All posts tagged "hate crime"
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Boston Police Release Photos of Suspects in Gay Couple’s Beating
Police are asking for help identifying eight men suspected of attacking a gay couple, leaving one victim with an injury from a baseball bat.
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FBI Arrests Man for Threatening to Shoot Up Texas Pride Event
Texas suspect accused of posting Facebook comments deemed threatening, including “let’s go hunting fairies.”
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Boston Gay Couple Bashed, One Struck with Baseball Bat
Police say the brutal attack, which left one man bleeding from the head, is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
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D.C. Man Arrested in Murder of Transgender Woman
Police say Edgar Arrington shot 28-year-old Dream Johnson multiple times in a July attack that may qualify as a hate crime.
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‘Martyr for Charlie Kirk’ Threatened to Shoot Up Phoenix Gay Bar
Police say Treven Michael Gokey threatened to attack Cruisin’ 7th in Phoenix after blaming the LGBTQ community for recent violence.
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D.C. Man Hurls Anti-Gay Slur in Logan Circle Assault
A D.C. man was charged with assault in a possible hate crime after throwing punches and shouting anti-gay slurs at a passerby.
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Black Lesbian Couple Chased into Crash by Armed Virginia Locals
On the evening of July 20, Amylah Majors and Jamaria Gaskins, a married couple from Richmond, were driving to visit Gaskins’ mother in central Virginia...
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Austin Man Sucker-Punched While Protecting Trans Woman
Austin police are investigating a Barton Springs assault on a trans woman and an injured bystander as a possible hate crime.
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Texas Man Charged in Detroit MGM Grand Hate Crime
Texas man William James Wilson faces hate crime charges after allegedly assaulting two same-sex couples outside Detroit's MGM Grand casino.
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Pulse Memorial Crosswalk in Florida Vandalized Again
A rainbow mural honoring Pulse victims was defaced for the third time in Delray Beach, just before a federal push to ban Pride crosswalks.
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Trans Woman Brutally Beaten in Suspected D.C. Hate Crime
Cayla Calhoun, a trans woman and bartender, was attacked by three men who allegedly hurled anti-LGBTQ slurs. Police are investigating.
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Gay Man Says He Was Beaten, Called Slurs in Provincetown
Chris Kostka says three men beat him and called him anti-gay slurs in Provincetown before fleeing in a Lexus with a Trump bumper sticker.
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Wisconsin Inmate Gets Life for Killing Black, Gay Cellmate
Jackson Vogel sentenced to life for killing Micah Laureano, a Black, gay cellmate, in a hate crime at Green Bay Correctional Institution.
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Masked Unicyclist Steals Colorado Neighborhood’s Pride Flags
A masked unicyclist steals Pride flags in Colorado, but neighbors vow: "Every time he steals a flag, I'll put a new one up."
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Masked Attacker Strikes Gay Man With Rock in Northeast D.C.
Gay couple says masked assailant has harassed them for over a year and believe the recent attack was a hate crime.
