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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Reidsville, NC
The words `F--- Obama` were spray-painted on a business owned by a man who has publicly opposed returning a Confederate statue to the downtown area. The man's tires were also slashed and the anti-Obama epithet was scratched into his truck.
Vandalism
05/23/2012
Phoenix, AZ
Longtime white supremacist Dennis Mahon, 61, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official.
Legal Developments
05/22/2012
Nyack, NY
A Latino man was allegedly attacked by a black man who made anti-Latino remarks while wielding a baseball bat. Wendy Jean, 17, was charged with felony assault as a hate crime and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Assault
05/22/2012
Athens, AL
A noose was found hanging at a nuclear plant.
Intimidation
05/21/2012
Phoenix, AZ
A homeless white man allegedly called a black man a racial slur and then stabbed the man during an ensuing confrontation.
Assault
05/21/2012
Echo Park, CA
A man and a woman allegedly made anti-gay remarks and stabbed two men they had seen earlier in a bar.
Assault
05/21/2012
Palm Springs, CA
Russell Bates, 24, and Abigail Sheehy, 19, were charged with assault and commission of a hate crime after they allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and punched two gay men during a dispute over a parking space.
Assault
05/21/2012
Buda, TX
Satanic and racist graffiti was written on a black teacher's door at a high school. Two 14-year-old students were charged with burglary, graffiti and criminal mischief.
Vandalism
05/21/2012
Rochester, MN
A swastika and a KKK symbol were written on a driveway.
Vandalism
05/20/2012
Ukiah, CA
Edward Steele, 22, was charged with suspicion of battery and committing a hate crime after he allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and punched a man.
Assault
05/19/2012
