"Date","City","State","Type","Description"
"12/31/2009","Buffalo","NY","Assault","Two women used anti-gay epithets while they threatened, beat, and robbed a 20-year-old gay man."
"12/29/2009","Costa Mesa","CA","Assault","""Ronald Allen Bramlett, a 65-year-old white man, was charged with felony aggravated assault, criminal threats and an enhancement of an alleged hate crime for allegedly calling a black teenager racial slurs and threatening him with a knife."""
"12/29/2009","La Porte","IN","Vandalism","A window was broken and racial slurs were written in front of a predominately African American church."
"12/27/2009","Queens","NY","Assault","A Hispanic man beat a black man while saying, ""Black dudes don't belong here,"" and anti-black slurs."
"12/27/2009","Lancaster","PA","Legal Developments","""Victor Manuel Fallas Jr., 29, was charged with ethnic intimidation, harassment, defiant trespass, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after he caused a disturbance at a bar and then yelled derogatory racial slurs at a police officer."""
"12/26/2009","Edison","NJ","Vandalism","A swastika was drawn on a restroom door inside a public library."
"12/24/2009","Oshkosh","WI","Vandalism","Large black swastikas were painted on a synagogue and a Methodist church."
"12/22/2009","Mishawaka","IN","Legal Developments","""Bruce Kikulyuk, 50, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for burning a cross in the yard of a black man and a white woman and using racial slurs and threatening the black man with a knife in September 2007."""
"12/20/2009","Huntington Beach","CA","Legal Developments","Three white supremacists who stabbed a Latino man in an unprovoked attack pleaded guilty to multiple felonies and were sentenced to prison terms."
"12/20/2009","Albany","LA","Legal Developments","""Seven people were arrested in connection with an incident where two men were allegedly lured to a residence on the pretext of having sex with a woman, then once there were beaten and targeted with racist threats. Calvin Michael Arnone, 22, was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of aggravated second-degree battery, two counts of hate crimes and an outstanding warrant on one count of possession of drug paraphernalia; Lance J. Cheramie, 25, was charged with two counts false imprisonment, two counts of aggravated second-degree battery, two counts of hate crimes and one count of possession of drugs; Marie Michelle Cheramie, 23, was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of aggravated second-degree battery, two counts of hate crimes and three counts of child desertion; Carla D. Hughes, 41, was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of aggravated second-degree battery, two counts of hate crimes and one count of armed robbery; Crystal Hughes, 21, was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of aggravated second-degree battery and two counts of hate crimes; Johnny Keith Hughes, 43, was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of aggravated second-degree battery and two count of hate crimes; and Joshua David Kiger, 25, was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of aggravated second-degree battery, two counts of hate crimes, one count of possession of drugs, one count of armed robbery and an outstanding warrant on one count of not wearing a seat belt."""
"12/19/2009","Manchester Township","NJ","Vandalism","A 16-year-old boy was charged with criminal mischief for allegedly spray- painting a racial epithet on a fence at a black fireman's residence."
"12/19/2009","Waxahachie","TX","Vandalism","""A swastika, the letters `KKK` and anti- Semitic remarks were spray-painted on cars in a neighborhood."""
"12/18/2009","Anchorage","AK","Legal Developments","""Robert Gum and Deanna Scaglione were indicted on federal hate crime charges, including threatening, intimidating and interfering with a person because of his race after they allegedly screamed racial slurs and threw water bottles and eggs at an Alaskan native man in July."""
"12/17/2009","Fairfield","CT","Rally","Three men wore black masks and held Nazi flags at an outdoor Menorah lighting ceremony."
"12/16/2009","Horn Lake","MS","Vandalism","Graffiti with racial overtones was found on a wall of a girl's restroom in a high school."
"12/15/2009","Boca Raton","FL","Vandalism","A menorah on a car was egged."
"12/15/2009","Shenandoah","PA","Legal Developments","""Derrick Donchak and Brandon Piekarsky were each indicted on a federal hate crime charge for allegedly beating to death a Latino man, Luis Ramirez, while shouting racial epithets at him. Shenandoah Police Chief Matthew Nestor, Lt. William Moyer and police officer Jason Hayes were charged with conspiring to obstruct justice during the investigation into the fatal beating of Ramirez.  Moyer was also charged with witness and evidence tampering and lying to the FBI.  Nestor and his second- in-command, Capt. Jamie Gennarini, were charged with multiple counts of extortion and civil rights violations."""
"12/15/2009","Ladson","SC","Vandalism","Three juveniles were charged with malicious damage to property for spray painting racial slurs on a family's garage door."
"12/15/2009","Seattle","WA","Legal Developments","A jury declared Naveed Haq guilty of murder in his second trial for the 2006 shooting spree at a Seattle Jewish center."
"12/14/2009","Elgin","IL","Assault","""Marcus Crimaldi, 23, was charged with a felony hate crime and two counts of aggravated battery for allegedly striking a gay man in the face with a metal object because of the man's sexual orientation."""
"12/14/2009","Dubberly","LA","Vandalism","Six people were arrested for vandalizing signs with racist symbols and words."
"12/13/2009","Bozeman","MT","Vandalism","The words `White Power` and a backwards swastika were scrawled across the window of a Korean woman's van."
"12/12/2009","Laurel","MD","Vandalism","""A swastika, a picture of a gun firing at a Star of David and other graffiti were spray- painted on the outside of a middle school and a trailer on the property. """
"12/10/2009","Palm Beach Gardens","FL","Harassment","""Anthony David Schell, 32, was charged with hates crimes, stalking and criminal mischief after allegedly harassing a former tenant by leaving a note on her door mentioning her Judaism and bearing a swastika. He also smashed her mezuzah."""
"12/08/2009","Donaldson","AR","Legal Developments","""Four men were sentenced on federal hate crime and obstruction of justice charges after they attempted to burn a cross in June 2008 at the residence of a woman who associated with black people. Jacob Wingo, 20, was sentenced to 24 months in prison; Clayton Morrison, 29, was sentenced to 15 months; Darren McKim, 38, was sentenced to 18 months and Richard Robins, 42, was sentenced to 12 months."""
"12/08/2009","St. Cloud","MN","Leafletting","""Anti-Islamic cartoons featuring swastikas were left on utility poles, one of which was outside a store catering to Somali people. """
"12/06/2009","Sandpoint","ID","Leafletting","Aryan Nations fliers were left at residences."
"12/05/2009","Ellicott City","MD","Vandalism","""Three 15-year-old boys were charged with burglary, malicious destruction of property, theft and defacing school property with hate messages for allegedly breaking into a portable classroom at a high school and scrawling swastikas and the letters `KKK` on the walls. """
"12/04/2009","Holbrook","NY","Vandalism","An 11-foot menorah in front of a drug store was vandalized. Police were searching for three youths who were allegedly caught on camera during the incident."
"12/03/2009","Coeur d'Alene","ID","Vandalism","Swastikas and a racial slur were spray- painted on a pickup truck belonging to a Muslim man of Jordanian descent."
"12/03/2009","Long Beach","MS","Leafletting","Fliers for a the skinhead group Hammerskin Nation were thrown in yards in the Pecan Park area."
"12/02/2009","Polk County","FL","Legal Developments","William Brown was sentenced to two life terms in prison for the 2007 stabbing death of Ryan Skipper. Brown and another man attacked Skipper because he was gay."
"12/02/2009","Long Island","NY","Legal Developments","One of the six remaining defendants awaiting a Long Island trial in the fatal attack on an Ecuadorean immigrant has pleaded guilty to gang assault as a hate crime."
"12/02/2009","New York","NY","Legal Developments","""Jack Rhodes, 47, was sentenced to 75 years in prison after being convicted of a series of muggings of older women in December 2006 and March 2007. Authorities said Rhodes targeted the women because of their age, which is a violation of the state hate crimes act."""
"12/02/2009","Cleveland","OH","Harassment","An Ohio graduate student with a Middle Eastern-sounding name found a toy camel with a noose around its neck hanging from his apartment door."
"12/02/2009","Worthington","PA","Legal Developments","Two juveniles were arrested for allegedly spray-painting the letters `KKK` on the sidewalk in front of a residence."
"12/01/2009","Anthem","AZ","Vandalism","A swastika and racial slurs were spray-painted at a high school."
"12/01/2009","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Religious wall hangings and a bookshelf that held the Quran were vandalized at West Sacramento Islamic Community Center."
"12/01/2009","Boise","ID","Leafletting","Racist fliers were distributed on the campus  of Boise State University."
"12/01/2009","Hamilton","VA","Harassment","A noose was found in the car of a black firefighter. Two white firefighters were suspended with pay."
"11/29/2009","Conewago","PA","Legal Developments","""Paula Lynn Ness, 51, was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, ethnic intimidation, simple assault and resisting arrest for allegedly threatening to shoot two state troopers while yelling ethnic slurs at once of them."""
"11/28/2009","St. Louis","MO","Assault","Three gay men were attacked while leaving a nightclub."
"11/28/2009","Texarkana","TX","Rally","The racist United Identity Church of Christ held a rally with Neo-nazis and klan members."
"11/25/2009","Morris","IL","Assault","Two"
"11/24/2009","Swansea","MA","Legal Developments","""Mario Andreozzi, 56, was charged with a civil rights violation after he allegedly shouted racial slurs at a black man his son and daughter allegedly had kidnapped and held captive."""
"11/23/2009","Phenix City","AL","Vandalism","The letters `KKK` were spray-painted on a family's car."
"11/23/2009","Denver","CO","Legal Developments","""A juvenile was arrested on charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated assault and bias-motivated crimes in connection with 26 racially motivated assaults in the downtown area."""
"11/22/2009","Omaha","NE","Vandalism","Three lighted menorahs displayed in a Jewish family's yard were broken."
"11/21/2009","Oxford","MS","Rally","Klansmen rallied before an Ole Miss football game."
"11/20/2009","Naples","FL","Assault","Ten North Naples Middle School students were suspended after district officials said they participated in ""kick a Jew day."""
"11/20/2009","Coeur d'Alene","ID","Vandalism","A swastika was left on the door of the Human Rights Education Institute."
"11/20/2009","New York","NY","Legal Developments","Gilberto Ortiz and Trinidad Tapia were indicted on charges of second-degree assault as a hate crime for allegedly attacking a transgender woman with a metal belt buckle because of her perceived sexual orientation."
