The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/hate-crimes/)
The mix of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Confederate sympathizers were found liable under Virginia law to have engaged in a conspiracy that led to injuries and loss of life.
One of the main findings of the latest revised FBI report is that hate crimes against people of Asian descent rose by 76 percent in 2020 — furthering the FBI’s finding that 60 percent of hate crimes were carried out on the basis of an individual’s race.
Plaintiffs in the long-delayed lawsuit in federal court against two dozen organizers of the August, 2017 far-right march in Charlottesville, N.C., are accusing the collection of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Klan sympathizers and other adherents of extremist ideology of plotting to foment the violence that left at least 19 people injured and one woman dead.
Two Asian-American members of Congress warn that public fatigue and frustration with coronavirus restrictions and public safety mandates could lead to another spike in “hate-based violence.”
Newly discovered police reports contradict Miami PDs claim of zero hate crimes in 2020 and underscore a fundamental problem with the way the FBI collects hate crime data.
The number of hate crimes recorded in 2020 rose to the highest level in 12 years, with attacks on Black and Asian people driving the surge, according to data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Atlanta DA Fani Willis has filed court papers declaring her intention to seek the death penalty for Robert Aaron Long, the suspect accused of murdering four people at two Asian-run day spas there, and designating the case as a hate crime based on race or gender.
The number of suspects investigated by federal attorneys in hate crime cases declined between 2005 and 2019, although the conviction rate for hate crimes increased, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
A three-judge panel found Roof competent to stand trial and rejected claims of mental illness. Roof was convicted in the killing nine Black parishioners at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. as they prayed during Bible study in 2015.
Despite legislation and other efforts aimed at curbing anti-Asian hate crimes, there has been no decline in frequency. Some 4,533 incidents happened in 2021, which was roughly the same number reported in 2020.