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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Folsom, CA
Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were distributed throughout a neighborhood.
Leafletting
09/12/2003
Los Angeles, CA
Ever Wilfredo Rivera, 20, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for two separate incidents where he attacked men he thought were gay. Selvin Orlando Campos, 20, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the attacks.
Legal Developments
09/10/2003
Santa Rosa, CA
Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were left on driveways, lawns, and windshields throughout a neighborhood.
Leafletting
09/01/2003
Chino, CA
Daniel G. Garibay Jr. and Andrew A. Sanchez were charged with allegedly attacking a black man while yelling racial slurs.
Assault
08/03/2003
San Jose, CA
Edward Neil Crutchfield, 47, was sentenced to six months in jail on charges of disturbing the peace and violating a restraining order for harassing an Iraqi family in June.
Harassment
08/01/2003
Poway, CA
The home of a mixed-race couple was vandalized and racial slurs were spray-painted on the walls.
Vandalism
07/23/2003
Palo Alto, CA
Swastikas and Stars of David were found etched into wooden picnic tables and spray-painted on aluminum tables in a community.
Vandalism
07/17/2003
Palo Alto, CA
Swastikas were spray-painted and carved into tables and benches in a local park.
Vandalism
07/16/2003
Quincy, CA
Kevin G. Rikard and Jonathan G. Appley, both 21, were charged with premeditated murder, robbery and committing a hate crime for allegedly killing a man they believed was gay. Jesse W. Rath, 21, faces a felony charge of being an accessory after the fact for his alleged role in the crime.
Murder
07/16/2003
Eureka, CA
A swastika was burned in the sand at a local beach.
Vandalism
07/02/2003