"11/19/2009","Riverdale","NY","Vandalism","""A swastika, the words `I hate Jews` and a threat to burn down the school were scrawled in a school restroom. """
"11/18/2009","San Diego","CA","Legal Developments","Three teenage boys were charged with vandalism and arson for allegedly torching two city vehicles and part of an outbuilding and scrawling racist graffiti at a municipal maintenance yard in August."
"11/18/2009","Houston","TX","Assault","A gay 16-year-old was beaten on a school bus with a metal pipe."
"11/15/2009","Orlando","FL","Vandalism","A swastika was spray-painted on the gay/lesbian/bisexual community center and anti-gay slurs were spray-painted on a gay business."
"11/15/2009","Eurgene","OR","Vandalism","Hate graffiti was written on a mosque mailbox."
"11/13/2009","South Harrison Township","NJ","Legal Developments","""James Trexler, 24, was sentenced to one year in jail for using racial epithets and threatening a black motorist in 2006."""
"11/11/2009","Framingham","MA","Assault","""John William Gandolfo, 56, was charged with a hate crime and using his car as a dangerous weapon in an assault for allegedly yelling racial slurs at three black painters working on a convenience store and then nearly hitting them with his car."""
"11/10/2009","Carmichael","CA","Vandalism","""A swastika, other Nazi symbols and the words `Kristallnacht still lives` were spray- painted on a synagogue. """
"11/10/2009","Spring Valley","NY","Legal Developments","""Two black teens, Leroy Simpson, 16 and Tre Sellers, 17, were each charged with a felony count of second-degree attempted robbery as a hate crime after they allegedly targeted a Latino man to rob in October because of his race."""
"11/09/2009","Coral Springs","FL","Vandalism","Several anti-Semitic messages were found spray-painted on a local Jewish community center."
"11/09/2009","Farmingville","NY","Vandalism","A Muslim's couple's home was broken into and ransacked."
"11/07/2009","Phoenix","AZ","Rally","About 100 members of the National Socialist Movement held an anti- immigration march and protest at the Arizona State Capitol."
"11/07/2009","Tinley Park","IL","Legal Developments","""Valerie Kenney, 54, was charged with a hate crime for allegedly yanking the headscarf of a Muslim woman two days after the Fort Hood shootings. """
"11/06/2009","Little Rock","AR","Legal Developments","Dustin Nix was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison on federal civil rights charges after he and several other men attempted to burn a cross in June 2008 at the residence of a woman who associated with black people."
"11/06/2009","Coeur d'Alene","ID","Legal Developments","""Ira Tankovich, 47, William Tankovich, 49, and Frank Tankovich, 46, were charged with malicious harassment and conspiracy to commit malicious harassment in connection with an alleged confrontation outside a Latino man's home. """
"11/06/2009","Muncie","IN","Legal Developments","Three men were sentenced to more than a year in prison in connection with a 2008 cross burning."
"11/06/2009","Hyannis","MA","Vandalism","Three juveniles were charged with breaking into and vandalizing a Cape Cod Jewish center."
"11/06/2009","Framingham","MA","Assault","""Michael Hansberry, 46, was charged with two counts of committing a hate crime, assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct for allegedly attacking two men because they were Brazilian. """
"11/06/2009","Nassau County","NY","Assault","Three assailants beat a man and his companion while shouting anti-gay slurs."
"11/06/2009","Merrick","NY","Legal Developments","""Frank T. Carney, 16, was charged with felony menacing and misdemeanor aggravated harassment after he and another man allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and chased a man while wielding a knife. """
"11/05/2009","Sutter Creek","CA","Harassment","The grandson of Holocaust survivors found a swastika carved into his school desk."
"11/05/2009","Delaware","OH","Intimidation","A dummy dangling from a noose was hun in a black family's yard."
"11/03/2009","Washington","DC","Assault","An anti-gay slur was posted on the door of Georgetown University's Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Center."
"11/03/2009","Bartow","FL","Legal Developments","""William Brown Jr., 22, was convicted of first-degree murder in a 2007 killing of a gay man."""
"11/03/2009","Boise","ID","Legal Developments","""Three men were sentenced to prison after being convicted in July of committing a hate crime in connection with the July 2008 beating of a black man. Michael Bullard, 23, was sentenced to more than four years, Richard Armstrong, 24, to more than three years and James Whitewater, 23, to a year and a half."""
"11/03/2009","Wilton","ME","Vandalism","A plywood sign with an anti-gay threat was nailed to a tree in a front yard."
"11/02/2009","Defuniak SPrings","FL","Vandalism","?KKK? was carved in the front door of a house."
"11/02/2009","Plainfield","IL","Vandalism","Bricks with racial slurs on them were thrown through the windows of a house."
"11/02/2009","River Falls","WI","Threat","A racist threat was written in a bathroom stall at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls."
"11/01/2009","Lakeview","NY","Assault","""Three men allegedly yelled anti-gay epithets and beat a man and his cross- dressing friend then stole money from one of the men. Robert Bellamy Jr., 23, was charged with robbery and assault."""
"10/31/2009","Boonton Township","NJ","Vandalism","A swastika was spray-painted on a mailbox."
"10/31/2009","Dallas","TX","Vandalism","Two swastikas and an obscenity were spray- painted on a kosher restaurant and market."
"10/31/2009","Lake Mills","WI","Assault","A lesbian was allegedly punched in the face by a costumed assailant because of her sexual orientation."
"10/29/2009","North Hollywood","CA","Assault","Two Jewish men were shot as they were entering a synagogue. Police were investigating the incident as a hate crime."
"10/29/2009","Rochester","MN","Harassment","""Joey Lyke, a 29-year-old white man, was charged with harassment and disorderly conduct after he allegedly approached a black man and told him that he was in his neighborhood and he didn't belong there."""
"10/29/2009","Columbia","MO","Assault","""Two brothers were arrested after one allegedly used racial slurs toward a black family in a store parking lot and assaulted and threatened to kill another black man, while the other brother allegedly drove his truck on a sidewalk toward the black family, reportedly later saying he had wanted to kill them. James Robert Pezold, 25, was charged with tampering, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, assault of a law enforcement officer and four counts of first-degree assault. Michael Pezold, 20, was charged with suspicion of third-degree assault."""
"10/28/2009","DeLand","FL","Legal Developments","""Julie Edwards Hubbard, 44, was charged with corruption of a public servant or family by threat, battery on a law enforcement officer and obstructing an officer without violence after she allegedly made death threats and racial slurs toward a black deputy who had stopped her. """
"10/27/2009","Washington","DC","Assault","A female Georgetown University student who was wearing a gay rights T-shirt was assaulted by two men who shouted anti-gay slurs."
"10/27/2009","Miami","FL","Vandalism","A swastika was found drawn on a wall of a restroom at the University of Miami."
"10/27/2009","Bolingbrook","IL","Assault","""Aaron J. Pierce, 25, was charged with committing a hate crime and battery against a merchant because of his perceived  religion. """
"10/26/2009","La Mesa","CA","Legal Developments","""Walter Bagdasarian, 48, was sentenced to two months in a halfway house for writing two racially charged Internet threats to then-presidential candidate Barack Obama."""
"10/26/2009","Bridgewater","NJ","Legal Developments","Five people accused in an immigrant's murder also face hate-crime charges."
"10/25/2009","Wheaton","MD","Assault","""Cinder Tobar-Campos, 23, Alexander Mendoza, 30, and Felix Arevalo Cantarero, 24, were charged with attempted murder and committing a hate-related assault after they allegedly struck two women and a man with rocks and bottles while calling them anti-gay epithets. """
"10/24/2009","Riverside","CA","Rally","Members of the National Socialist Movement held an anti-immigration protest."
"10/22/2009","Austin","MN","Vandalism","White supremacist stickers were glued to the office window of an attorney who has handled immigration matters in the area."
"10/22/2009","Kingsport","TN","Legal Developments","""Andy Frye, 19, was indicted for vandalism for allegedly spray-painting racist threats, including a mention of President Barack Obama, on an overpass."""
"10/21/2009","Newport Beach","CA","Arson","""Izad Chavoshan, 30, was charged with arson and attempted arson as a hate crime for allegedly trying to set fire to his former church."""
"10/21/2009","South Kingstown","RI","Legal Developments","""Eric Muroski, an 18-year-old white student at the University of Rhode Island, pleaded not guilty to vandalism and disorderly conduct after he allegedly scrawled racial epithets and sexual graffiti in the dorm rooms of black female students at the university then attempted to force his way into one female student's room. """
"10/21/2009","Aiken","SC","Vandalism","The letters `KKK` were spray-painted on a stop sign."
"10/20/2009","Orinda","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was written in a high school restroom."
"10/20/2009","Ada","OK","Vandalism","Threats, racial slurs and a Ku Klux Klan symbol were spray painted on a black church."
"10/19/2009","Charlotte","NC","Vandalism","A sign erected by a Jewish student group at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte to mark a Jewish festival was vandalized."
"10/16/2009","San Bernardino","CA","Legal Developments","""Christopher Fulmer, a 21-year-old alleged white supremacist, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the fatal hate-motivated shooting of a Latino man and the wounding of another man in December 2007. """
"10/15/2009","Lecompte","LA","Arson","A man fired three shots from a shotgun at the home of three Hispanic men and, after they fled, entered the home and set a fire that burned it to the ground."
"10/15/2009","Boston","MA","Vandalism","A swastika was carved into the 18th green above President Obama's last name."
"10/14/2009","Whittier","CA","Vandalism","""Three swastikas were spray-painted on a synagogue and other graffiti was painted on  a tree, a curb and a tarp on a nearby fence. """
"10/14/2009","Washington","DC","Legal Developments","""Robert Hannah, 19, was sentenced to six months in jail for the beating death of a man outside a gay club."""
"10/14/2009","New York","NY","Assault","An undocumented Latino immigrant was allegedly attacked by several men who shouted `wetback go home.`"
"10/14/2009","Salt Lake City","UT","Assault","""A 50-year-old white man was charged with assault, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, theft, and possession of a firearm for allegedly waving a handgun and threatening to kill a Latino man after hurling racial slurs at him."""
