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 260,000 reported and unreported hate crimes that a 2013 government study estimated occur annually.
A white man allegedly yelled racial slurs at three black teens, chased them and threatened them with a gun, firing at least one shot. Jimmy J. Blackburn, 29, was charged with attempted second- degree murder.
Reported September 10, 2012
Vandalism
Gainesville, Florida
An anti-gay slur was scratched into a University of Florida professor's car.
Reported September 07, 2012
Vandalism
Lake Chelan, Washington
Cars belonging to a group of Muslim students vacationing at a lake were vandalized and had racial slurs etched into them.
Reported September 06, 2012
Vandalism
Manalapan, New Jersey
Swastikas and the words `Kill the Jews` were painted on residences in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood.
Reported September 04, 2012
Assault
Four Marines arrested for assaulting man at Long Beach gay bar, California
Four Marine Corps members attacked a man outside a popular local gay bar.
Reported September 01, 2012
Vandalism
Sacramento, California
Graffiti was sprayed at Natomas park. The vandalism included swastikas, gang signs and anti-gay messages.
Reported September 01, 2012
Assault
Tinley Park, Illinois
A white man allegedly yelled racial slurs and attacked a black man who was working near his home. Joseph Berndt, 47, was charged with a felony hate crime and aggravated assault and battery.
Reported August 31, 2012
Vandalism
Sacramento, California
Swastikas, anti-gay epithets and gang signs were spray-painted throughout a park.
Reported August 29, 2012
Vandalism
Monnmouth, Illinois
A racial slur was carved into the door of a predominantly black church.
Reported August 29, 2012
Vandalism
Monmouth, Oregon
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.
Reported August 28, 2012
Vandalism
Claremont, California
An anti-gay slur was spray-painted on the garage of a residence where a gay person rents a room.
Reported August 24, 2012
Assault
Savannah, Georgia
A white man walking with his black girlfriend allegedly was attacked by three black men who made racist remarks.
Reported August 23, 2012
Assault
Shasta Lake, California
A reported self-proclaimed white supremacist allegedly yelled `white pride,` threatened to kill an 18-year-old Native American and his two cousins and then punched the teen. The man allegedly later threatened the teen's mother with a gun.
Reported August 23, 2012
Vandalism
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Racist epithets were spray-painted on a black family's mobile home.
Reported August 21, 2012
Vandalism
Interlochen, Michigan
A swastika and racist graffiti were painted in the middle of a neighborhood intersection.
Reported August 21, 2012
Threat
Rochester, Minnesota
A white man allegedly yelled racial slurs and threatened a Somali woman in a grocery store parking lot, then attempted to hit her with his car.
Reported August 19, 2012
Harassment
Staten Island, New York
Packages of uncooked bacon were strewn around a park where hundreds of Muslims were celebrating Ramadan.
Reported August 17, 2012
Vandalism
Redding, California
Anti-gay graffiti was written on a gay man's residence.
