Wikio - Hate Crime

White man convicted of racial abuse after making 'honky' jibe at white security guards (Xiaodong People)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:55:00 GMT

White man convicted of racial abuse after making 'honky' jibe at white security guards A white man has been prosecuted for racially abusing three white security guards. Finalmente un hate crime in UK... Jonathan Wicks was taken to court for calling the men 'honky wannabe cops'. Wicks, 20, has had to attend court at least five times, at an estimated cost to the taxpayer of more than £5,000.

Source : Xiaodong People (subscribe)

Explore : Reading

Why did we create "Hate Crime"? (Greg's DTK) (Progressive Bloggers)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:17:00 GMT

This is something that has mystified me for some time. Why did we need to create a category of criminal behaviour called "Hate Crime"?If I hand you a knife and say "go stab that guy", it should be completely irrelevant why I told you to do it. What does the motivation matter? I'm encouraging you to go and commit an assault. Whether I did because I believe homosexuals are evil or because Allah...

Source : Progressive Bloggers (subscribe)

Explore : Political Blogs

Harford graffiti called possible hate crime (Baltimore Sun)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Two drawings of the Star of David found in a Forest Hill neighborhood are being investigated as a hate crime, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office.

Source : Baltimore Sun (subscribe)

Explore : Cities and Towns, Harford County

Chicago, IL - Man Convicted of Hate Crime for Threatening Jewish Teens (Vos Iz Neais)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:55:54 GMT

Chicago, IL - A man was found guilty in Cook County Circuit Court of a hate crime and assault after he threatened three Jewish teenagers with a gun and called them anti-Semitic slurs during a confrontation in Lincolnwood last year. John Fiorentino, 20, of the 2300 block of Chase Avenue in Chicago, was convicted of a [...]

Source : Vos Iz Neais (subscribe)

Explore : Chicago

Vandals carve 'KKK' on Duke equipment (News & Observer)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:07:11 GMT

"KKK" was carved onto the side and front of a computer printer at Duke University Wednesday. Duke police have not classified the incident as a hate crime.

Source : News & Observer (subscribe)

Explore : North Carolina

UK hate crime: White man charged for calling white men “honkies” (Hot Air)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:15:06 GMT

The “it’s okay when we say it to each other” defense? […] Read the rest »

Source : Hot Air (subscribe)

Explore : Conservatives

Surprise, Surprise, Hate Crime On The Rise (Londonist)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:24:52 GMT

Reports that hate crime is on the rise don't really surprise us. In the wake of the earlier shocking news about the murdered French students and the relentless wave of violent crime we seem to be riding at the moment, we're not really feeling the love at all. However, Barnet is specifically reporting a 20% increase in reported race crime , whilst other boroughs report a decline....

Source : Londonist (subscribe)

Will Al Sharpton come to assist this hate crime victim? (Return of the Conservatives)

noreply@blogger.com (darthdilbert) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT

A Ft. Lauderdale woman's home was ransacked and vandalized with messages of hate, now police are hoping fingerprints left behind by those responsible will lead to their arrest. Brandy Cochran believes her home was targeted because she is one of the few white people living in the predominantly African American neighborhood in the 23-hundred block of Northwest 26th Street. She said when she arrived...

Source : Return of the Conservatives (subscribe)

Explore : Al Sharpton

Dr. Richard Kimble is Ashamed of Him (homegame)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:41:00 GMT

Americans hate crime, yet have a sneaking admiration for fugitives from justice. Butch and Sundance, D.B. Cooper, even Robert Vesco-the list of persons, real or fictional, who became celebrated for going on the lam from the law is longer than the law's mythical arm. So on June 9, when big-time financial swindler Samuel Israel disappeared after leaving his car on a bridge over the Hudson River...

Source : homegame (subscribe)

Ohio State Senator Adds Disability to Hate Crime Law (JFActivist)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:05:55 GMT

State Senator Eric Kearney (D-Cincinnati) introduced a bill that would expand the state's hate crimes legislation to include protections for people with disabilities. The Senate bill was introduced as a result of a brutal attack in February against Ashley Clark,...

