by Jim Miller and Sharon Okada July 7, 2017 When it comes to hate, as goes Los Angeles, so goes California? Hate crime reports in the city of 4 million represented nearly a quarter of all reported hate crimes in the state last year, according to the state Department of Justice’s latest tally. About one-third
by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Caitlin Dickerson July 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — It was the beginning of the night shift last Wednesday at the United States Mint in Philadelphia, a secure facility that manufactures money, when a white male coin maker strode across the factory floor to the workstation of an African-American colleague. He
By Mallory Simon and Sara Sidner, CNN July 11, 2017 Whitefish, Montana (CNN)Once the calls began, they did not stop. Swiping to decline a call just led to the phone ringing again. Blocked number after blocked number filled up the voice mail. Deleting one message just created space for another to take its place. Then came the
by Ann E. Marimow and Justin Jouvenal June 20, 2017 The horrific weekend slaying of Virginia high school student Nabra Hassanen has prompted calls from civil liberties advocates and her supporters to investigate her killing as a possible hate crime. Virginia police officials initially said there is no indication the 17-year-old was targeted because
By Associated Press June 19, 2017 British security officials say hate crimes directed at Muslims have increased nearly five-fold in the wake of several attacks in Britain blamed on Islamic extremists. An official said Monday that counterterrorism officials were closely monitoring terror activity linked to far-right groups but most of the recent attacks have
June 13, 2017 Hate crimes reported in Canada rose slightly in 2015, driven mainly by incidents targeting Muslims, Arabs and West Asians, say official figures. Police reported 1,362 criminal incidents across Canada motivated by hate, a 5% increase from the previous year. The findings were published on Tuesday by Statistics Canada. The annual report
by William Lee June 17, 2017 A 45-year-old south suburban man was charged with a hate crime after he called a Muslim-American civil rights advocate, said, “We will kill you,” and left his own phone number in the voicemail, prosecutors said Saturday. Marvin Meyer, of Oak Forest, admitted calling the deputy director of the Council
by Chris Riotta June 17, 2017 President Donald Trump announced he was running for office on June 16, 2015. The following day, white supremacist Dylann Roof opened fire in a historically black church located in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people in the hopes of launching an all-out race war. Of course, those two events aren't
by Melissa Etehad June 19, 2017 Investigators looking into the killing of a 17-year-old Virginia girl celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan said Monday that the attack does not appear to have been a hate crime but rather a brutal case of road rage. Nabra Hassanen was reported missing early Sunday morning by
by Sarah Parvini June 11, 2017 Balmeet Singh stepped outside a burger shop in a strip mall to wish his 13-year-old cousin a happy birthday when the stranger squared up against him. “So, you’re going to blow up this country?” the man said. “You’re trying to blow up this country?” He threw a drink