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.
The letters 'KKK' were scratched on the vehicle of an African-American worker at a local park.
Reported October 03, 2006
Vandalism
Richmond, Virginia
Racial slurs and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on an biracial couple's home.
Reported September 17, 2006
Vandalism
Waldorf, Maryland
The letters "KKK" were spray-painted on a truck.
Reported September 12, 2006
Vandalism
Harmony, North Carolina
Racial slurs and the letters "KKK" were spray-painted on a black woman's home and car.
Reported September 02, 2006
Rally
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About 30 members of the World Knights of the KKK rallied at a Civil War battlefield.
Reported August 31, 2006
Vandalism
La Plata, Maryland
The letters 'KKK' and the words 'White Power' were spray-painted on a roadway, vending machines and signs.
Reported August 30, 2006
Vandalism
Beaver Dam, Kentucky
The letters 'KKK' were spray-painted several times on a black family's residence.
Reported August 22, 2006
Vandalism
Landover Hills, Maryland
Swastikas, the letters 'KKK' and racial epithets were spray-painted on several cars.
Reported August 14, 2006
Vandalism
Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
The letters 'KKK' and obscenities were spray-painted on playground equipment, on a mailbox and next to a black family's residence.
Reported July 20, 2006
Vandalism
Terre Haute, Indiana
Four juveniles were charged with scorching the letters 'KKK' in the front yard of a black couple's home.
Reported July 04, 2006
Vandalism
Cleveland, Ohio
The words 'White power' and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted inside the residence of a white police officer married to a Hispanic man.
Reported June 04, 2006
Vandalism
Jackson Township, Pennsylvania
A racial slur and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on the cars, garage doors and mailbox at the home of a Jamaican family.
Reported January 30, 2006
Vandalism
Preston, Maryland
Two teenage boys, 13 and 14, were charged with malicious destruction of property for allegedly spray-painting the letters "KKK" on a car. The 14-year-old was also charged with committing a religious hate crime.
Reported January 27, 2006
Vandalism
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Racial slurs were painted on two houses under construction and swastikas and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a statue.
Reported October 15, 2005
Vandalism
Durham, North Carolina
The letters "KKK" were scrawled on a Jewish couple's van.
Reported September 15, 2005
Vandalism
Greenfield, Massachusetts
The letters "KKK" were scrawled on a driveway.
Reported September 04, 2005
Vandalism
Stuart, Florida
The letters 'KKK' and a swastika were spray-painted on a residence and cars.
Reported August 08, 2005
Harassment
Merced, California
A trailer with swastikas and the letters "KKK" was parked in front of a black woman's home.
