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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Decatur, AL
Lee Wayne Bray, 19, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for the racially motivated cross burning in the yard of white woman who has black friends.
Cross Burnings
05/28/2003
Vernon, CT
Jeffrey C. McEwen Jr., 33, and a 13-year-old youth, both white, were arrested on charges of allegedly shouting racial slurs at a black man and assaulting him.
Assault
05/28/2003
Sunrise, FL
Christopher Owen Coward, 27, was charged with one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after he allegedly called a co-worker at a gas station 'an Iraqi terrorist' and ambushed him with a pocket knife.
Assault
05/28/2003
Ventura, CA
Former Skinhead gang member Michael Bridgeford, 26, was sentenced to 58 years in prison for killing a teenager almost five years ago.
Legal Developments
05/27/2003
Riverside, CA
Jesus A. Gomez, 20, a suspected gang member, was charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and other charges after he allegedly targeted and killed a 13-year-old boy because he was black.
Murder
05/27/2003
Charlotte Harbor, FL
The letters 'KKK' were scratched on a painting at the county courthouse.
Vandalism
05/27/2003
Saugatuck, MI
A swastika was taped to the billboard of a real estate agent who is openly gay.
Vandalism
05/27/2003
Laconia, NH
Andrew Trudell, 19, was sentenced to up to five years in prison for brandishing a knife at a 13-year-old black boy in a racially motivated incident.
Legal Developments
05/27/2003
Brooklyn, NY
A white man allegedly yelled racial slurs and attacked a Hispanic man.
Assault
05/27/2003
Apple Valley, NY
Racist messages were scrawled throughout a church.
Vandalism
05/26/2003
