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Saratoga Springs (Vandalism)
Published on 03-31-2008
A swastika was drawn on a poster promoting a lecture at Skidmore College by former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.
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Orlando (Assault)
Published on 03-30-2008
"A 62-year-old white woman and two of her mentally-challenged companions were allegedly beaten by four black men in a public park for not paying a fee for being white in the park. Christopher Colbert, Erick Golden, Willie Pritts and Antoniette Boone were charged with a hate crime."
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Wilbraham (Vandalism)
Published on 03-25-2008
Racist graffiti was found in a boys' bathroom at a high school.
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Newton (Intimidation)
Published on 03-23-2008
"Rebecca Kinney, a white woman, was charged with bias intimidation for allegedly taunting a black man with a Confederate flag and a sign that referenced the Ku Klux Klan. "
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Seattle (Assault)
Published on 03-23-2008
"A black man was allegedly beaten by two white men who yelled racial slurs. Jason Roan, 28, and Richard Miles, 46, were charged with second-degree assault, first-degree robbery and malicious harassment."
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Incomplete (Leafletting)
Published on 03-22-2008
Bumper stickers with white supremacist slogans were plastered on street signs and light poles.
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Fontana (Vandalism)
Published on 03-21-2008
Racist graffiti was scrawled on the front window of a black-owned barbershop that was broken into. A couch inside was set afire.
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Philipston (Vandalism)
Published on 03-20-2008
Anti-religious graffiti was spray-painted on a church.
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Bronx (Assault)
Published on 03-18-2008
"Paula Mergel, 43, was charged with alleged attempted robbery, assault and harassment after she allegedly yelled racial slurs and attempted to choke a cab driver who was an Indian immigrant."
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Brooklyn (Harassment)
Published on 03-18-2008
"Hussein Ali, 19, was charged with grand larceny as a hate crime and aggravated harassment after he allegedly yanked a skullcap off a rabbi's head and shouted an Arabic phrase for `God is great.`"
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Kutztown (Vandalism)
Published on 03-18-2008
The image of a cross with `KKK` on it was spray-painted on a store that sells African art and products.
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Boulder (Assault)
Published on 03-11-2008
"A Latino man leaving a convenience store was allegedly assaulted by two 19- year-old men who accused the man of `stealing our jobs.` Abraham Paquet was charged with a bias-motivated crime, third-degree assault, robbery and harassment and Joshua Ruzek was charged with suspicion of a bias- motivated crime, harassment and possession/consumption of alcohol by an underage person."
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Sparta (Vandalism)
Published on 03-11-2008
Swastikas and anti-Semitic epithets were spray-painted on a high school.
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Columbia (Assault)
Published on 03-11-2008
"Three members of a white family upset that a news crew was reporting on the arrest of a relative allegedly yelled racial slurs and assaulted a black news reporter. Tousha Smith and Billie Joe Taylor, both 31, and Trina Vinson, 48, were arrested on assault and battery charges."
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Malibu (Threat)
Published on 03-10-2008
A threat targeting seven black male high school students and citing the date of Abraham Lincoln's assassination was written in a boys' bathroom at the school.
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Southfield (Legal Developments)
Published on 03-07-2008
Three teenage boys were arrested for allegedly participating in attacks on Orthodox Jews as they walked in their neighborhoods during the Jewish Sabbath earlier in the month. A 14-year-old and a 15- year-old were charged with attempted unarmed robbery and another 15-year- old was charged with two counts of assault and battery.
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Auburn (Legal Developments)
Published on 03-06-2008
"Lance Clements, 37, was arrested on hate crime related charges after he allegedly made racial slurs against a black student and a Hispanic student during an altercation."
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Monument (Harassment)
Published on 03-06-2008
"Three seventh-grade boys, all of different ethnicities, allegedly put on hoods and chased a minority youth while shouting `KKK.` The incident ended in a fight. Two of the three seventh-graders face charges of suspected harassment, while the minority student faces a charge of alleged misdemeanor assault. "
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Alameda (Vandalism)
Published on 03-05-2008
The word `gay` was written in mud on the side of a lesbian couple's residence.
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Iowa City (Vandalism)
Published on 03-02-2008
Racial slurs and threats and pictures of a noose and two black people being lynched were drawn on the apartment door of two black University of Iowa students.
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Brooklyn (Vandalism)
Published on 03-02-2008
A swastika was found painted in an alley.
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Long Beach (Assault)
Published on 03-01-2008
A man was allegedly shot by a group of black men and a Latino female was stabbed by a group of black women.
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Duluth (Vandalism)
Published on 02-28-2008
Swastikas and racist graffiti were drawn on the campus of St. Scholastica College.
