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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Pasadena, CA
Swastikas and racist and anti-gay graffiti were spray-painted on residential, commercial and city- owned buildings.
Vandalism
08/08/2011
Ventura, CA
Patrick Fitzgerald, 24, was arrested for a hate crime and assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly called people slurs based on their race and skin color and then was involved in a fight.
Assault
08/03/2011
Lancaster, CA
Anti-gay graffiti that advocated killing homosexuals was spray-painted on three businesses.
Vandalism
06/30/2011
Meiners Oaks, CA
Two teens, one of them Latino, were allegedly threatened by a man and a woman. Self-identified skinhead Daniel Dockery, 22, was charged with suspicion of making criminal threats, a hate crime enhancement and possession of a controlled substance after he allegedly said he hated `Mexicans,` shouted racial and sexual slurs at the youths and slapped one in the face. Shauna Criner, 29, was charged with suspicion of making criminal threats and possession of a controlled substance.
Legal Developments
06/30/2011
Santa Monica, CA
Members of a high school wrestling team chained an African-American teammate to a locker and hung a noose around a brown wrestling dummy.
Harassment
06/21/2011
Santa Ana, CA
Marten Joseph Brandel, 45, was arrested on suspicion of a hate crime for allegedly hanging a noose in the doorway of a gay rights organization in October.
Legal Developments
06/19/2011
Los Angeles, CA
A 25-year-old gang member has been sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years in the racially-motivated drive-by killing of a bowling alley employee.
Legal Developments
06/10/2011
Van Nuys, CA
Reported Latino gang member Martin Soleto, 25, was sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years for his part in the 2008 racially motivated drive-by killing of a black man. Richard Bordelon, the alleged shooter, was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 47 years to life.
Legal Developments
06/09/2011
Elk Grove, CA
Joel Olivarez, 30, was charged with aggravated battery as a hate crime after he allegedly shouted anti-gay slurs and attacked a man in the parking lot of a bowling alley.
Legal Developments
06/05/2011
Palo Alto, CA
Swastikas were painted on three cars.
Vandalism
05/22/2011
