hate crime

No damage or graffiti was found inside the church, and due to the content and location of the graffiti, police believe the crime was motivated by hate.

Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police in a racist and homophobic attack that he staged himself.

The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting have been found guilty of federal hate crimes.

A federal judge has rejected a plea agreement that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery.

Los Angeles police have announced the arrest of a suspect in an alleged attack by a pro-Palestinian group on Jewish men outside a restaurant earlier in the week.

Judge Robert Summerhays gave Matthews him credit for the 18 months he already has spent in jail. Matthews pleaded guilty to both state and federal charges.

The U.S. Department of Justice event commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

The autopsy said the cause of death multiple injuries from blunt trauma to the head and face.

Hate crimes traditionally have been defined as acts that send fear to an entire community whose members are similar to those of the victim.

Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, who was convicted in March of a hate crime for using a webcam to spy on his roommate's same-sex intimate encounter two years ago, was sentenced.