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Huntington Beach (Assault)
Published on 02-26-2008
A 16-year-old teen was beaten by a man who shouted `Nazi` and `I hate Mexicans.`
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Portland (Intimidation)
Published on 02-26-2008
Flags with swastikas on them were attached to red balloons and let loose over neighborhoods.
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Florence (Vandalism)
Published on 02-24-2008
The letters `KKK` and a racial epithet were spray-painted on the door of a predominantly black church.
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Unknown (Vandalism)
Published on 02-24-2008
Racial slurs were spray-painted on the door of a church.
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Los Angeles (Vandalism)
Published on 02-24-2008
"Swastikas and other graffiti were spray- painted on the walls and gates of a cheder, a Jewish elementary school building."
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Fort Lauderdale (Assault)
Published on 02-24-2008
A gay couple was attacked outside a restaurant by a man who yelled anti-gay slurs.
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St. Paul (Assault)
Published on 02-24-2008
"Charles Irwin Johnson, 36, was charged with suspicion of fifth-degree assault after he allegedly punched a man in the face during a bus ride after telling the man he didn't like Hispanics."
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Des Moines (Assault)
Published on 02-23-2008
Two black men were allegedly assaulted by two white men with shaved heads who used racial slurs.
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Broward (Murder)
Published on 02-22-2008
"Simmie Williams, a 17-year-old gay black youth who dressed in women's clothing, was shot to death allegedly by two men."
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Incomplete (Vandalism)
Published on 02-21-2008
The letters `KKK` were painted on a black county commission candidate's campaign sign.
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Hobart (Vandalism)
Published on 02-19-2008
Racial slurs were spray-painted on the dugouts at a ball park and a skateboarding park near a high school.
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Fort Thomas (Vandalism)
Published on 02-19-2008
"Swastikas, neo-Nazi slogans and anti-police messages were drawn on a shed at a church."
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Concord (Threat)
Published on 02-19-2008
Threatening hate mail was put in black students' mailboxes at a prep school.
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West Hills (Vandalism)
Published on 02-18-2008
A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a building at a Jewish center.
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Lexington (Assault)
Published on 02-17-2008
A man was assaulted outside a gay nightclub by two men who shouted anti-gay slurs.
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Vacaville (Leafletting)
Published on 02-16-2008
Racist leaflets from the neo-Nazi Church of Jesus Christ Christian/Aryan Nations were left on driveways throughout the city.
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Philadelphia (Assault)
Published on 02-15-2008
"Two men standing outside a Temple University building that had once housed a Jewish fraternity were allegedly assaulted by a group of students who asked the men if they were Jewish, made anti-Semitic remarks and then punched them. Four students were suspended in connection with the incident."
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Lima (Leafletting)
Published on 02-14-2008
Racist fliers were left at residences.
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Memphis (Intimidation)
Published on 02-14-2008
An anti-Semitic flier targeting a Jewish congressman who represents a predominantly black district was sent to the congressman and other residents.
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Waco (Vandalism)
Published on 02-14-2008
A swastika was drawn near the dorm room of a Baylor University student who recently converted to Judaism.
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Oxnard (Murder)
Published on 02-12-2008
"Brandon McInerney, 14, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder and a hate crime for allegedly shooting Lawrence King, an openly gay 15-year-old student, in the head at school."
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Queens (Vandalism)
Published on 02-12-2008
"Racist phrases and the name of stormfront.org, a racist online forum, were written on diversity posters on a college campus."
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Wilmington (Harassment)
Published on 02-11-2008
"Aaron Wright, 32, was charged with a hate crime after he attacked four white men at a hotel, assaulted them while using racial epithets."
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Vancouver (Vandalism)
Published on 02-11-2008
Racial slurs and profanity was spray-painted on five cars in a neighborhood.
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Myrtle Beach (Assault)
Published on 02-10-2008
A man was called a racial slur by two white women in a restaurant and then beaten during a fight in the restaurant parking lot.
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Middletown (Vandalism)
Published on 02-09-2008
"Anti-religious phrases were spray-painted on a Catholic church, where a statue of the Virgin Mary was also spray-painted and another statue knocked over. "
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Columbia (Arson)
Published on 02-09-2008
"Swastikas were spray-painted on a mosque and Molotov cocktails were thrown at the building. Michael Golden, 23, Eric Baker, 32, and Jonathan Stone, 19, were arrested on federal charges of unlawful possession of a destructive device and state charges of arson of a religious building. Two of the men claim they are followers of the racist, anti- Semitic Christian Identity religion."
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Anderson (Vandalism)
Published on 02-07-2008
"Racist comments, swastikas and a Ku Klux Klan symbol were discovered on the front window of a former grocery store."
