Chasing Evil: Hate Crimes Update Aug 08 2007

Friday, August 10, 2007

Hate Crimes Update Aug 08 2007

the 13th juror: Neo-Nazi arrested for killing homeless men in 1998 Neo-Nazi arrested for killing homeless men in 1998. They called it "bum rolling" and it was a way to earn acceptance in Tampa Blood and Honor, ...

Exclusive: National Memorial for LGBT Hate Crime Victims Launches Towleroad, NY - Aug 9, 2007 The foundation's ultimate goal is to establish a permanent memorial to hate crime victims in Washington, DC The organizers say they chose the name "Gay ...

One of Two Suspects Caught in Hate Crime Killing of Satendar Singh Towleroad, NY - Aug 9, 2007 Aleksandr Shevchenko, 21, has been arrested and appeared in Sacramento Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon to face charges of involuntary manslaughter and ...

Task Force, Inc., Responds to White House Threat of Veto of Hate ... Common Dreams (press release), ME - Aug 9, 2007 “The legislation establishes narrow and specific guidelines for determining whether an incident constitutes a hate crime, including a provision that ...

(commentary and a prediction: Since this bill also would add violent crimes based on hatred of homosexuals, women and people with disabilities to existing hate crime law that elevates sentencing for such crimes, and since just about every law enforcement agency in the country is in favor of it, if Bush does veto it, the Republicans won't stand a chance in 2008. 149,000,000 women, 30,000,000 homosexuals, and 60,000,000 people with disabilities in the US are going to be seriously ticked off at Bush and by association Republicans if this bill is vetoed. Generally, ticked off people don't vote for the party that screwed them.)

Gay gaming blog target of online hate crime The Advocate, CA - Aug 6, 2007 LGBT-friendly video game blog GayGamer.net was knocked off-line with a flood of threats and hate speech in what appears to be a hate crime, reports news ...

7 found guilty in fatal stabbing of anti-hate crime activist in Russia International Herald Tribune, France - Jul 31, 2007 AP MOSCOW: A jury found seven people guilty of involvement in the killing of an anti-hate crime campaigner on Tuesday, news reports said. ...

Police detain 21 after big operation Harlow Herald 24, UK - Aug 9, 2007 POLICE arrested 21 people in relation to hate crime and domestic violence in an operation on July 19. Seven people were charged, five cautioned, ...

Arrest made in race attack case Redditch Advertiser, UK - Aug 9, 2007 MEMBERS of the police's Hate Crime Unit investigating a racially aggravated assault in Redditch at the weekend have made one arrest. ...

Hate crime charges remain for gay killing GenerationQ, Australia - Aug 3, 2007 A motion to drop hate crime charges against three men accused of killing a Brooklyn gay man has been denied. by Chris Pycroft - Associate Producer AU on ...

Woman sentenced for hate crime against deli clerks KOMO, WA - Aug 3, 2007 Back in February Kirk and a Shoreline man were charged under the state's hate crime law after a surveillance camera at Saleh's Delicatessen caught a ...