Hate Crimes

Four suspects arrested for barbaric hate crime attack on gay couple holding hands outside nightclub, police say

 Four suspects arrested for barbaric hate crime attack on gay couple holding hands outside nightclub, police say
Hate Crimes

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 …

[UPDATE] ‘Empire’ actor found with noose still around his neck after possible hate crime; FBI investigating prior threat: Cops
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 …

Chemistry major accused of poisoning black roommate possibly involved in SECOND attack
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 …

Chemistry major poisons black roommate for months, pens racist threat on his desk: Prosecutor
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, …

Parents who named their baby after Adolf Hitler sent to prison for joining neo-Nazi group
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 …

Anti-Semitic pamphlets with Ku Klux Klan logos found around Pittsburgh neighborhoods: Report
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, …

‘I just want to kill Jews’: Gunman continues anti-Semitic hate speech after massacre at Pittsburgh synagogue, cops say
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 …

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect leaves long trail of hate-filled social media postings
Hate Crimes
October 27, 2018

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect leaves long trail of hate-filled social media postings

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man arrested in the mass shooting Saturday at a Pennsylvania synagogue appears to have made virulently anti-Semitic posts on a social media platform popular with far-right extremists, including one made shortly before the attack. Police have identified the suspect as Robert Bowers, …