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Unadilla (Intimidation)
Published on 02-06-2008
A noose was hung on the doorknob of a black counselor's room at a school.
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Queens (Vandalism)
Published on 02-05-2008
Swastikas were spray-painted on several tombstones in a Jewish cemetery.
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Seattle (Assault)
Published on 02-03-2008
A gay couple was attacked by three young men who used anti-gay slurs.
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Franklin (Vandalism)
Published on 02-01-2008
A racial slur and a noose made from string were found in a middle school restroom.
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Paxton (Vandalism)
Published on 01-31-2008
Racist and anti-Semitic graffiti was written inside a co-ed residence at Anna Maria College.
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Hoboken (Intimidation)
Published on 01-30-2008
"Carrie Covello, 37, was charged with bias intimidation and harassment after he allegedly attempted to rip a Sikh man's turban off his head. "
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Paramus (Legal Developments)
Published on 01-30-2008
"Peter T. Lisa, 55, was charged with bias intimidation by committing arson, aggravated arson and two counts of criminal mischief after Lisa, in 2006, allegedly vandalized and set afire the residence of a Latino man he may have believed was black."
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Cooper City (Vandalism)
Published on 01-29-2008
"A swastika was scratched into the hood of a car owned by a Jewish female campaign aide to the city's mayor, who is also a Jewish woman. "
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Monroe (Assault)
Published on 01-29-2008
"Raymond G. Hodges, a 40-year-old white man, was charged with attempted second-degree murder and a hate crime for allegedly shooting a black woman in the head and face at a stoplight, stating that God will bring her back as white. "
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New York (Intimidation)
Published on 01-29-2008
A voodoo doll was found hanging from a noose on a bulletin board at a hotel.
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Fulton (Legal Developments)
Published on 01-29-2008
"A 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl were charged with institutional vandalism, ethnic intimidation and burglary after they allegedly defaced religious paintings and spray-painted satanic slogans and symbols inside one church and set fire to a hymnal on the pulpit inside another church."
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San Luis Obispo (Vandalism)
Published on 01-26-2008
The numbers `666` and a satanic pentagram were scrawled in a church where pews were also vandalized.
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Incomplete (Legal Developments)
Published on 01-24-2008
"Brent Douglas Espenson, 23, and Nathan Espenson, 21, were charged with assault after they allegedly yelled racial epithets at a black man, who Brent Espenson then chased with a knife."
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St. Cloud (Vandalism)
Published on 01-24-2008
A swastika was found drawn in a residence hall at St. Cloud State University.
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Carrboro (Legal Developments)
Published on 01-24-2008
"Two high school students were arrested following a Jan. 24 fight between black and white students that allegedly occurred after two white students exchanged text messages containing threats against black students. A white 17-year-old student, Joseph Keith Stiffler, was charged with simple affray and ethnic intimidation and a black 17- year-old student, Lamont Powell, was charged with simple affray. "
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Brooklyn (Vandalism)
Published on 01-24-2008
Racist graffiti was found in two elevators near the chambers of a black judge.
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Blaine (Arson)
Published on 01-22-2008
Three men set afire a convenience store with bottles of combustible liquid. The word `Arab` was found spray-painted on the building.
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Bakersfield (Intimidation)
Published on 01-21-2008
A Nazi flag was hung from a flagpole on a high school campus during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
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Springfield (Leafletting)
Published on 01-21-2008
"Racist literature, including a speech against Martin Luther King Jr., was left at a church."
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Houston (Vandalism)
Published on 01-21-2008
A note containing an anti-black racial slur was left in the office door of a Rice University staff member who is white. Her office was also vandalized.
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Severn (Vandalism)
Published on 01-20-2008
Racial and sexual slurs were spray-painted on the outside of a woman's residence.
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Omaha (Murder)
Published on 01-20-2008
"Brittany Williams, a 21-year-old black college student, was shot to death while in a fast-food restaurant drive-through. Kyle Bormann, a 19-year-old white man who allegedly made statements indicating race was a motive in the killing, was charged with murder. "
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Benbrook (Vandalism)
Published on 01-20-2008
A Latino family's home was vandalized and racial slurs were spray-painted on their car.
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Norridge (Legal Developments)
Published on 01-19-2008
"Mariusz Wdziekonski, a 21-year-old self- proclaimed neo-Nazi, was charged with desecrating a Jewish cemetery with anti- Semitic graffiti."
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Wilkes-Barre (Leafletting)
Published on 01-19-2008
Fliers promoting the racist skinhead group the Keystone State Skinheads were posted on dozens of utility poles.
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Nitro (Leafletting)
Published on 01-19-2008
Ku Klux Klan recruitment fliers were left at residences.
