hate crime

Cape May County authorities say they’re investigating a hate crime in which a woman was caught on camera hanging stuffed animals with nooses above a campaign sign for Tim Alexander, a Black Congressional candidate on Election Day. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg spoke with Alexander about the incident.

Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk, a day after being stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture.

A judge on Thursday afternoon found a woman accused of berating and assaulting a woman and her teenage daughter on a Boston street two years ago because they were speaking Spanish guilty of the assault, but not of violating civil rights, a decision some feel isn’t a strong enough punishment. Stephanie Armstrong was the second person to be sentenced...

A trial has begun for a woman accused of berating and assaulting a woman and her teenage daughter on a Boston street two years ago because they were speaking Spanish. The case drew national attention and civil rights advocates decried what they feel was a light sentence for one of the women involved, so they are watching the trial closely….

Surveillance video from February of 2020 shows an assault on Sara Vasquez and her daughter. It happened in Maverick Square in East Boston and Vasquez says the two women involved yelled racist remarks before attacking.

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that they had filed 26 hate crime charges against the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a racially-motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store.

The man arrested on suspicion of setting fire to the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, late Friday, in what he allegedly described as a “hate crime,” was arraigned Monday. Daniel Damien Lucey, a 42-year-old from Chelsea, appeared in Salem District Court to answer to charges of charges of arson, a civil rights violation and destruction of a place of worship….

A fire was set at the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, late Friday night, and a man from Chelsea was arrested

A fire was set at the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, late Friday night, and a man from Chelsea was arrested on charges including arson, police said. The suspected arsonist described his own actions as a “hate crime,” according to the Salem Police Department. Daniel Damien Lucey, 42, was arrested at the scene of the fire, Salem police confirmed Saturday….

K-Pop sensation BTS is visiting the White House to discuss combating the rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans with President Joe Biden. Its appearance Tuesday brought superstar sizzle to an otherwise sad and scary topic. Band members J-Hope, RM, Suga, Jungkook, V, Jin and Jimin joined White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at her daily briefing with reporters on...

The announcement comes as authorities investigate the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, as a hate crime.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden offered their condolences to the families of those killed and injured in a racism-fueled mass shooting on Sunday. “In America, evil will not win, I promise you. Hate will not prevail and white supremacy will not have the last word.”

The white woman was hit with a felony hate crime charge for allegedly wrongly accusing the then-14-year-old son of a noted jazz musician of taking her phone and lunging at him.

Police are searching for information on two individuals who vandalized Middleboro High School with hateful language.

The 67-year-old woman was simply on her way home when a man at the door said something awful to her. She ignored him. This happened next.

The suspect believed to be responsible for a string of more than a half-dozen anti-Asian attacks in Manhattan in a single day was arrested and charged Wednesday — after he barricaded himself inside the New York Public Library in midtown, two law enforcement sources familiar with the matter said. Steven Zajonc was taken to the 7th precinct, the headquarters of…

The sentence handed to a Massachusetts woman charged with berating and assaulting a woman and her teenage daughter on a Boston street two years ago because they were speaking Spanish is much too lenient, according to a civil rights group. Jenny Leigh Ennamorati admitted to sufficient facts to five charges last week in connection with the February 2020 incident, and...

Protests in Spain to denounce a rise in hate crimes against LGBTQ people have gone ahead after a high-profile case that had grabbed attention across the country took an unexpected twist.

A Maine man is the target of what the state’s attorney general may end up investigating as a hate crime. Tahmoor Khan rushed outside his home in Bangor around 10 p.m. on Friday after a neighbor noticed people spray-painting racial slurs and profanity, including the n-word and “KKK,” all over his car, which was parked in his family’s driveway....

Racial slurs and profanity spray-painted on a man’s car in his Maine driveway are being investigated as a possible hate crime.