White vigilante who shot 3 black men evacuating post-Hurricane Katrina dies days after sentencing
Hate Crimes
The resident said he would kill anything “darker than a brown paper bag”
Hate Crimes
February 14, 2019
Four suspects arrested for barbaric hate crime attack on gay couple holding hands outside nightclub, police say
Police in Texas announced the arrests of four suspects in last month’s beating of a gay couple—and said that they’re currently treating the case as a hate crime. The Austin American-Statesman reported that four men—Frank Macias, 22; Miguel Macias, 20; Quinn O’Connor, 21; and Kolby Monnell—were arrested Tuesday in connection with the January 19 attack on Spencer Deehring …
Celebrity Justice
February 1, 2019
Jussie Smollett: ‘Empire’ actor declined to turn cellphone over to cops
“We have no reason to think that he’s not being genuine,” Chicago police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson said of Smollett Friday
Hate Crimes
January 29, 2019
[UPDATE] ‘Empire’ actor found with noose still around his neck after possible hate crime; FBI investigating prior threat: Cops
Authorities in Chicago say an actor was attacked in what is initially being investigated as a “possible hate crime.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jussie Smollett was reportedly attacked early Tuesday morning while exiting a Subway restaurant in Chicago. In addition to the homophobic and racist taunts allegedly shouted at the 35-year-old “Empire” star, earlier reports …
Harassment
December 29, 2018
SEE IT: Knife-wielding woman threatens black couple & hurls racial slurs amid Christmas Eve meltdown, police say
Police in Oregon have arrested a woman who was reportedly filmed harassing a black couple with racial slurs—all while brandishing a knife. Speaking with The Oregonian, Emora Roberson, 20, said she and her family stopped at a strip mall in McMinnville, pulling in next to a pickup truck whose driver quickly yelled racial slurs at them. Roberson …
College Crimes
December 28, 2018
Chemistry major accused of poisoning black roommate possibly involved in SECOND attack
An ex-Pennsylvania college student accused of leaving racist graffiti for his black roommate in their dorm room and poisoning him with a toxic metal is reportedly being investigated for a second poisoning. Per The Lehigh Morning Call, District Attorney John Morganelli announced Thursday that they’re investigating whether Yukai Yang, 22, poisoned another Lehigh University student. Morganelli declined …
College Crimes
December 21, 2018
Chemistry major poisons black roommate for months, pens racist threat on his desk: Prosecutor
An ex-Pennsylvania college student, accused earlier this year of leaving racist graffiti for his black roommate in their dorm room, was arrested for allegedly poisoning him with a toxic metal. Yukai Yang, 22, a chemistry major at Lehigh University, turned himself in Thursday and was charged with attempted murder. Authorities believe Yang slipped thallium—an odorless, colorless, …
Discrimination
December 18, 2018
Parents who named their baby after Adolf Hitler sent to prison for joining neo-Nazi group
A British couple who named their baby after Adolf Hitler was sentenced to prison for being members of a neo-Nazi group banned under anti-terrorism laws. Per The Guardian, Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, were sentenced in a Birmingham court to prison for six-and-a-half years and five years, respectively. Along with two others, the …
Discrimination
December 11, 2018
Anti-Semitic pamphlets with Ku Klux Klan logos found around Pittsburgh neighborhoods: Report
Authorities in Pennsylvania are investigating after anti-Semitic and racist pamphlets were reportedly found around Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s CEO, Jeff Finklestein, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he reviewed the fliers on Facebook and that they contained “recruitment information for the Ku Klux Klan.” Though it’s unclear where exactly the fliers were found, …
Hate Crimes
November 5, 2018
Nurse who treated accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter speaks out: ‘I’m sure he had no idea I was Jewish’
A Jewish nurse who treated the man accused of killing 11 synagogue-goers, aged 54 to 97, took to social media to reflect on his experience with the suspected mass shooter. Ari Mahler took to Facebook Saturday and said he treated Robert Bowers, 46, in the emergency room for gunshot wounds he sustained while reportedly opening …
Hate Crimes
October 29, 2018
‘Learn English b****’: Woman with tot daughter in car gets racially attacked by irate driver at traffic light [Video]
A Texas mother driving to vote Thursday used her cellphone to capture footage of a white man yelling apparent racially-motivated and personal insults at her, while her 2-year-old daughter sat in the backseat. The woman, Janet Sabriu, posted the now-viral video to Facebook, where she goes by the name of Janet Espejel. The incident reportedly …
Hate Crimes
October 28, 2018
‘I just want to kill Jews’: Gunman continues anti-Semitic hate speech after massacre at Pittsburgh synagogue, cops say
By MARK SCOLFORO, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tributes rolled in Sunday to the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre as authorities worked to piece together the background and movements of the suspected gunman, who authorities said expressed hatred of Jews as he opened fire with an AR-15 rifle and …