Tag: Hate crimes
Charleston church shooter making appellate arguments
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Woman in anti-Asian attack says she prayed for her attacker
NEW YORK — A Filipina American woman whose beating outside a Manhattan building spurred outrage over violence aimed at Asian Americans said in an...
Police say antisemitic attacks in Los Angeles may be related
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are investigating a potential link between two antisemitic attacks this week in a heavily Jewish neighborhood of the...
Arrests in Times Square melee over Israel; Jewish man beaten
NEW YORK — More than two dozen people were arrested as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed in New York City's Times Square and police...
Arrest made in Lyft driver attack caught on video
SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. — A man has been arrested for allegedly pistol-whipping and robbing an Asian-American Lyft driver in a Los Angeles suburb...
Student’s arrest for racist post sparks free speech debate
The arrest of a Connecticut high school student accused of posting racist comments about a Black classmate on social media is being supported by...
House rebukes spa attacks as reminder of anti-Asian violence
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led House on Wednesday approved a resolution condemning attacks in March that killed six women of Asian descent at Atlanta-area massage...
Tennessee man admits hate crime in attack on Muslim girls
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee man who harassed two teenage Muslim girls and then swung a knife and attacked their father has pleaded guilty...
German government makes hate-motivated insults a crime
BERLIN — The German government passed a new law on Wednesday making hate-motivated insults a criminal offence that can be punished with a monetary...
Men who chased, killed Ahmaud Arbery due in federal court
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Three Georgia men were scheduled to appear before a federal judge Tuesday on federal hate crime charges in the slaying of...