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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Ashburn, GA
Racist graffiti was scrawled on a black family's torched home.
Vandalism
05/24/2003
Portland, OR
A swastika was spray-painted over Malcolm X's face in a mural.
Vandalism
05/24/2003
Northfield, NJ
Swastikas and other Nazi references were spray-painted on fences in an alley.
Vandalism
05/23/2003
Stratford, CT
Matthew V. Zrallack, 18, was charged with third-degree assault, breach of peace and intimidation based on bigotry or bias after he and a group of white supremacists allegedly disrupted a gay-rights meeting.
Intimidation
05/21/2003
Phoenix, AZ
At least two white men allegedly shot and seriously wounded a Sikh wearing a turban.
Assault
05/20/2003
Santee, CA
Nazi symbols and profanities were spray- painted on walls around an elementary school.
Vandalism
05/20/2003
Jacksonville, FL
Racist graffiti was spray-painted on a mayoral candidate's campaign headquarters.
Vandalism
05/20/2003
New York City, NY
Swastikas and hate messages were painted on a storefront.
Vandalism
05/20/2003
Tallahassee, FL
Charles Franklin, 41, was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for driving his pickup truck into a mosque and yelling anti-Muslim threats in March 2002.
Legal Developments
05/19/2003
Covington, GA
Racist graffiti was painted on the walls of a school.
Vandalism
05/19/2003
