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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Hillsboro, OR
A man walking with his boyfriend and their pink poodle was allegedly attacked by a man who yelled anti-gay comments. George Allen Mason Jr., 22, was arrested for investigation of second-degree intimidation, second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and reckless driving.
Assault
03/02/2013
Monmouth, OR
A racial slur was carved into the door at St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church. The incident was listed as a hate crime in the department’s daily service call log.
Vandalism
08/29/2012
Springfield, OR
Matthew Robert Dean Booster, 22, was charged with felony intimidation after he and three other white youths allegedly chased a biracial teen down with his truck while yelling racial slurs and threatening the youth. Two boys, 16 and 17, and a 17-year- old girl were charged with second- degree intimidation.
Legal Developments
06/02/2012
Springfield, OR
A 15-year-old biracial youth was allegedly chased by a truck occupied by four white people who yelled racial slurs and threatened him.
Intimidation
05/28/2012
Springfield, OR
Fliers from the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were distributed in neighborhoods.
Leafletting
04/14/2012
Portland, OR
Paul Anthony Martinson, 39, faces charges of assault, intimidation and criminal mischief for allegedly using anti-gay slurs and assaulting a gay couple walking downtown.
Legal Developments
03/14/2012
Hillsboro, OR
A swastika was spray-painted on a family's truck and the letters `KKK` were spray-painted on the garage door of a nearby residence.
Vandalism
10/23/2011
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
Oak Grove, OR
A restaurant owned by a lesbian was vandalized.
Vandalism
10/01/2011
Portland, OR
A group assaulted two men after seeing them walking together holding hands.
Assault
05/22/2011