"10/13/2009","Norwalk","CT","Intimidation","""Robert Wolf, 48, was charged with intimidation based on bigotry and third- degree assault for allegedly spitting in a woman's face and calling her a derogatory name for Latinos."""
"10/12/2009","Henrico","VA","Vandalism","""Anti-Semitic and racist graffiti, including a threat against President Barack Obama, was spray-painted in a park."""
"10/12/2009","Tacoma","WA","Vandalism","Swastikas and the letters `KKK`were carved into a black woman's car door and scrawled on her cubicle at work."
"10/11/2009","Port Huron Township","MI","Harassment","Plastic golf balls covered in swastikas and other symbols were placed in a black couple's backyard in two separate incidents."
"10/10/2009","Elkridge","MD","Vandalism","A Nazi symbol was carved into a green at a golf course."
"10/10/2009","Charleston","SC","Leafletting","Fliers from the National Socialist Movement were left in driveways."
"10/10/2009","Jordan","UT","Vandalism","Rocks with anti-Mormon notes tied to them were thrown at glass doors at five Latter Day Saints Church meetinghouses in Jordan and Riverton."
"10/09/2009","Paulding County","GA","Intimidation","A restaurant has a mannequin dressed as a Klansman with a sign saying, ""Obama's plan for health-care: n***** rig it."""
"10/09/2009","Orleans","MA","Legal Developments","Eric Patten was sentenced to 30 days in jail for punching and pushing two women after yelling anti-gay epithets at them in May."
"10/09/2009","Edison","NJ","Vandalism","Swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur were scrawled on playground equipment at a park."
"10/08/2009","Fullerton","CA","Assault","""Darrel James Allen, a 23-year-old black man, was charged with a hate crime battery causing injury, robbery, assault and violation of civil rights for yelling racial slurs and punching a Latino man unconscious."""
"10/08/2009","New York","NY","Assault","""Daniel Rodriguez, 21, and Daniel Aleman, 26, were charged with felony assault as a hate crime after allegedly making an anti- gay remark while beating a gay man."""
"10/08/2009","Portland","OR","Harassment","A man was indicted on accusations he mailed a hangman's noose to an Ohio civil rights leader."
"10/07/2009","Washington","DC","Cross Burnings","An Indiana man pleaded guilty to interfering with the housing rights of a white woman and an African American man by burning a cross in their yard and later returning with a knife and threatening the man if he did not leave."
"10/07/2009","Elgin","IL","Vandalism","An anti-gay slur was keyed into the hood of a car."
"10/07/2009","Houston","TX","Vandalism","Anti-Islamic remarks were scrawled on the wall of a mosque."
"10/06/2009","Martinez","CA","Harassment","At a skate park, a group of white teens shouted ""white power"" and waved a Confederate flag at a mixed-race 10-year-old and his mother."
"10/06/2009","San Francisco","CA","Legal Developments","""John Gimbel, 59, pleaded not guilty to federal charges associated with sending racist, threatening E-mails to President Barack Obama and other officials."""
"10/06/2009","New York","NY","Legal Developments","""Jack Rhodes, 47, was convicted of hate crimes, including charges of robbery, burglary and assault charges, in connection with a series of muggings of older women in December 2006 and March 2007. Authorities said Rhodes targeted the women because of their age, which is a violation of the state hate crimes act."""
"10/06/2009","Windsor","NY","Vandalism","Two people allegedly shouted anti-Semitic slurs while throwing eggs and rocks at a residence."
"10/05/2009","Phoenix","AZ","Murder","A man shot and killed a white woman for being seen in a Phoenix public park with her black male friend."
"10/05/2009","Sterling Heights","MI","Vandalism","A swastika and the numbers `666` were painted on two statues in front of a Catholic church."
"10/05/2009","Natchez","MS","Vandalism","A black candidate running for Adams County sheriff says one of his campaign signs was defaced with a racial slur, the letters ""KKK"" and a target painted over his picture."
"10/04/2009","Richmond","VA","Vandalism","Racist and anti-Semitic graffiti was spray- painted in a park."
"10/03/2009","Forest Hill","VA","Vandalism","A swastika and anti-black and anti-Arab epithets were scribbled on a pathway and a boulder at a park."
"09/30/2009","Mountain View","CA","Assault","A Hispanic man was arrested on suspicion of a hate crime and assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly yelling a racial slur at an African-American couple, punching a man and throwing a beer can at him."
"09/30/2009","Hampton","NY","Vandalism","Houses and cars were vandalized with racial slurs and profanity."
"09/30/2009","Brooklyn","NY","Leafletting","Hundreds of pieces of paper with ""Kill Jews"" written in black marker were found on sidewalks."
"09/22/2009","Lansdowne","PA","Vandalism","Vandals spray painted two swastikas on a road and a sidewalk."
"09/21/2009","Arlington","MA","Vandalism","A swastika was painted on the back door of the Veterans Memorial Skating Rink."
"09/21/2009","Anne Arundel County","VA","Legal Developments","Two individuals were arrested for vandalizing a church bus with racist graffiti."
"09/20/2009","Derwood","VA","Vandalism","A swastika was spray-painted on the driveway while the residents were out of town for Rosh Hashanah."
"09/17/2009","San Bernardino","CA","Legal Developments","Skinhead convicted of hate crime manslaughter."
"09/15/2009","Greensboro","NC","Harassment","A student received two notes containing anti-gay slurs and death threats."
"09/15/2009","Springfield Township","PA","Threat","A man was charged with disorderly conduct, possessing instruments of a crime and terroristic threats after his facebook profile lead police to find  ammunition and numerous weapons, including a Ruger Mini 14 rifle, an AR-15 rifle and an AK-47 along with white-supremacist flags reading ""White Pride, World Wide."
"09/14/2009","Ann Arbor","MI","Assault","A 16-year-old Iraqi-American girl was attacked by fellow students after her first day of school as she was getting off the school bus.  The attackers exclaimed  ""Arabs are dirty? as they attacked her. She sustained injuries and required stitches on her face."
"09/14/2009","Ashland","MO","Vandalism","'KKK' was painted on a water tower."
"09/13/2009","Seattle","WA","Vandalism","Swastikas were painted on two synagogues and on sidewalks."
"09/10/2009","Fountain Hills","AZ","Vandalism","Three teenagers admitted to vandalizing seven vehicles with swastikas, ""KKKs"" and sexual images."
"09/10/2009","Airmont","NY","Assault","A man wearing a shirt with KKK and Nazi insignias has been charged with a hate crime for the second time since April involving an attack on a Hispanic male."
"09/10/2009","Newport News","VA","Vandalism","Four people spray-painted swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti on the United Jewish Community Center."
"09/09/2009","Green Valley","AZ","Vandalism","Vandals spray-painted black swastikas on houses, cars and a recreation center."
"08/16/2009","Abilene","TX","Leafletting","Leaflets from the United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were left in yards."
"08/13/2009","Shreveport","LA","Legal Developments","Three juveniles were arrested for vandalizing a park with racist remarks."
"08/13/2009","Dallas","TX","Vandalism","Racist words and symbols (including ""Nazi"" and swastikas) were spray painted on cars, driveways and sidewalks."
"08/12/2009","Birmingham","AL","Threat","A search of a storage unit rented by a man accused of threatening to kill police officers revealed explosives as well as hate literature against whites and law enforcement."
"08/12/2009","Jacksonville","FL","Vandalism","Graffiti was painted on a Mandarin church."
"08/10/2009","Coeur d' Alene","ID","Leafletting","Three men were ticketed for littering after Aryan Nations fliers were found in yards."
"08/10/2009","Biloxi","MS","Vandalism","Vandals painted a swastika on a house."
"08/09/2009","Lafayette","LA","Threat","Police arrested a man after he allegedly threatened two Hispanic residents with a knife while making racial slurs."
"07/29/2009","Chicago","IL","Vandalism","A mural supporting immigration was defaced with the spray-painted words ""LIES"" and the phrase ""Mexicans Are Racists."""
"07/29/2009","Cary","NC","Vandalism","Swastikas and other racist words and symbols were sprayed on the back walls of office buildings."
"07/26/2009","Brooklyn","NY","Vandalism","Someone broke into a shop and spray-painted racist graffiti before attempting to burn down the business."
"07/25/2009","Macon","GA","Vandalism","Vandals rearranged the letters on the New Smyrna Baptist Church sign to spell a racist slur."
"07/25/2009","Caledonia","MN","Legal Developments","A man was sentenced Friday to five years probation in the racially motivated attack of a black man."
"07/25/2009","Austin","TX","Vandalism","A brick with a racist message was thrown through a bedroom window."
"07/24/2009","Springfield","IL","Vandalism","An office of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus  was marked with racial graffiti."
"07/23/2009","Clanton","AL","Legal Developments","The Justice Department is suing the owner and two employees of an apartment complex for allegedly discriminating when renting apartments."
"07/23/2009","Boise","ID","Legal Developments","A federal jury found two men guilty of committing a hate crime for beating a black man outside a Wal-Mart last year."
"07/23/2009","Bardonia","NY","Vandalism","Racist and anti-Jewish graffiti was spray painted on a suburban high school."
"07/23/2009","Queens","NY","Vandalism","The campaign signs of a Sikh candidate for City Council were vandalized with graffiti."
"07/22/2009","Lynn","MA","Assault","A Guatemalan man was attacked by African-American teenagers for being Latino."
"07/22/2009","Paris","TX","Rally","A group of New Black Panthers, in paramilitary outfits and black berets, chanted ""Black Power"" while on the other side of the street, a couple dozen counter-protesters, yelled ""White power!"" while some skinheads waved Nazi flags."
"07/21/2009","Davenport","IA","Legal Developments","Two people were sentenced in a federal hate crimes case involving attacks on black patrons at a bar."
"07/21/2009","Berea","KY","Vandalism","Swastikas and derogatory words were painted throughout a neighborhood."
"07/21/2009","Milton","MA","Assault","A black man  was attacked with a wooden stake and hit in the head with a metal pipe after a white male yelled a racial slur at him."
"07/19/2009","Fountain Hills","AZ","Vandalism","More than a dozen cars, including that of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, were vandalized with swastikas."
"07/16/2009","Queens","NY","Assault","Two men were charged with assaults as a hate crime for throwing rocks and beer bottles, yelling slurs and threatening to kill a transgendered woman."