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Tracy (Threat)
Published on 01-18-2008
"A 14-year-old teen was arrested on suspicion of interfering with the exercise of someone's civil rights after he allegedly called a black family and claimed to be a Ku Klux Klan member, made death threats and threatened to burn a cross on their lawn. "
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Brooklyn (Assault)
Published on 01-18-2008
A 16-year-old Jewish boy was kicked and punched by a group of black teenagers who used anti-Semitic slurs.
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Philadelphia (Arson)
Published on 01-18-2008
"A kindergarten classroom in a Jewish center that also houses a synagogue, school and community center was set afire. A swastika was painted on the rear of the building two weeks before the fire."
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Encino (Vandalism)
Published on 01-17-2008
Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted along a two-mile-long wall.
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Portland (Assault)
Published on 01-17-2008
"Mark Anthony Labonte, 34, was charged with accusations of assault, intimidation, menacing and harassment after he allegedly yelled racial slurs and punched a black man in a grocery store."
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Cottage Grove (Intimidation)
Published on 01-17-2008
A deer carcass was left on a black family's car.
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Santa Maria (Vandalism)
Published on 01-15-2008
An 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of spray- painting swastikas and the words `white power` and `KKK for life` on the walls of an elementary school and a junior high school.
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Queens (Assault)
Published on 01-15-2008
"David Wood, 36, was charged with second-degree assault as a hate crime, second- and third-degree assault and second-degree aggravated harassment after he allegedly yelled, `Arab, go back to your country` at a worshipper at a Sikh temple and punched the man."
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Tarzana (Vandalism)
Published on 01-14-2008
Anti-Semitic comments were spray-painted on a wall.
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Gilbert (Vandalism)
Published on 01-13-2008
Racist graffiti was spray-painted on a wall of a black family's residence.
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Austin (Vandalism)
Published on 01-13-2008
Racial slurs and profanity were spray- painted on the vehicles of four Latino men.
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Moreau (Vandalism)
Published on 01-12-2008
A racial epithet was spray-painted on a black man's garage.
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Groton (Vandalism)
Published on 01-11-2008
A swastika was drawn in a boy's bathroom at a high school.
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Nashville (Harassment)
Published on 01-10-2008
A noose and a cross atop a pile of burning newspapers were left on a man's doorstep.
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East Windsor (Legal Developments)
Published on 01-09-2008
"Nicholas Kurahara, Nikolai Afanassenkov and Max Drazdik, all 18, were charged with bias intimidation and bias-based criminal mischief after allegedly spray- painting swastikas and profanity on statues and signs in several cities. "
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Hightstown (Vandalism)
Published on 01-09-2008
A spray-painted swastika was found on a fountain monument being constructed in the center of the town.
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Roosevelt (Vandalism)
Published on 01-08-2008
"Graffiti, including anti-gay remarks, was spray-painted on a monument to President Franklin D. Roosevelt."
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Hempstead (Intimidation)
Published on 01-08-2008
The image of a noose was drawn on a black city worker's locker.
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Phenix City (Legal Developments)
Published on 01-07-2008
"Two 21-year-old self-proclaimed satanists, Geoffrey Parquette and James Clark, were arrested in connection with a rash of churches that were burned and others vandalized with satanic graffiti in Russell and Lee counties since the first of the year. Parquette was charged with second-degree arson, third-degree burglary and criminal mischief and Clark was charged with second-degree arson and burglary."
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Chicago (Vandalism)
Published on 01-05-2008
Swastikas and anti-Semitic comments were spray-painted on almost 60 tombstones in a large Jewish cemetery.
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New Brunswick (Vandalism)
Published on 01-05-2008
Several gravestones were knocked down in a Jewish cemetery.
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Chatfield (Intimidation)
Published on 01-04-2008
Two high school students allegedly hung a black doll from a noose on a high school gymnasium stage.
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Philadelphia (Vandalism)
Published on 01-04-2008
Swastikas were spray-painted on two Jewish centers.
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Monroe (Assault)
Published on 01-03-2008
"Anthony Cascio, 18, and Jared Horne, 21, were charged with attempted second-degree murder and a hate crime for allegedly beating and stabbing a black homeless man."
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San Francisco (Vandalism)
Published on 01-02-2008
"Swastikas and other Nazi graffiti were sprayed on plaques at the Pink Triangle Memorial Park, which honors lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered victims of the Holocaust."
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Brooklyn (Vandalism)
Published on 01-02-2008
A swastika and an anti-Semitic phrase were painted on the door of a senior center.
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Brooklyn (Vandalism)
Published on 01-01-2008
Swastikas were painted on a residence.
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