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Rochester hate crime suspect Alexander Ortiz rejects plea, faces psychological exam
BACKGROUND: Man charged in hate crime assault, separate hit-and-run incident in Rochester. Officers also say Ortiz struck a pedestrian with his car outside a store on University A
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Hate crimes in major US cities dipped in 2024. But the data doesn't tell the whole story.
The number of hate crimes reported to police in the nation's largest cities fell slightly in 2024 – an unprecedented and unexpected decline in an election year when experts predicted such crimes would rise, according to preliminary data from the Crime ...
No charges a year after alleged hate crime
No charges have been brought a year after the circulation of an online video showing an alleged racist hate crime against a child. In March 2024, a video was released which appeared to show a black teenage boy in Carlisle being pushed and punched by a white boy, before being made to kiss his shoes.
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Waterbury police investigating if fight with middle school students was hate crime, officials say
Waterbury police say the department is investigating whether a fight involving two Muslim students at Wallace Middle School constitutes a hate crime.
'Bigger than a hate crime': Prosecutor alleges children forced to participate in transgender man's torture death
A grand jury indictment has been unsealed by New York prosecutors charging seven suspects with murder in the "torture" killing of transgender man Sam Nordquist.
Racist vandalism at Grand Haven area park being investigated as potential hate crime
A group of people discovered the racist symbols and messages in the sand of the ballpark at Mercury Park in Grand Haven Township Monday.

Hate crime, Consolidation Bill

Hate crime consolidation bill put forth by CT Gov. Lamont gets support and opposition in legislature
CT governor seeks to revise hate crime laws. Why the measure met opposition
Connecticut lawmakers are considering Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed law which would consolidate and strengthen the state’s existing hate crime statutes into a new chapter of state laws, making it easier for police and prosecutors to charge and prosecute criminals with those particular crimes,
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Legislators, Public Express Concerns Over Hate Crime Consolidation Bill
Legislators and members of the public took turns Monday morning expressing concerns about a bill before the Judiciary Committee that is designed to consolidate Connecticut’s various hate crime provisions under one section in the state’s statutory code.

Hate Crime, Virginia and Falls Church

Man Who Brought Gun to a Church Service Is Convicted of a Hate Crime
Virginia Man Suspected of Being About to Conduct Church Mass Shooting Convicted of Hate Crime
Federal prosecutors say a northern Virginia man arrested during a megachurch’s Sunday services on suspicion that he was about to embark on a mass shooting has been convicted of a hate crime
Virginia man found guilty of hate crime for church shooting attempt
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Wyoming man charged with hate crime during Park City patrol strike
The 35-year-old is charged with harassing a Park City police officer investigating him for alleged threats to someone involved in the strike.
Jury finds Illinois landlord guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy
A jury has found a 73-year-old Illinois landlord guilty in a hate crime attack that left a Palestinian American boy dead and injured his mother.
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Chino Hills temple vandalism being investigated as a hate crime
The Sheriff’s Department also announced that the vandalism occurred late Friday, March 7, night and involved two suspects.