"07/13/2009","Frewsburg","NY","Vandalism","Racial epithets were spray painted on a black family's driveway."
"07/09/2009","Los Angeles","CA","Legal Developments","Twenty more members of the Varrio Hawaiian Gardens street gang have been arrested in an investigation that charges them with waging a racist campaign to eliminate black people."
"07/09/2009","Philadelphia","PA","Harassment","A private swim club was accused of racial discrimination when a summer camp's membership was revoked after club members made racial comments about the African American and Hispanic children."
"07/08/2009","Seattle","WA","Legal Developments","A self-proclaimed white supremacist with a history of threats and harassment was charged with a hate-crime after he threatened a young Muslim woman with a knife."
"07/07/2009","Houston","TX","Vandalism","Two female firefighters found racist and sexual graffiti in their living quarters."
"07/05/2009","Jackson","MS","Vandalism","A noose was found hanging in a black judge's shed."
"07/04/2009","Ladera Ranch","CA","Assault","A Hispanic woman was stabbed and robbed by two men. They told her ""they didn't like Mexicans."""
"07/04/2009","Mineola","NY","Vandalism","Two large, bright orange swastikas were painted on the front doors of Congregation Beth Shalom Chabad."
"07/04/2009","Buffalo","NY","Vandalism","A pipe-bomb was thrown inside Redeemer Fire Fellowship Church."
"07/04/2009","Aiken","SC","Arson","Rocksville Baptist Church was set on fire."
"07/01/2009","Shreveport","LA","Vandalism","The words ""kill whitey"" were spray-painted on a driveway."
"06/30/2009","Hudson Falls","NY","Harassment","A man attacked two Hispanic boys, calling them racial slurs."
"06/30/2009","Manhattan","NY","Assault","A man participating in NY Pride reported that three attackers called him an anti-gay slur and hit him on the head with a gun."
"06/28/2009","Westhampton Beach","NY","Assault","Three men beat another man after making remarks about his sexual orientation."
"06/27/2009","New York","NY","Assault","A man was attacked and beaten by a group of men because of his sexual orientation."
"06/27/2009","Renton","WA","Harassment","A man chased another man with a knife after he heard him speaking Spanish."
"06/26/2009","Everett","WA","Vandalism","Several vehicles were spray-painted with racial slurs."
"06/25/2009","Clarksburg","WV","Legal Developments","A white woman received five years probation for donning a white sheet with the letters ""KKK,"" yelling racial slurs and accosting a black teenager in October 2008."
"06/24/2009","Houma","LA","Legal Developments","A jury found two men guilty of the 2006 racially motivated beating of Dedric Knight."
"06/24/2009","Charles County","MD","Vandalism","Two tires were punctured a the vehicle the letters ""KKK"" were written on the driver-side door."
"06/22/2009","Jacksonville","FL","Vandalism","Vandals toppled over seven church statues; two were smashed."
"06/21/2009","Chicago","IL","Vandalism","Two swastikas were painted on a dumpster."
"06/20/2009","Clark County","WA","Vandalism","A black family discovered KKK references, swastikas and racial slurs spray painted around their house."
"06/19/2009","Lucerne Valley","CA","Vandalism","Vandals sprayed-painted swastikas and obscene images on cemetery headstones."
"06/19/2009","Tampa","FL","Harassment","A black man threw a bottle through a white woman's rear window and called her a ""white cracker."""
"06/19/2009","Central Islip","NY","Harassment","A man yelling anti-gay epithets during an attack on two men was arrested."
"06/19/2009","Bentleyville","PA","Vandalism","Vulgar language, swastikas and racial slurs were spray painted on gravestones at Ave Maria Parish."
"06/18/2009","Mount Vernon","OH","Legal Developments","A teenager accused of putting a noose around another teen's neck has been sentenced to 10 days in jail."
"06/17/2009","Grants","NM","Assault","Four Native Americans were attacked and beaten."
"06/17/2009","Dix Hills","NY","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted in a park."
"06/16/2009","Naples","FL","Vandalism","A Jewish woman, who wrote an article about Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), found swastikas painted on her garage along with copies of the article."
"06/16/2009","Jacksonville","FL","Vandalism","Racist graffiti and images were painted on the property of a Jacksonville church."
"06/16/2009","Davenport","IA","Assault","A man was arrested for assault with a weapon after shouting racial epithets and then threatening to pull a knife on another man."
"06/16/2009","Las Vegas","NV","Vandalism","""We Hate Mormons"" and  ""There's a bomb in your van"" were written on an LDS family's driveway."
"06/16/2009","Willamette","OR","Legal Developments","Two men were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to burning a cross and the letters ""KKK"" into the lawn of a black family."
"06/16/2009","Troutdale","OR","Legal Developments","Two teenagers charged with spray-painting swastikas, KKKs and racial slurs on two churches, tombstones in a Jewish  cemetery and parked cars were sentenced to jail terms of 30 to 90 days."
"06/15/2009","Salinas","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and ethnic slurs were found on a synagogue's property."
"06/15/2009","Baltimore","MD","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray painted on the outside of an elementary school."
"06/14/2009","Springfield","MO","Harassment","Neo-nazis protested a gay pride parade, yelling ""AIDs cures gays"" and ""thank God for AIDs"" and attempted to start a fight."
"06/14/2009","Staten Island","NY","Assault","A black teen was attacked by a group of men screaming racial slurs."
"06/12/2009","Charlotte","NC","Harassment","A NASCAR crew chief was suspended indefinitely for using a racial slur about a driver who is black."
"06/12/2009","Seattle","WA","Harassment","A man was arrested for making a racial remark to another man, then threatening him with a knife."
"06/10/2009","Washington","DC","Murder","A man opened fire in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum killing and injuring on-duty guards."
"06/10/2009","Greeneville","TN","Leafletting","KKK flyers were distributed in a predominantly black neighborhood."
"06/09/2009","Atlanta","GA","Vandalism","Three houses were spray-painted with swastikas."
"06/09/2009","Mount Washington","KY","Vandalism","Someone spray-painted racist symbols on the house of an African American family."
"06/07/2009","Lodi","CA","Vandalism","Three dead baby goats were found mounted on the lawn of a church."
"06/07/2009","Chicago","IL","Vandalism","The word 'Nazi' was scratched on the trunk of a car and the tires were slashed."
"06/07/2009","Seattle","WA","Assault","A transgender person was beaten and threatened to be killed."
"06/06/2009","San Diego","CA","Assault","The executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride was attacked."
"06/06/2009","Irvine","CA","Vandalism","Vandals spray-painted a threat on an office
door because of occupant's public support of same sex marriage."
"06/06/2009","Sandy Springs","GA","Vandalism","A swastika was spray-painted on a tree in a front yard."
"06/04/2009","Santa Cruz","CA","Threat","A  man was arrested after allegedly brandishing a knife and threatening to kill a stranger because of his sexual orientation."
"06/04/2009","Yorktown","VA","Assault","A man is recovering after he was badly beaten by a gang who made reference to the KKK. The two men he was with were homosexual and another friend was Asian."
"06/03/2009","Cypress","CA","Vandalism","A mosque was vandalized with graffiti including expletives and threats, shortly after President Barack Obama's address in Egypt."
"06/03/2009","Seattle","WA","Vandalism","Two men were arrested after they shouted racial epithets at a convenience store clerk. They also kicked and broke a front window of the store."
"06/02/2009","Seattle","WA","Harassment","Two men were arrested for a possible hate crime after they shouted racial epithets at a convenience store clerk."
"05/31/2009","Wichita","KS","Murder","Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed as he attended services at his local church."
"05/28/2009","Framingham","MA","Legal Developments","A man pleaded guilty to nine criminal charges, including four civil rights violations, for beating and yelling homophobic slurs at four people."
"05/27/2009","Madison","MS","Vandalism","Six teenagers were arrested for painting racial slurs and vulgarities on houses."
"05/25/2009","Quincy","MA","Vandalism","A gay pride flag flying outside the Church of the Presidents was vandalized."
"05/24/2009","Provincetown","MA","Assault","Two women were assaulted by a man yelling anti-gay obscenities."
"05/24/2009","Bowie","MD","Vandalism","Swastikas were found spray-painted on an elementary school and on a police cruiser."
"05/24/2009","North Merrick","NY","Vandalism","A swastika was painted on a house fence."
"05/24/2009","Thurston County","WA","Vandalism","A swastika and racial epithets were painted on a garage door and car."
"05/23/2009","Provincetown","MA","Harassment","A man is accused of yelling anti-gay epithets and assaulting two women."
"05/22/2009","Pasadena","CA","Legal Developments","Two admitted gang members were found guilty in a racially motivated assault on a group of Hispanic students."
"05/22/2009","Council Bluffs","IA","Vandalism","The Community of Christ Church and St. Patrick's Catholic Church were spray painted with the letters ""KKK""."
"05/21/2009","Los Angeles","CA","Legal Developments","About 150 members and associates of a predominantly Latino street gang were indicted in the shootings of black victims and other crimes."
"05/21/2009","Riverside","CA","Legal Developments","A gang member who shot a boy in a racially-motivated attack was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole."
"05/21/2009","Merced","CA","Vandalism","A woman discovered a four-foot swastika burned into her front yard."
"05/21/2009","Scarborough","ME","Vandalism","A house was vandalized with sexually explicit obscenities."
"05/21/2009","Warren","MI","Vandalism","A Ku Klux Klan newsletter depicting a hooded Klansman holding a gun was left on the front doorstep of an interracial couple."
"05/21/2009","Crozet","VA","Leafletting","Copies of 'The Aryan Alternative' were distributed in a neighborhood."
"05/20/2009","Miami","FL","Vandalism","Dog feces was smeared on the exterior walls of a rabbi's house."
"05/20/2009","Michigan City","IN","Vandalism","A noose was found hanging in a park."
"05/20/2009","New York City","NY","Threat","Four men were arrested in connection with a plot to bomb two synagogues and shoot down military planes at an Air National Guard base."
"05/20/2009","Arlington","VA","Leafletting","White supremacist publications were left on cars displaying ""Obama 2008"" bumper stickers."
"05/19/2009","New Cumberland","PA","Vandalism","St. Theresa Catholic School was vandalized with graffiti saying ""God isn't real"" and ""Capitalism is your God."""
