hate crime

Published
December 6, 2022

Colorado LGBTQ club shooting suspect charged with 305 counts, including hate crimes

The suspect had been held on hate crime charges following the attack but prosecutors had said they weren’t sure whether those counts would stick because they needed to assess if there was adequate evidence to show it was a bias motivated crime.
Published
November 22, 2022

Colorado shooting suspect changed name as teenager in Texas

Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, who faces murder and hate crime charges, was known as Nicholas Brink until 2016.
Published
August 8, 2022

Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

The killing shattered their Georgia community and became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice.
Published
August 1, 2022

Four charged with vandalism, including hate graffiti, at Rockland high school

Vandals caused extensive damage to an outbuilding and the surrounding property at Oceanside High School last month.
Published
May 24, 2022

Maine Voices: Sen. Collins should take action to keep Maine families safe

The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act marks a significant step in securing our communities and creates important oversight mechanisms.
Published
May 17, 2022

FBI investigating Dallas shooting in Koreatown as hate crime

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia has said last Wednesday's shooting at Hair World Salon could be connected to two other shootings at businesses run by Asian Americans.
Published
March 29, 2022

Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime

Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation more than 120 years ago, but it has failed to pass such legislation nearly 200 times.
Published
March 5, 2022

Another View: Long-overdue federal anti-lynching law finally appears headed for passage

The potential for unanimous approval in the Senate could send a strong message of zero tolerance for this form of domestic terrorism.
Published
February 16, 2022

Leonard Pitts: Is America a racist country? If you have to ask, you’re part of the problem

If federal jurors conclude that Ahmaud Arbery was shot because he was Black, they’ll go a long way toward helping us see ourselves as we are.
Published
February 7, 2022

Jury selection begins in hate crimes trial of men in Ahmaud Arbery murder

Given extensive pretrial publicity, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ordered roughly 1,000 jury duty notices to be mailed to residents across 43 Georgia counties.