Source : JFActivist (subscribe)

Explore : Disability, Ohio

The Overturning of the DOMA (Right Mind)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:36:36 GMT

This is the intro to a recent TownHall article by Paul Weyrich. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), the only openly lesbian Member of Congress, is predicting passage of hate crimes legislation and repeal of DOMA (the...( read more )

Source : Right Mind (subscribe)

Explore : Tammy Baldwin

Metairie gets its Klan on. But some folks think a prank is a prank. (the humid haney rant)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:05:03 GMT

• Looks like another fake hate crime. Why don’t they notify the police so we can figure out if it was the husband or the wife who did it? • YOU ARE LEAVING YOUR PROPERTY TRASHY

Source : the humid haney rant (subscribe)

More “hate crime” nonsense (Staring At Empty Pages)

noreply@blogger.com (Barry Leiba) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t really think that charging four 14-year-old kids with a “hate crime” for throwing rocks at a Jewish-school bus is going to make the blacks and the Jews in Crown Heights hate each other any less. Do you? We need to worry less about throwing the book at people for these things, and spend more time and effort addressing what’s behind it. Giving four teens adult-scale...

Source : Staring At Empty Pages (subscribe)

US man under probe for repeatedly attacking Sikh youth (rediff News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:28:48 GMT

A 31-year-old US man is facing possible hate crime charges after a Sikh youth told Colorado police that he repeatedly pulled his beard and called it a 'paintbrush', the latest in a string of such incidents targeting members of the community.David Perkins is suspected of third-degree assault, harassment and a bias-motivated crime and was ticketed last week on suspicion of harassing the...

Source : rediff News (subscribe)

Explore : Colorado, India

Hate Crimes Rise 90% in Idaho (43rd State Blues: Democracy for Ida)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:51:47 GMT

The Idaho State Police issue a report today on crime in Idaho. They reported an alarming rise in hate crimes. Could it be from hate speech ? Do we allow the talk to continue until it leads to violence? Do we allow vast areas of Idaho to be hostile territory for gays, blacks and hispanics because this stuff is blasted on the airwaves. Confront it. Its a social problem. Its your problem....

Source : 43rd State Blues: Democracy for Ida (subscribe)

Explore : Idaho

Maybe She Didn't Pay the "White Tax" (Debbie Schlussel)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:41:45 GMT

By Debbie Schlussel Yet another hate crime (watch both consecutive video news reports) that gets very little reporting because the roles of perpetrator and victim don't follow the Jim Crow America image the media loves to portray. The graffiti scrawled all over this South Florida woman's walls included "White Bread" and "FTW," which I presume stands for "F-ck The White(s)." A Ft. Lauderdale...

Source : Debbie Schlussel (subscribe)

Explore : Florida, Political Bloggers, Politics

Will walking your dog in a Muslim area become a hate crime? (Common Sense and Wonder)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:26:56 GMT

A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman’s hat advertising a Scottish police force’s new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims. Tayside Police’s new non-emergency phone number has prompted complaints from members of the Islamic community. The choice of image on the Tayside Police cards - a black dog sitting in a police officer’s [...]

Source : Common Sense and Wonder (subscribe)

Explore : Conservative bloggers, Dundee, Politics

Some REAL hate crime (THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:08:00 GMT

NYC blacks threw rocks at a bus full of Jewish toddlers but no media outrage and student protests about that: We read: "Police say four teenagers have been arrested on hate crime charges for throwing rocks at a school bus full of Jewish toddlers. Police say the three girls and one boy yelled epithets last month as they broke windows on the bus in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights. The...

Source : THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (subscribe)

LET FREEDOM RING FOR ANYONE BUT THE RELIGIOUS (Baltimore Reporter)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:19:01 GMT

By Brujo Blanco Canada has hate crime statutes that literally criminalize free speech. In Canada if one says or does something that makes a member of an identified minority (blacks, Latinos, homosexuals, etc) it is a criminal offense and they enforce it. People have gone to jail. Canada has a internal human rights groups with authority [...]

Source : Baltimore Reporter (subscribe)

Explore : Canada, Freedom of Speech

A Hairdresser, a Hijab, and a ‘Hate Crime’ (Pajamas Media)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:41 GMT

The owner of a trendy London hair salon has had to shell out $8,000 for hurting a veiled Muslim job applicant's feelings. Boo hoo.

Source : Pajamas Media (subscribe)

Explore : Blogosphere, Technology