Hate violence poses a serious threat to California communities. In every region of the state, incidents have occurred in which racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities have been harassed, intimidated, assaulted and even murdered. In some communities, acts motivated by bigotry have sparked widespread community disruption.
Hate crimes rise in California for third straight year, state report says
Hate crimes increased across California for the third straight year in 2017, an uptick experts have blamed on President Trump’s vitriolic rhetoric toward minorities and the resurgence of hate groups in the state.
There were 1,093 reported hate crimes in California in 2017, a 17.4% increase, according to a report
Hate crimes are up in major U.S. cities for the fourth year in a row, study by CAHRO’s Brian Levin says
Hate crimes reported to police in America’s 10 largest cities went up by 12.5 percent in 2017, according to a new analysis, making it the fourth consecutive year U.S. hate crime reports in those areas have increased.
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Oppression in America: ‘To root this out we need a movement against racist policies’
It seems as though every single day, the list grows.
Waiting in a coffee shop while black. Selling real estate while black. Moving in while black. Napping while black. Working out while black.
Ever since a Starbucks in the Philadelphia area came under national scrutiny for calling the police on two black
L.A. consular officials receive training on hate crimes from Anti-Defamation League
The picture flashed before two dozen people gathered at Los Angeles’ Mexican Consulate.
It showed a 25-year-old man, an immigrant from Mexico, lying on a hospital bed after being beaten about a decade ago in a Pennsylvania town.
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Hate crimes jump for fourth straight year in largest U.S. cities, study shows
Hate crimes in the nation’s 10 largest cities increased by 12 percent last year, reaching the highest level in more than a decade, according to a report released Monday by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University at San Bernardino.
The center analyzed hate-crime data reported
Riverside man accused of hanging noose on fence to intimidate mixed-race neighbors
A Riverside man has been accused of hanging a noose to intimidate a mixed-race family — the first prosecution of the state anti-hate law in Inland Southern California since the Legislature added nooses to the statute nine years ago.
Levi Jared Grant Lehman, 30, pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge Feb. 16. He has been
CAIR report shows 15 percent increase in hate crimes against American Muslims nationwide
Hate crimes targeting American Muslims increased by 15 percent nationwide in 2017 compared to the previous year, according to a report released Monday, April 23 by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a trend which members of the advocacy group say is reflected in Southern California.
The report, titled “Targeted,” bears statistics about hate crimes as well
Racist Terror Plot, or Just Idle Talk? Kansas Trial Hinges on the Answer
WICHITA, Kan. — The militia members talked about attacks on President Barack Obama and members of Congress, a federal agent recounted in court. They discussed burning down churches whose members helped refugees settle in western Kansas. They mulled killing landlords who rented to Muslims.
Hate Groups Are Growing Under Trump
According to research by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups has been increasing rapidly since 2000. Heidi Beirich, director of the Center’s Intelligence Project, links the rise in recruitment to the 2000 census that predicted whites would be a minority by 2042. Beirich says there’s been another spike following the election
White Supremacists Are Increasingly Using Public Banners
White supremacists are increasingly hanging banners in public places, such as from highway overpasses and rooftops, to promote their views, according to a report released on Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League.
“While white supremacists have been using banners for some time, the number of banners deployed in the