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Man Pleads Not Guilty in NYC Hate -Crime Shooting
thing he'll remember," shortly after his arrest in the hate crime case. In later statements, Morales insisted he couldn't Morales pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder as a hate crime in the shooting of Mark Carson. He also is charged with criminal
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Va. Cabbie Pursues Charges After Anti-Muslim Rant
County." Abbas believes the case should be prosecuted as a hate crime . The woman, identified in a police report as Jennifer Crabbe violent. Abbas believes the case should be prosecuted as a hate crime . "Anti-Muslim violence is something we've seen in the
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Man Pleads Not Guilty in NYC Hate -Crime Shooting
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance says the 33-year-old Morales had been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the May 17 shooting of Mark Carson. He also is charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and menacing
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In Trayvon Martin Case, History's Ghosts Linger
Martin's story into one that far transcends the facts of the case. "I've been doing work around police brutality and racial hate crimes for over 20 years, but I've never seen one resonate with so many people like the Trayvon Martin situation," says Kevin
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Man Pleads Guilty in Anti-Muslim NYC Cabbie Attack
victim across his neck," Zaleta said. Judge Richard Carruthers agreed that the charges — attempted murder and assault as hate crimes — were serious. But he said he was imposing a lesser sentence because Enright had no previous criminal record and because
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Today in History
Conservatives held onto a reduced majority in Parliament. In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit " hate crimes " motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment; the court also ruled religious groups had a constitutional right
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Gay Pride Parade Begins in Israel's Tel Aviv
of two people at a gay youth center in Tel Aviv four years ago. Police said they were no longer treating the incident as a hate crime . Tel Aviv is one of the few places in the Middle East where gays feel free to walk hand-in-hand and kiss in public
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Lower Bail Denied in NJ Synagogue Firebombing Case
21-year-old New Brunswick resident and Anthony Graziano have pleaded not guilty to aggravated arson, conspiracy and bias intimidation charges. Dalal also is accused of conspiring to kill the assistant prosecutor handling his case. Prosecutors allege he
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Israeli Police: Gay Killings Not a Hate Crime
Israeli police say the killing of two people at a gay youth center in Tel Aviv four years ago is no longer being treated as a hate crime . Police arrested four suspects this week in connection with the killing, originally seen as the most serious homophobic
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National Politics Can Inspire Hate Crimes , Expert Sayspolitics inspire hate crimes ? Mark Potok, who studies hate crime data as a Senior Center, says yes. Hate crimes against Muslims peaked percent increase in hate crimes against Latinos, according to FBI hate crime data. Check out
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Immigration Reform Has Never Been Just A 'Latino Issue'relief. He would not have been able to live openly as a gay man if he had to return to the Philippines., where anti-LGBT hate crimes were commonplace at the time. "The U.S. is a great country. Like any country it has some imperfections, but at least
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Muslims Aren't First to Fear Discrimination After an Attackdon't let it be a Muslim," repeated Muslims around the world when first hearing of the Boston bombings. After 9/11, hate crimes against Muslims rose dramatically according to FBI . So there's legitimate concern that in the wake of the Boston bombing
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Analysis: Why Irresponsible Reporting On Race Hurts Us AllTsarnaev, 19, and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26. Since September 11th, the FBI has found a dramatic spike in hate crimes against Muslims and Arabs. Similarly, since the Boston marathon bombing, there have been numerous attacks on men and women
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Rutgers' Mike Rice Rage: Bad Behavior or a Mental Disorder?suicide of gay student Tyler Clemente, whose roommate had secretly videotaped the freshman having sex and was convicted of a hate crime . . Today, a group of 13 faculty and alumni demanded that university president Robert Barchi resign, because it took months
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FBI Monitoring Murder Probe of Gay Mississippi Mayoral Candidateopening the door to a possible prosecution as a federal hate crime . The FBI said in a statement that it "initiated contact authorities are investigating the murder. Mississippi has a hate crime law that applies to victims of race-based crimes, but does
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Miss. Mayor Candidate, Marco McMillian, Found Deadof now, McMillian's death is not being investigated as a hate crime , Rooker told ABC News affiliate WPTY in Memphis . Keith told not think McMillian's death was politically motivated or a hate crime . The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Institute tweeted
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Pedro Julio Serrano: "Unteaching" an Islandintimidate, injure, or kill the young candidate. Anti-gay hate crimes are rampant on the island, which has a population of 3 murder of a member of the gay community be investigated as a hate crime and pushing for the passage of a gay marriage bill on the
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What It Feels Like to Be Spied On For Your Religioncause real harm in the Muslim community in the future," said Al-Alusi in reference to the dramatic rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes . In 2010 and 2011 combined there were more than 300 documented cases of such crimes. The uncertainty and paranoia of being
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Reward Raised to $70,000 In Execution-Style Slaying of Prosecutorother domestic extremist group." Most of the murders seem to be the result of criminal or internal disputes rather than hate crimes , however. Some of the killings involved torture, burning and decapitation. The ABT is allegedly involved in methamphetamine
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Hate Crime Charges For Allegedly Stealing From Mentally DisabledPhiladelphia woman and four others face a first of its kind hate crimes prosecution for allegedly imprisoning mentally handicapped Beach, Fla. All five were charged with four counts of a hate crime , conspiracy, racketeering, and kidnapping. Weston Mcintosh
