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 spray-painted on a black family's residence. A racial slur was also found on a white man's house.
Reported July 11, 2004
Vandalism
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a sign at a middle school.
Reported July 10, 2004
Vandalism
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Swastikas and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on several garage doors and driveways.
Reported June 27, 2004
Vandalism
Lancaster, California
A swastika and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a car and residence.
Reported June 03, 2004
Vandalism
Piney Fork, Ohio
The letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a bridge.
Reported May 29, 2004
Vandalism
Kansas City, Kansas
The letters 'KKK' and the words 'white power' were spray-painted on a black family's privacy fence.
Reported May 29, 2004
Vandalism
Shawnee, Missouri
The phrase 'White Power' and the letters 'KKK' were scrawled on an African- American family's fence and a racist slur was written on the windshield of a black woman's car.
Reported April 26, 2004
Vandalism
Auburn, Maine
Swastikas and the letters 'KKK' were painted on a synagogue.
Reported April 26, 2004
Vandalism
Kerrville, Texas
The brake lines of a bus owned by a religious organization were cut and swastikas and the letters 'KKK' and the symbol '666' were drawn on it.
Reported April 22, 2004
Vandalism
Springfield, Virginia
The letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a dumpster behind a fire station.
Reported March 15, 2004
Vandalism
Largo, Maryland
Four teenagers allegedly spray-painted a swastika and the letters 'KKK' on cars, street signs, lawn ornaments, and homes.
Reported February 27, 2004
Vandalism
Brooklyn, New York
The letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a car.
Reported February 02, 2004
Vandalism
Elkton, Maryland
The letters 'KKK' was scrawled twice on doors at an African-American church.
Reported January 27, 2004
Vandalism
Rock Hill, South Carolina
The letters 'KKK' and racial slurs were spray-painted on a youth center.
Reported December 03, 2003
Vandalism
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Jeremy Felix, 19, was charged with criminal mischief for allegedly spray-painting swastikas and 'KKK' on an apartment he was evicted from.
Reported November 19, 2003
Vandalism
Valley Stream, New York
Swastikas and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a Jamaican family's home.
Reported October 30, 2003
Leafletting
Glenmont, New York
A swastika and the letters 'KKK' were sketched on a residential road between the residences of a Jewish family and another of a mixed religion.
Reported October 29, 2003
Vandalism
Greenwood Village, Colorado
The letters 'KKK', the phrase 'All Muslims will die' and two swastikas were painted near a mosque.
