“Hate” In the News

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    Below are news stories and events related to hate crimes and domestic terrorism from around the world!

    The Life of a Disabled Child, From Taunts to Hate Crimes

    By | January 9th, 2017|Articles|

    by Margaret Carlson January 6, 2017   Since the days when my mother wouldn’t let my older brother go out to play stickball if I wasn’t with him, there’s been a lot of progress in

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    Why hate crimes are so difficult to convict

    By | January 9th, 2017|Articles|

    by Kenya Downs and Laura Santhanam January 6, 2017   On June 17, 2015, just after 8 p.m., 21-year-old Dylann Roof walked into a bible study session at the historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal

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    Man punches two women in separate Queens subway stations; cops probe attacks as possible hate crimes

    By | January 9th, 2017|Articles|

    by Aidan McLaughlin January 6, 2017   A 28-year-old man verbally abused and punched two women in subway stations in Queens, during separate attacks that police are investigating as hate crimes, cops said Friday. Arana

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    The fine line for police between a ‘hate crime’ and a ‘hate incident’

    By | January 9th, 2017|Articles|

    by James Queally January 6, 2017   When he first read the letter mailed to the Islamic Center of Long Beach last November, Tarek Mohamed wasn’t terribly surprised by the hateful screed inside. The note was

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