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A man was in court Friday to face a hate crime charge after allegedly pistol-whipping a man and yelling racially and sexually oriented slurs at him in Taunton, Massachusetts. The man who was attacked said it was a scary experience — he thought he was going to get shot. “The whole time, when he had the gun pressed to my…

A man pistol-whipped another man and yelled racial slurs outside his home in Taunton, police say.

“Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox shared a 10 minute Instagram video about being caught up in a transphobic attack in Los Angeles. NBCLX welcomed transgender activist Raquel Willis and Zahara Green of TRANScending Barriers to discuss the rise of hate crimes against the transgender community, plus the reaction to actor Elliot Page declaring themself transgender.

A white woman faces a felony hate crime charge after police said she initiated a racist confrontation with a group of Black men at a beach in suburban Chicago

Two homes displaying “Black Lives Matter” signs had bricks thrown through their windows over the weekend in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood, police said Monday.

A man accused of attacking a Massachusetts couple at their home over their sexuality has been held without bail after a dangerousness hearing. Michael Cates of Brockton is accused of a hate crime in the incident at a Taunton couple’s home on June 29, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said. He was found dangerous Thursday during an appearance...

Cynthia Choi of Chinese for Affirmative Action breaks down the increasing number of violent incidents directed at Asian Americans in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and how President Trump’s rhetoric has fueled the violence.

Incidents of racism have become more visible due to cell phone cameras and social media, but hate crimes are still underreported across the U.S., according to Roy L. Austin, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. The reasons include distrust between the Black community and law enforcement, and a lack of incentive for officials to report...

An alleged assault on a biracial woman in Madison is being investigated as a hate crime after the 18-year-old told police she was burned by lighter fluid thrown at her and ignited by a white man, just a few blocks from protests at the state Capitol.

Police in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, are investigating after a noose was found hanging from a tree and racist flyers were taped to street signs and fences around town. Police said they received a report on June 17 about a noose hanging from a tree at a private association beach off Pump House Road. Two teenagers were seen in the area handling…

Police in Groton, Massachusetts, are investigating racist and homophobic graffiti, as well as a swastika, found over the weekend in several places.

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that it will seek the death penalty for a man accused of opening fire inside a Poway synagogue last year, killing a woman and injuring three others.

A white nationalist Norwegian who killed his stepsister and then stormed an Oslo mosque and opened fire, hitting no one, was found guilty Thursday and sentenced to 21 years in prison, the longest jail term under Norwegian law. Philip Manshaus, who had said in court that he regretted not having caused more damage, “has proven to be an extremely dangerous…

A video released this week shows police in Georgia attempting to search Ahmaud Arbery’s parked car in 2017, and when he refuses to let them and begins to walk back to the vehicle, an officer tries to use a stun gun on him. First obtained by The Guardian, the video released Monday shows Arbery refusing Glynn County police when they...

The attorney for a homeowner thrust into the spotlight of the Ahmaud Arbery shooting says a young black man filmed by a security camera walking through the unfinished home in December and February may have stopped there for a drink of water

Less than two weeks before Ahmaud Arbery was pursued by two men and fatally shot after purportedly entering a home under construction in Brunswick, Georgia, one of the suspects reported an encounter with a man at the same building site, according to NBC News.

The owner of a house under construction that played a role in the deadly shooting of a black man in Georgia says nothing was stolen from the house

Georgia’s attorney general has appointed a black district attorney from the Atlanta area to take over the case of a white father and son charged with killing a black man

The mother of Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia black jogger slain in a pursuit by two white men armed with guns, called for their immediate arrests Thursday during an appearance on “Good Morning America.”

Police in Brookline, Massachusetts, and the Anti-Defamation League of New England are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who they believe is responsible for defacing the Chabad Center. Surveillance video from April 5 at 1:42 a.m. showed a man dressed in all black with sunglasses approaching the front door of the center on Harvard Street. The door…