Hate Crimes

WATCH: Waffle House Customers Assaulted In Alleged Anti-Gay Hate Crime

Posted 05.24.2012

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Ohio authorities are continuing to investigate an alleged hate crime at a Columbus-based Waffle House restaurant which left two patrons injured. A...

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Lord of the Flies? In Abundance

Mike Lux | Posted 05.11.2012

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Romney went from being the big bully in his high school, to being the cavalier dad who made the family dog ride on top of the car even when it was making him sick, to being the "vulture capitalist" at Bain Capital.

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Prosecutor Requests Prison Sentence In Rutgers Hate Crime Case

Reuters | Posted 05.11.2012

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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Thursday recommended a former Rutgers University student be sentenced to...

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Chile Approves Hate Crime Law After Tragic Death Of Young Gay Man

AP | By EVA VERGARA | Posted 05.10.2012

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's congress passed a hate-crimes law Wednesday night, months after a group of alleged neo-Nazis were arrested in the brutal mu...

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Poison in America

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.06.2012

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The growth in hate groups and the use of their divisive and negative language in the mainstream political and media arena is cause for national alarm.

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Transgender Woman Pleads Guilty In Minneapolis Manslaughter Case, But Supporters Argue She's The Victim

Posted 05.02.2012

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A black transgender Minneapolis woman pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of a local man, but her supporters maintain s...

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Is It Safe For A Muslim Woman To Wear The Hijab In America?

Jacques Berlinerblau | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Burqa, American Islamophobia, Islamophobia, Hate Crimes, Hijab, Shaima Alawadi, Trayvon Martin, Niqab, Honor Killing, Islam, Video, Religion News

What is it like for a Muslim-American woman to wear a hijab in public? Does this particular religious attire render its wearers vulnerable to verbal and physical violence?

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Gay Illinois Student Claims Brutal Attack Was Hate Crime

Posted 04.26.2012

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An openly gay Illinois State University student had to have his jaw wired shut after allegedly being beaten by a group of men who shouted homophobic s...

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Lesbian Allegedly Attacked After Being Told She 'Better Be Able To Take A Hit Like A Man'

Posted 04.25.2012

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A Texas-based lesbian claims she was assaulted outside of a local bar, after her attackers threatened, "If you’re going to dress like a man, you bet...

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Student's Eyewitness Account Of Car Sex May Shed Light On Shaima Alawadi Murder

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 04.20.2012

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When college student Enrique Cervantes wrote an essay about seeing two people having sex in a car in front of his house, he never expected that it mig...

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The Danger of Being Forever Young: An Ode to Every Child Killed Before Their Time

Tiphani N. Montgomery | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Murder, Hate Crimes, Trayvon Martin, Crime, Million Hoodie March, Trayvon Martin Killing, Black Voices News

Our children are dying. They aren't graduating from high school or college, they're being buried six feet under. They aren't building families, they...

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Charges Filed In Tulsa Shooting Call Murders A Hate Crime

AP | KEN MILLER | Posted 04.14.2012

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two men accused of going on a shooting spree that terrorized Tulsa's predominantly black north side face murder and hate crime charge...

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U.S. Issues First Anti-Gay Hate Crime Indictment

Posted 04.12.2012

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A U.S. federal grand jury has issued the first-ever indictment to charge a violation of the sexual orientation section of the federal hate crimes law....

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The Gay Panic Defense And Trayvon Martin

Gabe Zichermann | Posted 04.10.2012

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The shooting of Trayvon Martin is a national tragedy that has left many Americans surprised and dismayed. For students of gay rights in the United States, the emerging facts of the case, and particularly how police appear to have handled it, are eerily familiar.

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Amerikkka's Last Stand

Russell Simmons | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Barack Obama, Trayvon Martin, Tolerance, Politics News

Let us take notice, there are some people in our country who are fighting with every ounce of energy that they have to promote hate, racism and bigotry. I want to warn them now, that anyone whose mission is keeping people apart is swimming against a very strong tide.

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'OSU Stand Your Ground': Students Demand Change After Hate Crimes

Emily Spencer | Posted 04.09.2012

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Administrators, faculty, and community members spoke first -- driving home the point that hate crimes would not be tolerated in "our house", referring to Ohio State, and beseeching the students to organize themselves and to appeal to the university to do something about it.

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Tulsa Shooting Rampage Appears to Be Case of Racial Revenge

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 04.08.2012

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The apparently random racially motivated shootings have terrorized Tulsa's African-American community. One of the two white men arrested for shooting three African-Americans to death and injuring two others appears to have had a racist posting on his Facebook pages.

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Hate Crime Allegations Start To Unravel In Beating Death Of Iraqi-American Mom

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 04.06.2012

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EL CAJON, Calif. — Police investigating the beating death of an Iraqi-American mother of five sought clues at the troubled family's home to try ...

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Congressional Black Caucus Introduces Trayvon Martin Resolution

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Congressional Black Caucus unveiled a resolution on Wednesday that honors the life of Trayvon Martin and calls for the repeal of "St...

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Justice for Trayvon Martin and James Craig Anderson: Federal Hate Crimes Legislation and the Case for Cooperative Federalism

Kami Chavis Simmons | Posted 04.02.2012

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The Martin and Anderson cases demonstrate the vital role the federal government can play in investigations when there are questions surrounding the local or state government's ability or willingness to initiate a prosecution.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now : Why We, Too, Are Shaima Alwadi

Pamay Bassey | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Muslims, Hate Crimes, Religious Intolerance, Bv-Sunday, Shaima Alawadi, Black Voices News

I believe that there is a fiercely urgent need for us to take the time to learn about people who look differently than we do, live differently than we might, worship differently than what is familiar to us. Because violence is often rooted in ignorance and fear.

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Pelosi: Rep. Who Wore Hoodie On House Floor 'Deserves A Great Deal Of Credit'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday praised Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) for wearing a hoodie on the House floor in pr...

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George Zimmerman's Race Is A Complicated Matter

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 03.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- At first, the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager at the hands of a white neighborhood watch volunteer was playing out like many...

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Alleged Ohio KKK Member Arrested For Threatening Black Man

Reuters | Posted 03.29.2012

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By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, March 28 (Reuters) - A man wearing Ku Klux Klan clothing was arrested in the small community of Mount Victory...

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Trayvon Martin: Rep. Bobby Rush Thrown Off House Floor For Wearing Hoodie

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was thrown off the House floor Wednesday after wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in protest of the Trayvon Martin...

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