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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Hardinsburg, KY
Josh Cottrell, 22, was charged with murder, robbery, tampering with physical evidence and being a persistent felon after allegedly murdering a gay man.
Murder
06/27/2003
Deptford, NJ
Racist and anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted in an area near a playground.
Vandalism
06/27/2003
Wilmington, NC
Leaflets from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were distributed throughout a neighborhood.
Leafletting
06/24/2003
Wilmington, NC
Fliers from the neo-Nazi group the National Alliance were distributed throughout a neighborhood.
Leafletting
06/24/2003
Vancouver, WA
Kevin Lee Haynie, 22, and Dennis James Barker, 24, were arrested on suspicion of malicious harassment after allegedly beating a homeless man and calling him anti-gay epithets.
Assault
06/24/2003
Salem, OR
A 12-year-old boy allegedly called an Arab youngster a terrorist and punched him in the face.
Assault
06/23/2003
Boston, MA
Three men were arrested for allegedly hog-tying, beating and stabbing a pizza delivery man because they mistakenly believed he was Muslim.
Assault
06/22/2003
San Jose, CA
Edward Crutchfield, 47, was arrested on suspicion of a hate crime and making criminal threats, along with other charges for allegedly yelling racial slurs at his neighbors.
Harassment
06/21/2003
West Palm Beach, FL
Jeffrey Schlosberg, a 35-year-old mentally ill white man, was sentenced to four months in jail and placed on 20 years of probation with mandatory counseling for using his car to run down a black man because of the man's race.
Legal Developments
06/19/2003
Kirkwood, MO
Ronald L. Murray, was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault for beating a gay man.
Assault
06/19/2003
