hate crime

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.
Published
February 4, 2022

One of 3 men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing retracts plea before hate crime trial

Greg McMichael reversed course late Thursday and has taken back his guilty plea ahead of the men's federal hate crime trial.
Published
January 31, 2022

Judge rejects plea deal on hate-crime charge for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery

Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, asked the judged to reject the deal and described the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to propose it as 'disrespectful.'
Published
September 17, 2021

Two teenage girls charged with violating Maine Civil Rights Act in racist spray-painting incident

The girls, both from Bangor, are suspected of painting racial slurs on the car of a Pakistani-American and person of color.
Published
September 10, 2021

Judge sentences Biddeford man to 3 years in prison for hate crime

Dusty Leo, 30, was one of two men involved in attacks on Black men in Portland and Biddeford in 2018.
Published
September 8, 2021

As hate crimes rise, active bystanders needed, advocates say

National tragedies like 9/11 and the pandemic that spark acts of hate against minorities make it important for people to know how to intervene safely, activists say.