"05/17/2009","Portland","OR","Assault","A man was arrested for kicking Ms. Junior Gay Pride in the head and causing her a concussion after asking her about her sexual orientation."
"05/16/2009","Greenburgh","NY","Vandalism","Symbols, profanity and anti-religious sentiments were spray painted on Sacred Heart church and school, including a religious statue."
"05/15/2009","San Luis Obispo","CA","Vandalism","A man was arrested in connection with arson and vandalism of a church known for promoting tolerance of people of all sexual orientations."
"05/12/2009","Yorkville","IL","Leafletting","A KKK business card was found in a Post Office scale."
"05/11/2009","Frostburg","MD","Vandalism","Vandals slashed the tires of four police vehicles and spray-painted racial slurs on the cars."
"05/09/2009","Duarte","CA","Vandalism","Vandals broke into a house and spray painted racist slurs and gang symbols in every room."
"05/09/2009","Alexandria","LA","Legal Developments","Narcotics agents found an active pipe bomb, drugs, an arsenal of loaded weapons and a Ku Klux Klan flag in a man?s house. He is currently facing several charges."
"05/09/2009","Oswego","NY","Vandalism","A swastika and other anti-Semitic images were found in a dormitory stairwell at the State University College at Oswego."
"05/08/2009","Alsea","OR","Cross Burnings","A five-foot-long charred cross was found in the front yard of a house."
"05/06/2009","Urbana","IL","Vandalism","Signs that were part of a Native American exhibit on the University of Illinois campus were vandalized."
"05/05/2009","Raleigh","NC","Legal Developments","A state official resigned after sending an e-mail that reportedly showed a watermelon patch outside an altered photo of the White House."
"05/05/2009","Seattle","WA","Vandalism","Anti-gay messages were left on a man's garage door on four separate occasions."
"05/04/2009","Glendale","AZ","Vandalism","A swastika was chemically burned into a lawn."
"05/04/2009","Bridgeport","CT","Assault","A man allegedly fired a gun at a group of black men after shouting racial slurs at them."
"05/04/2009","New Castle","DE","Vandalism","A car was vandalized with a racial slur and swastikas."
"05/04/2009","Newark","DE","Vandalism","A black man's car was covered with racial graffiti and swastikas."
"05/04/2009","Anderson","IN","Vandalism","Racial slurs were written on bathroom walls at Anderson University."
"05/04/2009","Myrtle Beach","SC","Assault","Three men were jailed for attacking a man because of his race."
"05/02/2009","Boulder","CO","Harassment","Two middle-school students were arrested on suspicion of harassment and a bias-motivated crime after calling a 12-year-old girl and threatening to rape and kill her because she's Asian-American."
"05/01/2009","Columbia","MO","Vandalism","Racial slurs and epithets were scrawled on the door of an MU dorm room."
"05/01/2009","Santa Fe","TX","Harassment","A city counsel candidate used a loudspeaker to broadcast anti-gay comments such as ""Come vote here if you're not a homo,"" within 1,000 ft of the polling place. He was running against an openly gay candidate."
"04/30/2009","Donaldson","AR","Legal Developments","Five men have been indicted on suspicion of burning a cross in a woman's yard."
"04/30/2009","Boston","MA","Harassment","DJ Jay Severin made derogatory on-air comments about Mexicans."
"04/29/2009","Atlanta","GA","Legal Developments","William Mark Mize, convicted of murdering one of the followers of his white supremacist group, was put to death."
"04/29/2009","Frankfort","KY","Legal Developments","The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is canceling the pro-segregation National Alliance's contract to participate in a state litter cleanup program."
"04/28/2009","Mason City","IA","Legal Developments","A man who erected a threatening sign with racial slurs and a reference to Adolf Hitler outside a black family's home and later shot out a window faces 10 years in prison."
"04/27/2009","Eugene","OR","Legal Developments","A man once affiliated with the Nazi Low Riders prison gang bit off the top of a Puerto Rican man's ear has been sentenced to six years in prison."
"04/27/2009","Appleton","WI","Assault","A self-professed white supremacist will serve time for the unprovoked attack on a black man. He admitted he did not like people of other races, and displayed tattoos of a swastika and a likeness of Adolf Hitler."
"04/26/2009","Dracut","MA","Vandalism","Swastikas and obscenities were spray-painted across the back of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church."
"04/25/2009","Macomb","MI","Assault","A group of black teenagers assaulted four white teenagers over a Confederate flag. The attackers hurled racial slurs and profanity."
"04/24/2009","Louisville","KY","Harassment","A Fire Department captain showed up for work wearing Klan robes."
"04/23/2009","Redding","CA","Murder","Three teenage boys were arrested in the fatal beating of a homeless man."
"04/23/2009","Atlanta","GA","Legal Developments","A bid for clemency by a white supremacist was rejected; William Mark Mize is set to be executed for the murder of one of his followers."
"04/23/2009","Philadelphia","PA","Legal Developments","Five police officers were fired for alleged misconduct, including two incidents of using racial slurs."
"04/22/2009","Victorville","CA","Legal Developments","Eight members of a skinhead gang have pleaded not guilty to drug, weapon and assault charges."
"04/22/2009","Pasadena","CA","Murder","Two men were arrested in connection with the murder of an African-American man. One of the men was an avowed skinhead."
"04/22/2009","St. Tammany","LA","Legal Developments","Alleged KKK member Shane Foster, 21, was found incompetent to stand trial for the murder of a woman allegedly shot to death by his father Dixie Knights leader Raymond ""Chuck"" Foster."
"04/22/2009","St. Paul","MN","Vandalism","Anti-gay graffiti was found on the Hamline University campus."
"04/22/2009","South Brunswick","NY","Legal Developments","A man was sentenced to prison for felony hate crime and felony harassment. The man admitted to burning a cross in his Hispanic neighbor's yard."
"04/22/2009","Sumter","SC","Vandalism","The building and van of Bible Way Church were spray painted with racist messages, upside down crosses and swastikas."
"04/21/2009","Charleston","WV","Legal Developments","A man is facing up to 10 years in prison after admitting he set fire to a woman's home because she associated with blacks."
"04/20/2009","San Bernardino","CA","Legal Developments","A yearlong investigation of a hate gang calling itself the Inland Empire Skinheads resulted in the arrests of seven people."
"04/20/2009","St. Petersburg","FL","Vandalism","Vandals spray-painted racial slurs and expletives against President Barack Obama on a sign, a truck and properties in the area."
"04/20/2009","Chicago","IL","Harassment","Three men at Lewis University were arrested after chanting racial slurs and threatening remarks, as well as lowering a noose down to the window of three black females."
"04/20/2009","Medford","OR","Leafletting","Members of the National Socialist Movement distributed fliers in a parking lot in honor of Hitler's birthday. The fliers called for ""white pride and unity,"" denied the Holocaust happened and demanded that illegal immigrants return to Mexico."
"04/20/2009","Corpus Christi","TX","Vandalism","Two houses were spray-painted with race-related symbols and phrases."
"04/19/2009","Detroit","MI","Arson","A Mosque was broken into and set on fire."
"04/19/2009","St. Louis","MO","Rally","About 100 black-uniformed members of the National Socialist Movement traded insults with 150 anti-racist demonstrators on the grounds of the Gateway Arch."
"04/19/2009","Brattleboro","VT","Vandalism","Two swastikas and the letters KKK were written on a cross on the grounds of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church."
"04/19/2009","Madison","WI","Harassment","A man was arrested after he allegedly threatened and used a racial epithet repeatedly against three black men and a 7-year-old boy in two separate incidents."
"04/18/2009","Lancaster","PA","Assault","Two Asian Franklin & Marshall College students were punched and called racial epithets."
"04/18/2009","Norfolk","VA","Vandalism","Slurs and graffiti against Jews and homosexuals were found scrawled on synagogues and streets."
"04/17/2009","Coeur d'Alene","ID","Leafletting","Residents of subdivision found Aryan Nations recruitment fliers on their lawns."
"04/16/2009","Medford","MA","Harassment","A Tufts University freshman shouted racial slurs at a group of Korean students."
"04/15/2009","Mason City","IA","Legal Developments","A man was charged with one count of interfering with the housing rights of a black family for firing a BB gun and placing a racially offensive sign in the yard."
"04/14/2009","Phoenix","AZ","Vandalism","The house of a Mexican family was ransacked and violated, the walls scrawled with neo-Nazi symbols, swastikas, and ""14/88""."
"04/14/2009","Macedon","NY","Legal Developments","A man was charged with a hate crime in connection with an assault of an African-American."
"04/14/2009","Georgetown County","SC","Vandalism","The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses was vandalized with lewd graffiti and images."
"04/14/2009","Charlottesville","VA","Harassment","Five young men attacked a University of Virginia student and his friend while yelling slurs about homosexuals."
"04/12/2009","Santa Monica","CA","Vandalism","Officials of St. Monica Catholic Church discovered a statue of the Virgin Mary beheaded shortly before Easter services commenced."
"04/12/2009","Des Moines","IA","Vandalism","Vandals spray painted ""God fails"" and ""You are all just sheep"" on the windows of the College Avenue Christian Church."
"04/11/2009","Anderson","IN","Cross Burnings","A church's cross was set on fire during Easter week."
"04/11/2009","Gloucester","MA","Assault","A man was beaten outside a bar while the suspects allegedly yelled slurs about his sexual orientation."
"04/10/2009","Santa Barbara","CA","Assault","On the University of California's Santa Barbara Campus, two Asian students were injured in a racially motivated assault."
"04/10/2009","Brockton","MA","Legal Developments","Keith Luke was indicted on two counts of murder in 
connection with a spree of hate crimes."
"04/10/2009","Damascus","MD","Vandalism","Offensive graffiti, including racial slurs and swastikas, was painted at a synagogue during Passover Seder."
"04/10/2009","Levvittown","NY","Vandalism","Unknown vandals spray painted racial slurs and swastikas at a park."
"04/10/2009","Seattle","WA","Vandalism","Swastikas were drawn on eggshells shattered on a Hispanic man's truck."
"04/09/2009","Pekin","IL","Leafletting","Plastic Easter eggs filled with racist fliers were left on residents' lawns by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Front."
