hate crime
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Jussie Smollett Reportedly Hospitalized in Chicago Following Racist, Homophobic Attack [Updated]
Horrifying news— Jussie Smollett is reportedly hospitalized in Chicago following a possible hate crime. The Chicago Police Department released a statement concerning “a cast member of the television show, Empire” regarding an assault and battery incident. According to TMZ, two white men in ski masks reportedly approached the 35-year-old actor late Monday, yelled out racial…
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What Did You Think Would Happen?
Maybe the hardest I’ve ever laughed and the hardest I’ve ever been punched happened on the same day for the same reason. I don’t even remember what my older cousin was trying to cook, but I know it involved toasting four pieces of bread. Ever the impatient one, Reggie loomed over the toaster, wondering what…
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NBC, What Is You Doing? The Today Show Airs a White Supremacist Infomercial
As America impatiently endures a white supremacist president; as hate crimes become more prevalent; as our government disappears the children of immigrants into the ether as if we have been teleported into some surreal anti-immigrant David Copperfield nightmare … NBC’s Today Show thought this might be the perfect time for their 4.29 million viewers to…
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Black Teen Assaulted Over Confederate Flag at Kid Rock Concert in Oregon
Here’s a question: If the Confederate flag has nothing to do with racism, and it’s all about Southern pride and history, why does it seem to fly high in areas of the country that are decidedly not in the South? Is it because maybe it’s really a thinly coded reference to racial superiority, support of…
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Racist White Man Allegedly Stabs Black Man to Death, Then Asks Police for a Ride Home
On Sunday, 24-year-old Joden Rocco was charged in the stabbing death of 24-year-old Dulane Cameron Jr. outside of a bar in Pittsburgh. But as details from the incident emerge, a story that initially seemed like just an unusually tragic outcome to a bar fight has been discovered to have serious racial implications. Rocco (who is…
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NY State Senator Wants to Make Calling 911 on Black Folks in White Spaces a Hate Crime
New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton wants to make calling the police on black folks living their best life a hate crime after a self-described Trump fan called the police on him. Hamilton, who represents the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights and Flatbush in Brooklyn, N.Y., told Patch that the new law would “criminalize 911…
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Florida Man Facing Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Threatening to Lynch Local NAACP President
A 75-year-old Gainesville, Fla., man was arrested on Thursday after police say he threatened to lynch the president of the Alachua County NAACP. Ronald Morris Wadford, who is listed as homeless, was taken into custody on two counts of aggravated stalking, according to the Palm Beach Post. Allegations about Wadford’s terrifying behavior date back to…
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Sikh Man Attacked in Alleged Hate Crime Says His Turban Saved Him
A 50-year-old Sikh man in California says he was brutally assaulted and told “go back to [his] country” as he was putting up campaign signs for a local Republican candidate. But while it was likely his turban that made him a target, Surjit Malhi credits it with saving his life. As the New York Times…
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'He's Been a Monster His Whole Life': Family of Man Accused of Murdering Black Woman Says He's a White Supremacist
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the FBI announced the agency would be investigating the killing of a black woman as a possible hate crime and is cooperating with local law enforcement agencies in its efforts, the Kansas City Star reports. According to the news site, Ronald Lee Kidwell, the murder suspect, has insisted that MeShon…