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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Swampscott, MA
Anti-Semitic and anti-gay pamphlets from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were distributed in two towns for the second time in a month.
Leafletting
01/15/2004
Pinellas Park, FL
Louis J. Giannola was charged with a felony hate crime for allegedly throwing a noose around a black teenager's neck while yelling a racial slur.
Intimidation
01/14/2004
Springfield, MA
Swastikas and obscene graffiti were spray-painted on a Jewish family's home.
Vandalism
01/13/2004
Madison, WI
James J. Lepak, 61, was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly yelling racial epithets at a black couple and a black police officer.
Harassment
01/13/2004
Miami, FL
Racist literature from the neo-Nazi National Alliance was sent to Florida attorneys.
Leafletting
01/12/2004
Winthrop, MA
Leaflets from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were dropped throughout the neighborhood.
Leafletting
01/10/2004
Nashua, NH
An anti-gay epithet was painted on a condominium community sign.
Vandalism
01/09/2004
Colton, CA
The words 'Satan is our god,' '666' and 'antichrist' were spray-painted on the walls of a Christian fellowship temple.
Vandalism
01/04/2004
Anderson, CA
A cross was burned in a black family's yard.
Cross Burnings
01/02/2004
Key West, FL
Travis Rigdon, 20, David Beckstead, 22, and Aaron Beckstead, 28, were charged with evidencing prejudice while committing a battery and Elias Miranda was charged with aggravated battery after the four men allegedly began making sexual-based comments about gay men.
Assault
01/01/2004