"04/09/2009","Hagerstown","MD","Vandalism","A swastika was drawn on the exterior of a door at the Congregation B'Nai Abraham synagogue."
"04/09/2009","Waukesha","WI","Vandalism","A red swastika was painted on a car."
"04/08/2009","Los Alamitos","CA","Vandalism","Racial epithets, symbols and the initials of a white supremacist group were spray-painted on a minivan."
"04/08/2009","Waterville","KS","Legal Developments","David B. Endsley was convicted of a 2007 racial incident. Endsley tied a black youth in a chair, urinated on him, sprayed white paint on the victim's arms and legs, and called him racial slurs."
"04/08/2009","Marshall","TX","Leafletting","Ku Klux Klan literature was left in driveways."
"04/07/2009","Fort Collins","CO","Leafletting","Neo-Nazis distributed anti-immigration fliers."
"04/07/2009","Gainesville","FL","Vandalism","A swastika was found painted on a University of Florida Jewish fraternity house."
"04/07/2009","Omaha","NE","Vandalism","A group of teens have been threatening the local ethnic shops and restaurants and threw bricks through windows at three of the businesses."
"04/07/2009","Bellaire","TX","Assault","A grand jury indicted a police sergeant in the alleged racially motivated shooting of a 
man outside his home."
"04/06/2009","Tulare","CA","Vandalism","A red swastika was painted on the front of St. Aloysius Catholic Church."
"04/06/2009","Sprin Valley Lake","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were spray painted on a car."
"04/06/2009","Boston","MA","Vandalism","Graffiti was written on the two front doors of the Jehovah's Witness place of worship."
"04/06/2009","Marlborough","PA","Vandalism","The words 'white power' were spray painted on a bridge."
"04/05/2009","Costa Mesa","CA","Assault","Two white men yelled racial epithets at a Latino man before attacking him."
"04/04/2009","Davie","FL","Leafletting","Two men left Ku Klux Klan calling cards inside a local restaurant."
"04/03/2009","Mays Landing","NJ","Murder","Walter Dille was convicted of murdering an African-American woman outside of a movie theater. Dille had previously expressed his hatred for minorities on his MySpace page."
"04/02/2009","New York City","NY","Harassment","The New York Police Department is investigating apparent hate mail sent to faculty at Columbia 
University's Teachers College that contained drawings of swastikas and a noose."
"04/01/2009","Fullerton","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were painted on a local high school and nearby houses."
"04/01/2009","Powhatan County","VA","Leafletting","Ku Klux Klan leaflet were distributed around the area."
"03/31/2009","Powhatan","VA","Leafletting","Ku Klux Klan newspapers were left on lawns."
"03/29/2009","Valrico","FL","Intimidation","A hangman's noose was hung outside a predominantly black church."
"03/27/2009","Valparaiso","IN","Vandalism","The letters `KKK` and `WP` were carved into a convenience store wall."
"03/26/2009","Riverside","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti written in German and swastikas were spray-painted on a Jewish community center."
"03/26/2009","Revere","MA","Vandalism","""John Sieckarski, 49, was charged with allegedly spray-painting racist slogans and messages on his former black neighbor's concrete table. """
"03/26/2009","Norman","OK","Leafletting","Racist leaflets were distributed on the University of Oklahoma campus."
"03/26/2009","Portland","OR","Assault","Three Native Americans were allegedly beaten while their attackers yelled racial slurs. The three victims were waiting for a train."
"03/26/2009","Ronson","WV","Arson","Vandals painted racial slurs on at least four houses and a vehicle in Jefferson County."
"03/24/2009","Del Rio","TX","Vandalism","A pizza box with racial slurs written on it was left on the doorstep of a couple's apartment."
"03/22/2009","Cape Coral","FL","Vandalism","Racial slurs, ""Hitler Was Here"" and swastikas were painted on mailboxes, the sides of houses, garage doors, doorways and vehicles."
"03/22/2009","Rochester","MN","Assault","Police say a 25-year-old white man allegedly stabbed a 49-year-old black man because of his race."
"03/22/2009","Seaside","OR","Assault","Two gay men were beaten unconscious on the beach by a group of attackers."
"03/21/2009","Philadelphia","MS","Vandalism","A sign that honored three martyrs of the civil rights movement was spray-painted completely black."
"03/21/2009","Clifton","NJ","Rally","The white supremacist group the League of American Patriots met at a public library."
"03/20/2009","Chicago","IL","Legal Developments","""Mohammed Alkaramla, 24, was arrested for allegedly mailing a bomb threat to a Jewish school in December. """
"03/20/2009","Pittsburgh","PA","Assault","""Robert King, 50, was charged with aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation for allegedly shouting an ethnic slur and slashing a man in the face with a knife. """
"03/19/2009","Staten Island","NY","Legal Developments","""Michael Franklin, a 44-year-old black man, was charged with five counts of reckless endangerment as a hate crime, making a false police report and obstruction of justice after he allegedly called 911 five times boasting he `killed two Mexicans.` Franklin, an unemployed construction worker, allegedly was frustrated he couldn't find work and that Latino workers were hired instead of him. """
"03/18/2009","Modesto","CA","Vandalism","Police are investigating the recent vandalism of a synagogue as a hate crime."
"03/18/2009","Dayton","OH","Threat","A white man accused of threatening to burn the house of a black family because he didn't want them living in his neighborhood pleaded guilty to ethnic intimidation."
"03/17/2009","San Jose","CA","Vandalism","A 20-foot wide swastika was burned into a high school's front lawn with road salt."
"03/17/2009","Rapid City","SD","Assault","Four white teens and one adolescent fired a BB gun and threw urine at Native Americans."
"03/16/2009","Torrance","CA","Assault","A man who used a campaign sign opposing same-sex marriage to attack a gay man was ordered to take anger management courses."
"03/16/2009","Athens","GA","Vandalism","Someone wrote racial epithets and swastikas on the walls of a Southwest Jefferson house, then set it on fire."
"03/16/2009","Wilmington","VT","Assault","A Twin Valley High School student was charged with a hate-motivated crime for allegedly attacking a black student in the school cafeteria."
"03/15/2009","Lewiston","MA","Assault","A couple allegedly attacked a Somali man, yelling racial epithets and telling him to go back to his country."
"03/14/2009","Greeley","CO","Harassment","Radio host Trevor Carey is advocating violence against transgender women, and celebrating the murder of one online as proof that they need to be beaten or killed."
"03/12/2009","Salt Lake City","UT","Leafletting","Flyers promoting the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement were inserted into copies of the University of Utah student newspaper and distributed to homes in the Sugar House area."
"03/11/2009","Dover","DE","Vandalism","A teen was charged with spray painting a racial slur on a swing set at an interracial couple's home."
"03/11/2009","Valparaiso","IN","Vandalism","A Valparaiso High School student found a racial slur scrawled on her locker."
"03/10/2009","Chandler","AZ","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi Nationalist Coalition were tossed in driveways. The flyers expressed concern about non-white immigrants in the neighborhood."
"03/10/2009","New Haven","CT","Leafletting","The white supremacist group North East White Pride delivered flyers to Latino businesses and St. Rose of Lima church. The flyers warned of an ""invasion"" of undocumented immigrants that will turn the United States into ""a third-world slum."" Some of the flyers show a soldier holding a rifle."
"03/10/2009","Metairie","LA","Vandalism","Deputies are investigating a possible hate crime in Metairie, where a sign saying ""KKK Klan"" was planted in a resident's lawn, a Jefferson Parish
Sheriff's Office spokesman said this afternoon."
"03/10/2009","Long Island","NY","Assault","Four Hispanic men, including off-duty New York Police Department officer Juan Nunez, were arrested for beating up a black man with a baseball bat while shouting racial slurs."
"03/10/2009","Salisbury","PA","Vandalism","Ethnic slurs and profanities were spray- painted on the track and field at a school district's stadium."
"03/10/2009","Ferndale","PA","Vandalism","A gay pride flag was vandalized in a front yard. A giant ""x"" was painted on it, it was covered with tire marks, slashes, and it smelled strongly of urine."
"03/10/2009","Seattle","WA","Assault","Prosecutors filed hate crime charges against an 18-year-old man accused of accosting another man on a Metro bus while yelling anti-gay slurs."
"03/08/2009","Atlanta","GA","Assault","A pair of men attacked a 28-year-old man outside a gay bar. The men asked the victim if he happened to be gay, then beat him when he said that he was."
"03/06/2009","Cincinnati","OH","Assault","""Two people, one of them gay, were attacked by three people allegedly because of the victim's sexual orientation. """
"03/06/2009","Pullman","WA","Assault","Three possible hate crimes targeting gay students are being investigated by Pullman and Washington State University police. University spokesman James Tinney said officials are looking at two assaults on campus and one on College Hill within the last week. Each case involves seemingly unprovoked attacks on students, though it's unclear whether the incidents are related."
"03/05/2009","Hanover","NH","Harassment","An email circulated around Dartmouth College referred to college president-elect Jim Yong Kim as a ""Chinaman"" and warned the campus to prepare for ""Asianification."""
"03/04/2009","Rockford","IL","Vandalism","A swastika, a Star of David with a circle around it, a cross, a racial slur directed toward Jews and one other unidentifiable symbol were spray-painted on the double doors outside the Jewish Federation of Greater Rockford."
"03/03/2009","Fruita","CO","Leafletting","Racist fliers were left on car windshields in a parking lot."
"03/03/2009","Enfield","CT","Assault","A white man confronted a black man while shouting racial epithets, then pulled a knife and stabbed the man in the chest, nicking his heart and puncturing a lung."
"03/02/2009","Camp Lejeune","NC","Threat","A federal grand jury indicted former Marine lance corporal Kody Brittingham, 20, after naval investigators discovered white supremacist materials and a journal detailing a plot to assassinate Barack Obama in Brittingham's barracks at Camp Lejeune."
"03/01/2009","Aiken County","SC","Vandalism","Members of the Family Life Worship Center found themselves victims of a hate crime, after someone spray painted ""KKK"" on their church building."
"03/01/2009","Galveston","TX","Assault","Three men were arrested and charged with assault and hate crimes after they threw rocks at patrons in a Galveston gay bar, injuring two people."
