Chief Ryan Rutledge presented an update on the city's juvenile crime trend to the Public Safety Committee on Monday. Rutledge said 65 juvenile arrests were made in 2023, with 40 of the suspects being residents of Renton. Through the first three months of 2024, there have been 17 juvenile arrests, with 11 suspects having Renton addresses. Juvenile crimes...