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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Santa Barbara, CA
Two men were allegedly beaten outside a nightclub by three men who used anti-gay epithets.
Assault
12/31/2011
Spring Hill, TN
Swastikas and racial slurs were spray-painted on four homes in a subdivision and a noose was hung in the yard of one of the residences.
Vandalism
12/31/2011
Plainview, NY
A menorah on the lawn of a residence was smashed during Hanukkah.
Vandalism
12/27/2011
Oshkosh, WI
A gay man was allegedly attacked outside a bar by two men who used anti-gay slurs. Lyall B. Ziebell and Jake R. Immel-Rhode, both 20, were charged with battery causing great bodily harm, which carries a hate crime modifier, and burglary.
Assault
12/25/2011
Gilbert, AZ
A cross was burned at the residence of an interracial couple. A note containing a racial slur was tied to a brick and left at the residence.
Cross Burnings
12/24/2011
Claremont, CA
A church's Nativity scene that included depictions of gay and lesbian couples was vandalized.
Vandalism
12/24/2011
Lakewood, NJ
Three adults and two juveniles were charged with bias intimidation and harassment after they allegedly pelted two Orthodox Jewish teens with eggs and told them, `You better move on you Jew boys.`
Intimidation
12/22/2011
Yakima, WA
Diane M. Simpson, 50, was charged with malicious harassment and second-degree assault after she allegedly pointed a shotgun at a Latino neighbor and the woman's 2-year-old grandson while yelling that she hated Mexicans.
Assault
12/22/2011
Tampa, FL
James Robertson, 32, a member of the white supremacist Tampa Blood and Honour, was sentenced to life in prison for the fatal beatings of two homeless men in 1998.
Legal Developments
12/21/2011
Bronx, NY
A black doll was found hanging from a noose in the city headquarters of the parks and recreation department.
Intimidation
12/21/2011