"02/27/2009","Miramar Beach","FL","Murder","A man shot and killed two Chilean students and wounded three others, firing through a window of their house. The accused had earlier asked a neighbor if she was ""ready for the revolution to begin"" and warned her to get any immigrants out of her house."
"02/26/2009","Farmingham","MA","Assault","A Holliston man is being charged with assault and battery with the purpose of intimidation. Police say he attacked a man because of the victim's perceived nationality."
"02/26/2009","Selden","NY","Vandalism","Swastikas were drawn in a bathroom at Suffolk County Community College."
"02/26/2009","Eugene","OR","Legal Developments","""Four people were arrested after a fight between a black student and a white student at a high school. Following the fight William Roberts, 36, the father of the white student, allegedly approached three black students not involved in the altercation and used racial slurs. Meta Reeder, 40, the white student's mother, then allegedly assaulted two of the black students. Another relative, Justin Reeder, 23, allegedly became involved in the attack as well. The white student was charged with disorderly conduct, criminal mistreatment and racial intimidation. Roberts, Meta Reeder and Justin Reeder were charged with assault and Roberts also faces a charge of racial intimidation. """
"02/26/2009","Seattle","WA","Assault","Police are investigating an apparent hate crime in Capitol Hill. Police say a 41-year-old man was attacked near 13th Avenue and East Columbia Street. The victim told police he was beaten and bloodied by the assailants, and he believed he was attacked because he is gay."
"02/25/2009","Ames","IA","Leafletting","Racially charged fliers were distributed throughout the city."
"02/25/2009","Portland","OR","Vandalism","Two Medford men have pleaded guilty to burning the shape of a cross and the letters KKK into the lawn in front of a mixed-race couple's home."
"02/25/2009","Paris","TX","Harassment","Black employees at a pipe fabrication plant charge that hangman's nooses, Confederate flags and racist graffiti have been appearing throughout the workplace for months."
"02/24/2009","Buffalo","NY","Cross Burnings","A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to two felony charges, including a hate crime, for burning a wooden cross in front of the South Buffalo home of a mixed-race couple last July."
"02/23/2009","Baton Rouge","LA","Assault","""Anthony Hatcher, 18, and Dominique Vallier, 17, were charged with attempted first-degree murder, hate crimes and attempted armed robbery after they allegedly shot two Latino men in two separate incidents, one on Feb. 23 and one on Feb. 24."""
"02/23/2009","Stroudsburg","PA","Murder","Police charged two teenagers in the stabbing murder of a homosexual Stroudsburg man found Feb. 11."
"02/23/2009","Burlington","VT","Harassment","Police charged a man with disorderly conduct as a hate crime for allegedly targeting his African-born neighbors with death threats and racial insults."
"02/21/2009","East Palo Alto","CA","Assault","""Frisco Tuipulotu, Caroline Evaimalo and Richard Juarez, all 23, and Tuuta Tuipulotu, 20, were charged with suspicion of committing a hate crime for allegedly punching and kicking four people of Indian descent while making racially charged comments."""
"02/21/2009","Lansing","MI","Harassment","Two employees of Lansing Board of Water & Light wore Ku Klux Klan-like hoods to taunt a black co-worker."
"02/21/2009","Fanwood","NJ","Leafletting","Fliers from the white supremacist League of American Patriots were left in neighborhoods."
"02/20/2009","Montgomery","NY","Vandalism","Two teenagers were charged with writing slurs targeting racial, ethnic and sexual minorities on locker room walls. The two teens were charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime."
"02/20/2009","New York City","NY","Assault","Outside a Regal theater, two gay men were assaulted by four boys with glass bottles, shards of glass, and a box cutter, and taken to the hospital. The case has been classified as a hate crime by NYPD."
"02/19/2009","Denver","CO","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi Nationalist Coalition were left in neighborhoods."
"02/19/2009","New Orleans","LA","Murder","A grand jury has indicted four people in the shooting death of a woman during what police say was a Ku Klux Klan initiation rite in the Louisiana woods."
"02/19/2009","Brattleboro","VT","Legal Developments","""Nicholas Dow, 18, was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a dangerous weapon in a school building and a hate-motivated crime for allegedly attacking a black student in the school cafeteria."""
"02/17/2009","Thousand Oaks","CA","Vandalism","Someone painted a swastika on the locker of a Jewish student."
"02/17/2009","Lemoyne","PA","Leafletting","Fliers promoting the Creativity Movement, a violent neo-Nazi organization also known as World Church of the Creator, were left outside dozens of homes in Mechanicsburg and Lemoyne, Pa."
"02/17/2009","Clark County","WA","Vandalism","A car's exterior was defaced with a racial slur and two swastikas."
"02/16/2009","Muncie","IN","Assault","After shouting ""Heil Hitler!"" and ""white power"" at a judge, self-proclaimed white supremacist and Satan worshipper Dmitriy V. Sklyarov was sentenced to a year in jail for repeatedly biting a 9-year-old boy."
"02/16/2009","Union City","NJ","Legal Developments","A Union City man was sentenced to 90 days in jail for a bias crime he committed in 2007 against a gay neighbor."
"02/16/2009","Troutdale","OR","Vandalism","Police discovered graffiti on the walls of Cherry Park Presbyterian Church, including swastikas, gang tags, the letters KKK and expletives targeted at Jews."
"02/15/2009","Taveres","FL","Legal Developments","Prosecutors charged two white brothers with a hate crime related to the beating of a mentally disabled black man."
"02/15/2009","Mechanicsburg","PA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi Creativity Movement were left at numerous residences."
"02/14/2009","Lassen County","CA","Vandalism","Deputies arrested two juvenile boys who are being held without bail on charges of burglary, vandalism and a hate crime at the Honey Lake Valley Assembly of God Church."
"02/14/2009","Bowling Green","KY","Vandalism","Police are investigating a burglary, criminal mischief and a possible hate crime after a vacant home was vandalized with spray-painted profanity and swastikas throughout the house, causing an estimated $25,000 in damage."
"02/14/2009","Nassau","NY","Vandalism","A swastika was spray-painted on the sidewalk in front of a Woodmere residence"
"02/14/2009","Appleton","WI","Leafletting","A racist flyer was found posted on a community bulletin board in a mall."
"02/13/2009","Los Angeles","CA","Assault","""A group of about 20 Hispanic youths allegedly attacked a black minister and his sons, chasing them into their church and pelting them with rocks."""
"02/13/2009","Denver","CO","Vandalism","Denver police and the FBI are investigating after a defaced United States flag, covered with numerous hate symbols and racial slurs, was found flying on the school's flagpole last week."
"02/12/2009","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Vandals slashed tires and sprayed the word ""Nazi"" on two cars and a house. The attack occurred in the same neighborhood where vandals scrawled similar hate messages on cars and houses that displayed signs supporting President Barack Obama."
"02/12/2009","Nampa","ID","Legal Developments","Four individuals were arrested and charged with a racially-motivated beating and conspiring to interfere with the civil rights of an African-American man."
"02/12/2009","Cincinnati","OH","Vandalism","Three Westwood churches were spray-painted with hate-filled graffiti."
"02/12/2009","Nashville","TN","Leafletting","Ku Klux Klan fliers describing black people as savages and enemies in an ""ongoing race war"" were placed within free advertising circulars in Nashville."
"02/11/2009","Denver","CO","Intimidation","High school students chanted racial slurs and derogatory terms at visiting black basketball players during a game."
"02/11/2009","Wildwood","PA","Arson","""The condo of the only back man in a vacation complex was set afire, two weeks after it was spray-painted with racist graffiti."""
"02/11/2009","Nashville","TN","Leafletting","Leaflets from the Ku Klux Klan group the Knights party were wrapped around free newspapers and thrown in driveways of residences."
"02/11/2009","Seattle","WA","Harassment","Adam J. Whitney was charged with harassment and theft for allegedly attacking a taxi driver while yelling racial epithets."
"02/10/2009","Montgomery","WV","Harassment","Two Montgomery police officers accused of beating a black man outside a 7-Eleven in September allegedly kept a file on 15 men in town solely because they were black, according to a motion filed in Kanawha Circuit Court."
"02/09/2009","Great Barrington","MA","Vandalism","Racial slurs were written on two posters advertising a Black Student Union ball at Bard College at Simon's Rock."
"02/08/2009","Chillicothe","OH","Vandalism","A 3-foot-by-3-foot swastika was painted on the side of a house."
"02/07/2009","Palo Alto","CA","Assault","""Miguel Luis Carlson, 31, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a hate crime for allegedly attacking and choking a man in a convenience store while using a racial slur and telling the man to `go back to his country.`"""
"02/06/2009","Pampa","TX","Leafletting","Recruiting fliers for the United White Knights were left on residents' lawns."
"02/05/2009","Torrance","CA","Vandalism","The word `Nazi` was spray-painted on two cars and the residence of a white man and his Chinese wife. The tires of two of their vehicles were also slashed."
"02/05/2009","La Plata","MD","Vandalism","Hate messages were spray-painted on a school, a church and a stop sign in Charles County."
"02/05/2009","Stephens City","VA","Vandalism","Racial epithets and slurs were spray-painted on a fence."
"02/04/2009","Titusville","FL","Leafletting","Ku Klux Klan cards were found in an apartment complex's parking lot."
"02/04/2009","Chicago","IL","Assault","A 19-year-old DePaul University student allegedly was attacked by three people who used anti-gay slurs."
"02/03/2009","Indian Head","MD","Vandalism","Racist graffiti with the words ""white power"" appeared on two Charles County schools overnight, and investigators suspect the same vandals may be responsible for both crimes."
"02/01/2009","Chillicothe","OH","Vandalism","Racial slurs, a depiction of a lynching and a Confederate flag were spray painted in Strawser Park. The words ""Whites Only"" are scrawled beside a bathroom door."
"02/01/2009","Corpus Christi","TX","Vandalism","""Two teens, ages 15 and 16, were detained on suspicion of misdemeanor graffiti and criminal trespass after they allegedly spray-painted graffiti that included a swastika, racial slurs, obscenities and a specific threat against President Barack Obama in a park. """
"01/30/2009","San Fernando Valley","CA","Legal Developments","""Samuel Apatiga and George Navarro, both 21, and Erik Castaneda, 29, were each charged with three counts of  making criminal threats and two counts of assault with a firearm after they allegedly threatened a barbershop owner and his patrons, all of whom are black. The three men, along with Andy Moran, 18, were also accused of threatening a black man and his girlfriend. Moran was charged with two counts each of making criminal threats and assault with a firearm in connection with the incident. The charges include hate crime allegations.   """
"01/30/2009","Chesapeake","VA","Legal Developments","""Matthew T. Shepherd, 31, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for two counts of assault and battery after yelling racial slurs and assaulting two black men outside a convenience store in September 2007."""
