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    In Civil Rights Cradle, Hate Crime Reporting Remains Uneven

    By | June 7th, 2016|Categories: Articles|

    June 6, 2016 Associated Press Brandon White was jumped outside an Atlanta convenience store by a group of young men yelling gay slurs. He was punched and kicked, and a tire was thrown at his

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    Attacking gays in West Virginia not a hate crime, judge rules

    By | May 31st, 2016|Categories: Articles|

    Associated Press May 30, 2016 In April 2015, police say, a Marshall University football player saw two men kissing on a West Virginia street, hopped out of the passenger seat of a car, shouted homophobic slurs

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    USC professor and counter-terrorism expert speaks about domestic terror

    By | May 31st, 2016|Categories: Articles|

    Som Chaturvedi May 16, 2016 On Wednesday, May 11, UCR’s School of Public Policy (SPP) hosted a lecture given by Erroll Southers, adjunct professor of homeland security and public policy at the University of Southern

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    In Louisiana, It’s Now A Hate Crime To Target Police Officers

    By | May 31st, 2016|Categories: Articles|

    Dana Farrington May 26, 2016 Louisiana's hate-crime protections now cover law enforcement and first responders. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the legislation on Thursday after it had passed easily in the Republican-controlled Legislature, NPR's Debbie

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