The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/hate-crimes/)
Appealing to legislators to act as the “voice” of the 50 people killed in the March 15 attack on two Christchurch mosques, Prime Minister Jacinda Ahearn bypassed normal parliamentary procedure to win swift passage of the bill.
Security officials and representatives of Jewish groups gathered in Washington, D.C., for a planning exercise on how they would respond to future attacks on Jewish facilities.
An examination of social media posts by two recent mass killers by the Anti-Defamation League suggests that a global shadow community of white supremacists goads its members into deadly hate crimes.
Since 1990, far-right extremists have killed 477 people in 214 attacks in the U.S. A majority of the assaults targeted minorities, with 241 people dying in 170 attacks.
The president says “it is an embarassment to our nation” that disorderly conduct charges were dropped against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of orchestrating a fake attack against himself.
In a case that stirred racial tensions across the U.S., avowed white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Oh., admitted to federal hate crime charges in a deadly attack at a white nationalist rally.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson criticized a plea deal in which Cook County, Il., prosecutors dropped charges against Jussie Smollett a month after the “Empire” actor was arrested and charged with lying to police about a bigoted attack, Smollett spoke as if he were vindicated.
Citing a number of attacks on houses of worship and dismissive comments by the president and FBI, a group of civil rights and faith leaders want a meeting with the FBI director to press for more enforcement.
Mark Geragos says the 16 separate charges against client Jussie Smollett is “prosecutorial overkill” to distract from an investigation into Chicago police leaks about the case.
By one count, fewer than 50 reported hate crimes between 2016 and 2018 were false, Still, they can undermine the credibility of real victims.