"01/28/2009","Mobile","AL","Vandalism","Police found ""explosive materials"" during a search of the residence of Thomas Hayward Lewis, 22, after Lewis was arrested for spray painting neo-Nazi graffiti on a Messianic Jewish house of worship."
"01/27/2009","San Jose","CA","Assault","Police say a 53-year-old San Jose man was assaulted because he was having a conversation on his cell phone in Spanish. The suspect allegedly punched the man a couple of times before taking off on foot."
"01/27/2009","Boulder","CO","Assault","""William Bagosy, 49, pled guilty to third- degree assault and was sentenced to 78 days in jail for shouting racial slurs at a black woman outside a homeless shelter in November."""
"01/25/2009","Minneapolis","MN","Assault","A woman says she was attacked and beaten by two men who shouted derogatory comments to her about sexual orientation."
"01/25/2009","Sagaponack","NY","Vandalism","A noose was found hanging in a tree off a hiking and horse-riding trail."
"01/24/2009","Richmond","CA","Assault","Seven men were arrested on suspicion of beating a black man, fracturing bones in his face and yelling racial epithets during the attack."
"01/24/2009","Bradenton","FL","Assault","The driver of a car yelled a racial slur before a passenger in the vehicle shot a black man on a bicycle in the calf on a busy Bradenton street, according to the Bradenton Police Department report."
"01/23/2009","Stockton","CA","Arson","Firefighters received a report  of a car on fire near 74th Ave. Investigators said both fires appear to be work of arson. One of the vehicles was spray painted with a racial slur."
"01/23/2009","Macon","GA","Harassment","Mercer University police are investigating an incident in the School of Engineering where someone rearranged letters on a bulletin board Wednesday to post a racial slur about blacks, according to school officials."
"01/22/2009","Jacksonville","FL","Leafletting","Racist fliers were found in a magazine at a library."
"01/22/2009","Baton Rouge","LA","Harassment","A miniature noose was found at the desk of two black state workers."
"01/22/2009","Brockton","MA","Murder","Authorities said Keith Luke, 22, devised an ""evil plan"" fueled by racism to kill as many ""non-whites"" and Jews as he could before taking his own life. Luke, authorities alleged, killed Arlindo DePina Goncalves and a 20-year-old woman, raped and shot the woman's 22-year-old sister, but failed in his plans to attack a Jewish synagogue and end his life."
"01/22/2009","Leesburg","VA","Leafletting","Ku Klux Klan fliers were left in driveways."
"01/22/2009","Leesburg","VA","Leafletting","Residents awoke Thursday to find Ku Klux Klan fliers in their driveways inviting them to join the organization and outlining the group's ""fight for OUR rights as WHITE Christians."""
"01/21/2009","Hartselle","AL","Vandalism","The FBI has agreed to assist Hartselle police with an investigation into a Confederate battle flag found tied to a pole in front of a black church."
"01/21/2009","Malibu","CA","Vandalism","Unknown suspects urinated on the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue's property, shattered a glass door, littered the property with broken beer bottles and used shaving cream to draw swastikas, sexual symbols and crosses on the center's walls, doors and windows."
"01/20/2009","Jersey City","NJ","Arson","Newspaper clippings of President Barack Obama and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. posted by a woman on her apartment door to celebrate the presidential inauguration were set afire."
"01/19/2009","Springfield","MA","Arson","One of three men arrested for burning down a black church a few hours after Barack Obama was declared the winner of the presidential election last November told investigators he set the church ablaze because he was angered by the prospect of a black president."
"01/19/2009","Spartanburg","SC","Leafletting","Racist letters from the white supremacist Racial Nationalist Party of America were wrapped around newspapers and left at residences."
"01/19/2009","Norfolk","VA","Leafletting","Neo-Nazi fliers questioning the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency were left on vehicles."
"01/18/2009","San Jacinto Valley","CA","Assault","Five recent attacks by white supremacists on blacks and Latinos in the San Jacinto Valley are part of a violent backlash to the election of Barack Obama as the first black president in U.S. history, police said."
"01/18/2009","Canoga Park","CA","Assault","Three Latino street gang members have been charged with the racially motivated homicide of a black father of two who was shot to death Dec. 22 outside a bowling alley where he worked."
"01/18/2009","New York","NY","Legal Developments","A 21-year-old Sikh man was beaten and stabbed in his left eye allegedly by three men who taunted him for his traditional beard and pulled his long hair. Two men were arrested in connection with the incident."
"01/16/2009","Brookhaven","MS","Legal Developments","""Steven Joseph Christopher, 42, of Wisconsin, was arrested for allegedly threatening over the Internet to assassinate President-elect Barack Obama because Christopher could `no longer allow the Jewish parasites to bully their way into making the American people submit to their evil ways.`"""
"01/15/2009","Bridgeport","CT","Vandalism","A noose was found wedged in the door of the watch desk at the city's fire department headquarters."
"01/15/2009","Lewisburg","PA","Leafletting","Neo-Nazi posters were left in a building at Bucknell University."
"01/13/2009","Madison","WI","Legal Developments","""Two white teens, Tyler Bronkhorst and Kyle Daggett, were charged with multiple hate crimes in connection with several incidents where they allegedly harassed black residents. """
"01/12/2009","Houma","LA","Assault","Charles Junius Brunet Jr., 25, was arrested in Morehouse Parish to stand trial for the September 2006 beating of then 32-year-old Dedric Knight. Brunet was one of a group of three men and a teenager who shouted racial slurs at Knight, who was in the Bayou Express gas station and convenience store."
"01/12/2009","Rochester","NY","Threat","Two men (Nazi Skinheads believed to be affiliated with the Aryan Brotherhood) and a woman face charges of yelling racial slurs and threatening to attack an African American family that lived next door."
"01/11/2009","Moyock","NC","Leafletting","National Socialist Movement fliers attacking Barrack Obama were found in newspaper boxes in Moyock, N.C."
"01/10/2009","Chicago","IL","Vandalism","The words `Death to Israel` were spray- painted on two synagogues and two Jewish schools."
"01/10/2009","Medford","OR","Assault","Two men, one with a red swastika armband and one with an SS tattoo on his neck,hit a man with a telescoping baton and shouted ""Heil Hitler!"""
"01/08/2009","Oroville","CA","Legal Developments","""Alleged white supremacist Ricky Allen Snow, 31, was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison for threatening to kill two Oroville residents while breaking into their home in 2007. Snow was convicted of burglary, vandalism and making terrorist threats in April 2008."""
"01/08/2009","Billings","MT","Leafletting","A flier for the white supremacist group Montana Creators Assembly was slipped under the doormat of the Billings Unitarian Universalist Fellowship."
"01/08/2009","Patchogue","NY","Harassment","Latino immigrants living in Patchogue, N.Y. recall a pattern of attacks and harassment prior to the murder of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero last Nov. 8 by teens out for a night of ""beaner hopping."""
"01/08/2009","Fond du Lac","WI","Leafletting","Racist cards advertising the Aryan Wear website were left on several car windows of people participating in a diversity event celebrating Latino heritage in the city."
"01/07/2009","Seattle","WA","Threat","Eleven gay bars in the Seattle area received anonymous letters threatening to murder five customers at each bar using the deadly poison ricin, which can be extracted from castor beans."
"01/05/2009","West Hartford","CT","Vandalism","Police have charged a former armed security officer at Colt Manufacturing with a hate crime after confirming the company's suspicions that the guard had scrawled swastikas on office desks and also attempted to steal a rifle and a laptop computer."
"01/05/2009","Pillow","PA","Leafletting","Leaflets from the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were left on cars."
"01/04/2009","Dana Point","CA","Harassment","About 20 members of the Minuteman Project squared off with a small group of anti-Minutemen protesters at a day laborer pick-up site."
"01/04/2009","Mountain View","CA","Harassment","Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga, the city's first Asian-American female mayor, received e-mail through her public City Hall address. ""I can't believe this city elected a stupid Asian-American like you."""
"01/04/2009","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","""Swastikas and graffiti about Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, was scrawled on a Catholic church."""
"01/04/2009","Long Island","NY","Harassment","""Stephen Buttafuoco, 23, was charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime after allegedly playing a belligerent- sounding Arabic chant through a deejay's sound system at a Jewish couple's wedding."""
"01/03/2009","Larose","LA","Legal Developments","""Glenn Wilson Jr. and Spenser Dominique, both 17, were charged with hate crimes after allegedly making threats against a shipyard worker of Romanian descent because of his nationality."""
"01/03/2009","Knoxville","TN","Vandalism","Rocks were thrown at two Jewish temples."
"01/02/2009","Hemet","CA","Assault","Reputed white supremacist gang members Crystal Lee McCann, 22, Derek Shane O'Brien, 22 and Darrin Peter Thibault, 24, were arrested in connection with the November beating of a 19-year-old Latino that inflicted permanent brain damage."
"01/02/2009","Vallejo","CA","Assault","Fredrick Martin, 31, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and committing a hate crime after gunning his car toward a group of immigrant day laborers on the side of a road."
"01/02/2009","Joliet","IL","Assault","""Two 26-year-old white men, Lucas M. Bailey and Jerry Bryant, were charged with aggravated battery, mob action, committing a hate crime and resisting a police officer after they allegedly beat a black man with a garbage can."""
"01/02/2009","Pittsburgh","PA","Vandalism","An Islamic center was vandalized."
"01/01/2009","Camarillo","CA","Vandalism","For the third time in a year, the Gan Camarillo Preschool was defaced with swastikas and ""White Power"" graffiti."
"01/01/2009","Miami","FL","Vandalism","An Islamic school was sprayed with bullets."
"01/01/2009","Kansas City","MO","Legal Developments","""Michael W. McCormick, 56, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and possession of a loaded firearm while intoxicated after allegedly yelling racist remarks and firing into his neighbor's house."""