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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Rockaway, NY
Four white men allegedly yelled racial epithets at a white teenager.
Harassment
09/09/2003
Mount Airy, MD
Justin Eugene Wright, 20, was charged with nine counts of malicious destruction of property and one count of racial or religious harassment for allegedly spray-painting racial epithets and vulgar phrases on four homes.
Vandalism
09/08/2003
Gary, IN
Flyers from the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were distributed throughout a neighborhood.
Leafletting
09/07/2003
Grand Blanc, MI
Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on several homes.
Vandalism
09/06/2003
Maspeth, NY
Swastikas and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on several doors in a neighborhood.
Vandalism
09/06/2003
Staten Island, NY
Four white people allegedly damaged a mixed-race couple's car while yelling racial slurs.
Vandalism
09/06/2003
Staten Island, NY
Anti-Semitic remarks were scrawled on the window of a car parked at a Jewish person's residence.
Vandalism
09/04/2003
Jerseyville, IL
Michael W. Puklich, 35, was charged with committing a hate crime, battery, assault and disorderly conduct for allegedly attacking a man he thought was homosexual.
Assault
09/02/2003
Santa Rosa, CA
Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were left on driveways, lawns, and windshields throughout a neighborhood.
Leafletting
09/01/2003
Staten Island, NY
A group of men allegedly attacked an 18-year-old black college student while yelling a racial slur.
Assault
09/01/2003
