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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San Francisco, CA
An interracial couple pushing their two children in a stroller was allegedly attacked by a man who made a comment about the race of their children, punched the man and woman and kicked the stroller, striking one of the children in the head. Hosea Matavao, 48, was charged with three counts of assault, one count of endangering a child and one count of battery. Four of the charges have hate crime allegations attached.
Assault
10/21/2011
San Francisco, CA
Three men were allegedly beaten outside a restaurant by five men who yelled anti-gay slurs.
Assault
10/17/2011
Elwood, NE
Matthew Hansen, 21, pleaded guilty to felony assault for the July beating of a Latino man. Jeremiah Hilderbrand, 28, and Anthony Hilderbrand, 26, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in connection with the incident and were each sentenced to 89 days in jail with time served.
Legal Developments
10/09/2011
Council Grove, KS
Three men, one armed with a machete, allegedly broke into a black man's house, yelled racial slurs, ordered a pit bull to bite the man, then poured rubbing alcohol on him and set him on fire. Isaac Wilson, 23, was charged with aggravated battery and aggravated burglary.
Assault
10/07/2011
Westminster, CA
Jonathan Michael Schmidt, 31, was charged with two felony counts of hate crime battery and one felony count of hate crime assault for allegedly yelling racial slurs at a Latino woman and spitting on her before trying to run her over with his bike.
Legal Developments
10/06/2011
Immokalee, FL
Four men were arrested for allegedly yelling anti-gay epithets and beating two gay men on Sept. 21. Eleazar Alvardo, 22, Jonathan Rodriguez and two juveniles were charged with misdemeanor battery.
Legal Developments
10/06/2011
Mount Pleasant, NY
Two 16-year-old boys were charged with second-degree aggravated harassment for allegedly making anti-Semitic phone calls to a Jewish family.
Legal Developments
10/06/2011
Corvallis, OR
Two 16-year-old boys were charged with second-degree aggravated harassment for allegedly making anti-Semitic phone calls to a Jewish family.
Legal Developments
10/06/2011
Ingleside, CA
Kevin Guerin allegedly punched and choked his neighbor while using anti- gay slurs.
Assault
10/04/2011
Tampa, FL
Cory Hulse, a member of the white supremacist Tampa Blood and Honour, pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering charge in connection with the fatal beatings of two homeless men in 1998.
Legal Developments
10/03/2011
