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Hate crimes are on the rise − but the narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThere has been a sharp uptick in crimes specifically targeting Muslim and Jewish people since the...
Why the Buffalo shooting suspect is facing federal hate crime — not terrorism — charges
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBuffalo Police on scene at a Tops Friendly Market on May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, New York.John...
Hate crimes on the rise in Delaware, nationwide. Here are the numbers
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe number of hate crimes reported in Delaware has more than doubled since 2020, according to newly...
A South Carolina man was convicted of a federal hate crime in a Black transgender woman’s killing....
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA South Carolina man was found guilty of a federal hate crime in connection with the 2019 killing of...
Eric Adams Wants New Laws to Curb Twitter Hate Speech
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastATHENS—Antisemitic hate crimes are soaring in New...
Anti-transgender hate crimes spike, leading to calls for a public health emergency
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFor decades, transgender Americans have lived under a constant threat of violence. Whether at their...
Hate crimes investigation sought at Duke after ‘disturbing’ vandalism of Ramadan mural
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group is calling for a state and federal hate crimes...
From a jumble of statistics, a dramatic rise in hate and bigotry in NJ
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoReported bias incidents nearly quadrupled in New Jersey between 2018 and 2022, and they keep rising....
Josh Hawley was against hate crime laws — till he could exploit the Nashville shooting | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe worst thing about a mass shooting in America is, well, the mass shooting: the bloody death and...
Charleston church attack survivors push for hate crime bill
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoSouth Carolina and Wyoming remain the only U.S. states without a law giving stiffer penalties for...