hate crime investigation
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Police and Federal Officers Investigating Fire at Black Church in Massachusetts
Local police along with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are investigating a fire at a Black church in Springfield, Massachusetts. According to NBC News, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church caught fire during the early hours of Monday morning. Firefighters responded to a call around 5 a.m.,…
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Black Family Has Cars Set on Fire and ‘Trump 2020’ Spray-Painted on Their Home
In further proof that Trump supporters are the worst kind of trash, a Black family in Texas had their cars set ablaze and “Trump 2020” spray-painted on their garage door. NBC News reports that 36-year-old Jayla Gipson said her adult son was using the restroom shortly after midnight last Wednesday when he noticed the smell…
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Mississippi Authorities Investigating Possible Hate Crime Charges for Father and Son Who Shot at Black Teens
In Mississippi, a white father-son duo is under investigation for a hate crime after allegedly chasing and shooting at two Black teens who were riding ATVs. The Clarion Ledger reports that the Yazoo County Sheriff’s office charged Wade Twiner, 48, and Lane Twiner, 22, with assault for allegedly shooting at the teens and ramming one…
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Michigan Family Target of Alleged Hate Crime After Shots Fired at Their Home, Rock Thrown Through Window
In Michigan, a reward has been put out for information regarding a series of alleged hate crimes perpetrated against a Black family. The Detroit Free Press reports that there have been three incidents in total at the Warren home of 55-year-old Candace Hall and 52-year old Eddie Hall. On both Monday and Thursday nights, shots…
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Police Investigate Possible Noose at Oakland Elementary School: ‘It Was Triggering and Hurtful’
Early Wednesday morning, parents and school administrators came across a tangle of heavy rope hanging from a chainlink fence at Chabot Elementary School in Oakland, Calif. It looked like a noose. According to Oakland Unified School District spokesman John Sasaki, who spoke with the San Jose Mercury News, few people saw the rope before Chabot’s…
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Chicago Police Release Video of Jussie Smollett Meeting Police With Noose Around His Neck
New video released by the Chicago police late Monday night shows that when officers went to investigate a possible hate crime against actor Jussie Smollett in January, the former Empire star greeted them still wearing a long piece of tangled rope around his neck. The video, taken by a police bodycam, shows one of Smollett’s…
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Calif. Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Man Yells Racial Slur, Throws Rock Into Home of Black Family
Huntington Beach, Calif., police are investigating a possible hate crime after a black family was allegedly targeted by a man who yelled racial slurs and threw a rock into their apartment’s sliding-glass door, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the report, the attack occurred around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex. The resident…