Hate violence poses a serious threat to California communities. In every region of the state, incidents have occurred in which racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities have been harassed, intimidated, assaulted and even murdered. In some communities, acts motivated by bigotry have sparked widespread community disruption.
Posted in Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community, Uncategorized
OC Human Relations shares listening sessions report: http://egov.ocgov.com/vgnfiles/ocgov/Human%20Relations/Docs/Listen_Session_Final_Report_8-30-2011.pdf
Posted in Hate Crimes, Police & Community
From the New York Times: EL CAJON, Calif. — Shaima Alawadi’s family says they found the first note taped to the front door of their house on a quiet suburban street here. It said: “This is my country. Go back …
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From the Los Angeles Times: Shaima Alawadi, 32, may have been the victim of a hate crime, police say. According to relatives, a note found near her body said ‘go back to your own country’ and called her a terrorist. …
Posted in Education, Hate Crimes, Police & Community
A perspective on the Trayvon Martin shooting… “The murder of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager from Sanford, Fla., who was gunned down by a neighborhood-watch volunteer who said he acted in self-defense, has sparked outrage and grief, especially among black …
Posted in Education, Hate Crimes, LGBT, Police & Community
NEW YORK — There was a verdict in the Rutgers webcam spying case, but no resolution to a broader question that hovered over it: To what extent are hate crime laws a help or a hindrance in the pursuit of …
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A jury on Friday convicted a former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, of hate crimes for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man in their dorm room. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/nyregion/defendant-guilty-in-rutgers-case.html
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The number of anti-Latino hate crimes surged statewide in 2010, according to a state attorney general’s office report….. http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20110812-report-anti-latino-hate-crimes-surge.ece From The Press-Enterprise, Aug. 11, 2011
Posted in Hate Crimes, Police & Community
To see the new report on hate crime in Los Angeles County, go to www.lahumanrelations.org.
Posted in Extremism, Hate Crimes
One of my most enduring memories of the Oklahoma City Bombing, which occurred fifteen years ago today, is not even about the bombing or the day itself, but the murderer. How incredibly average and unremarkable the bomber looked, I thought …