Monthly Archives: July 2017

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HOMEGROWN TERRORISM AND WHY THE THREAT OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM IS RISING IN AMERICA

by Arie Perlinger 6/4/17   This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The murder in College Park, Maryland of Richard Collins III, an African-American student who had recently been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was days away from his graduation from Bowie State University, underscores the violence

Explaining the rise in hate crimes against Muslims in the US

July 19, 2017 by Brian Levin   (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brian Levin, California State University San Bernardino (THE CONVERSATION) Hate crimes against Muslims have been on the rise. The murder of two samaritans for aiding two young women who were facing a

We need to hear FBI nominee’s view on hate crime epidemic

by Kristen Clarke and Vanita Gupta July 12, 2017   (CNN)With hate crimes increasing in the past year throughout the country, too many Americans are fearful they will become the next target of violence simply based on their race, religion, gender, disability, national origin, gender identity or sexual orientation. While President Donald Trump's new nominee to be the next director

Southern California activists and attorneys begin to strategize after Supreme Court affirms parts of Trump’s travel ban

by Cindy Carcamo June 26, 2017   After President Trump enacted a travel ban against a number of Muslim-majority countries in January, protesters took to the streets. People with visas and green cards found themselves detained or facing deportation and attorneys camped out at airports to provide free legal counsel. Almost five months later, the Supreme Court’s

An Eerie Similarity in 2 Kansas Hate Crimes, 3 Years Apart

by Audra D.S. Burch July 13, 2017   It felt as if every day there was a report of a new hate crime. A mosque torched. A hijab snatched. Bomb threats called into Jewish community centers. And violent deaths, driven by otherness and hate. The New York Times reported many of the crimes across the

Should Oakley stabbing suspect with history of racial slurs have been charged with hate crime?

by Aaron Davis July 24, 2017   OAKLEY — A murder suspect with a long history of using racial slurs against blacks — and who admitted in a jailhouse interview to referring to his purported victim by the N-word — is not facing a hate crime charge from prosecutors, a decision that has generated a

With only one left, iconic yellow road sign showing running immigrants now borders on the extinct

by Cindy Carcamo July 7, 2017   So many immigrants crossing illegally into the United States through California were killed by cars and trucks along the 5 Freeway that John Hood was given an assignment. In the early 1990s, the Caltrans worker was tasked with creating a road sign to alert drivers to the possible

Who Threatened the Gonzalez Families?

by Anna North July 5, 2017   Two nights before the inauguration, Katherine Gonzalez Morgan was watching TV with her nine-year-old son when police showed up at her door. They had received an email saying there was a bomb at her address, they said. She and her family would have to leave immediately. Ms. Morgan

When a SWAT Team Comes to Your House

by Anna North July 6, 2017   Three families had to evacuate their homes in Florida in January after someone sent an anonymous email to a detective, claiming to have placed bombs at their addresses. The case, discussed at greater length in This Week in Hate on Wednesday, was unusual in that the only apparent connection between

ATF: Explosion outside Oklahoma Air Force facility was domestic terrorism or a horrible prank

by Justin Juozapavicius July 11, 2017   An explosion outside an Oklahoma Air Force recruiting center is being investigated as a possible act of domestic terrorism, but the late-night blast could also have been a horrible prank, a federal agent said Tuesday. Federal authorities said a device was set off around 10:30 p.m. Monday in