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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Joplin, MO
A mosque was set afire.
Arson
08/06/2012
New York, NY
A man was allegedly punched by another man who used an anti-gay slur.
Assault
08/06/2012
Hayward, CA
Four teens, ages 13 to 16, were arrested on suspicion of defacing property and a hate crime for allegedly throwing lemons at a local mosque, striking at least one person.
Vandalism
08/03/2012
Monroe, CT
A group of four white teens in a car allegedly yelled racial slurs at a black man and threw a milkshake at him.
Harassment
08/02/2012
Beacon Hill, WA
At least three people were allegedly attacked by a man who yelled racist slurs. Eric Gibbs, 37, was charged with committing a hate crime.
Assault
08/01/2012
Belleville, IL
Codie M. Engelke, 18, was charged with one count of burglary, one count of criminal damage to property and one count of hate crime after he allegedly vandalized a church and wrote a racial epithet inside.
Vandalism
07/31/2012
Port St. Joe, FL
Walton Henry Butler, a 59-year- old white man, allegedly shot a black man in the head after the man confronted Butler about racial remarks Butler reportedly made to black children in their apartment complex. Butler, who allegedly used a racial epithet to describe the victim to police, was charged with attempted murder with a hate crime enhancement.
Assault
07/30/2012
Crawfordville, FL
A swastika and racist symbols and remarks were painted inside a church that was vandalized.
Vandalism
07/27/2012
Arkana, AR
The words `White Power,` the letters `KKK` and anti-religious graffiti were spray-painted inside a church.
Vandalism
07/25/2012
Waymart, PA
Five people allegedly yelled racial epithets, destroyed property and shot paintballs at campers at a Jewish summer camp several times in July. Mark Trail, 21; Tyler Spencer and Cassandra Robertson, both 18; and two juveniles face numerous charges including ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats and riot.
Legal Developments
07/25/2012
