Below are news stories and events related to hate crimes and domestic terrorism from around the world!
West Virginia Supreme Court rules anti-gay assaults are not hate crimes
by Courtney Connley May 11, 2017 In a 3-2 decision Tuesday, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that anti-gay assaults are not protected under the state's hate crime law, according to court
1st Man Prosecuted For Federal Hate Crime Targeting Transgender Victim Gets 49 Years
by Colin Dwyer May 16, 2017 A federal court in Mississippi handed down a 49-year prison sentence on Monday to Joshua Brandon Vallum, the first person prosecuted under the Hate Crimes Prevention Act for
Chazy teens charged with hate crimes
May 22, 2017 Four teenagers in the town of Chazy in Clinton County have been charged with hate crimes after they drew a swastika and wrote other anti-Semitic and racist "statements" on a building
Officials Decline to Call Fatal Stabbing of Black Student a Hate Crime
by Matt Stevens May 22, 2017 The police found the white man, a student at the University of Maryland, at around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, sitting on a campus bench a few feet away from
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