The California Commission on the State of Hate (Commission) and California Civil Rights Department (CRD) continue to encourage Californians to take advantage of antihate resources available statewide, including the California vs Hate hotline and website.
Last Saturday afternoon, the citizens of Buffalo, New York had no idea that a shooter wearing military fatigues, body armor, and a tactical helmet would intentionally walk into Tops supermarket and randomly aim a Bushmaster XM-15 rifle at shoppers going about their lives and employees working their shifts.
The motion was introduced by Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who said before the vote that although the Los Angeles Police Department records hate crimes and hate incidents, comparison data from nonprofit organizations show a huge gap in reporting.
“This means that the numbers from LAPD are likely a drastic undercount, and that prevents us from making better policy, that prevents us
from making resources available that can actually target hate crimes,” Raman added.
Guilty pleas are expected today from two Los Angeles men accused of attacking diners at a family-owned Turkish restaurant while shouting anti-Turkish slurs, hurling chairs at the victims and threatening to kill them.
As the U.S. grapples with the horrific impacts of COVID-19, the Asian American community is also facing an alarming rise in anti-Asian violent attacks and discrimination. Since March 2020, Stop AAPI Hate has documented over 6,600 incidents of anti-Asian violence and verbal attacks against the Asian American community.
After a NASCAR race at Talladega was postponed to Monday, a noose was found in the garage stall of driver Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. on Sunday. Wallace is the only African American that is a full-time NASCAR driver.
I have to believe that no matter how much hate may be in the atmosphere love trumps hate every day.
Cook County State’s Attorney, Kim Foxx offered the new public explanation in a statement issued along with the release of 2,000 pages of documents in the case
Three apartments housed African American families, including sleeping women and children…
“We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation,” Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed in a statement. “We’ve reached out to the Empire cast member’s attorney to request a follow-up interview,” he added.
LAPD officials are asking for witnesses who may have been driving down Crenshaw Blvd. between 8 p.m. and midnight on Nov. 29
Hate crimes are on the rise in Los Angeles in 2017, part of a trend in most major cities nationwide, it was reported last Friday.
Nooses on the National Mall Stoke Memories of “America’s Dark History”
Officials on Monday were asking for patience in the investigation into a fatal stabbing in the campus of the University of Maryland, saying it’s too early to label it a hate crime.
The Commission on Human Relations talks to the public about the increases of hate crimes and incidents in 2015