Hate Incidents
Incidents of apparent hate crimes and hate group activities listed here are drawn primarily from media sources. These incidents include only a fraction of the approximately 191,000 reported and unreported hate crimes that a 2005 government report estimated occur annually.
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Missoula, MT
A sticker from the white supremacist group the Montana Creators was found on the University of Montana's Native American Center building and fliers from the group were left on cars.
Leafletting
09/19/2011
San Diego, CA
Halbert Sadler, a black man, was charged with suspicion of a hate crime after he allegedly yelled racial slurs at a white couple and tried to rob them.
Legal Developments
09/18/2011
Concord, NH
Racist messages were written on the residences of several African refugee families.
Vandalism
09/18/2011
Sand Springs, OK
Fliers from the United Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were left in the yards of a neighborhood.
Leafletting
09/18/2011
Davis, CA
Peter Lloyd Zuniga, 25, was charged with felony assault and committing a hate crime after he allegedly beat and kicked a female convenience store clerk because of her Russian heritage.
Assault
09/17/2011
Hartford, CT
Racist radio talk show host Hal Turner was acquitted of threatening and inciting violence in his online blog against three state officials.
Legal Developments
09/16/2011
Cambria, CA
Anti-gay slurs were spray-painted on a house three times in one week.
Vandalism
09/15/2011
Calabasas, CA
Two 17-year-old boys confessed to spray-painting swastikas and anti-Semitic and racist graffiti at the local high school in April. After admitting to the charge of felony vandalism with a hate crime allegation, they were ordered to complete 100 hours of community service, pay $6,000 in restitution and attend a program at the Museum of Tolerance.
Legal Developments
09/14/2011
Grand Forks, ND
Replacement workers and security personnel, some of them minorities, allegedly have been called racial slurs by union supporters outside a sugar plant. A monkey-like figure hanging from a noose attached to a large inflatable rat was also hung outside the plant.
Harassment
09/14/2011
Towson, MD
Teonna Brown, 19, was sentenced to five years in jail after pleading guilty to first-degree assault and a hate crime for beating a transgender woman in a restaurant in April.
Legal Developments
09/13/2011
