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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Warwick, RI
A man who spray-painted a swastika and a racial slur on a synagogue was arraigned on a felony charge of desecration.
Legal Developments
06/24/2010
Warwick, RI
Racist graffiti was painted on a synagogue.
Vandalism
06/04/2010
Warwick, RI
Ryan Johnson, 20, and a teenager were charged with simple vandalism for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on a a synagogue.
Legal Developments
06/03/2010
South Kingstown, RI
"Eric Muroski, an 18-year-old white student at the University of Rhode Island, pleaded not guilty to vandalism and disorderly conduct after he allegedly scrawled racial epithets and sexual graffiti in the dorm rooms of black female students at the university then attempted to force his way into one female student's room. "
Legal Developments
10/21/2009
Bristol, RI
Racist messages were scrawled on the cars of two students and posted on a dormitory wall at Roger Williams University.
Vandalism
04/15/2008
North Kingston, RI
Eddie F. Demaire III, 24, and Troy Stokes, 21, both are alleged skinhead members, were charged with possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number after police allegedly seized several weapons and paraphernalia from a local apartment.
Intelligence
01/17/2004
South Kingstown, RI
A swastika and anti-Semitic slogans were scrawled across the dormitory door of a freshman student at the University of Rhode Island.
Vandalism
10/15/2003
Central Falls, RI
William J. Monroy, 21, was charged with committing a hate crime as a simple assault after he allegedly used racial epithets and assaulted a man who was dressed as a woman.
Assault
08/16/2003
