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Bubba Wallace, a an African-American NASCAR driver, was told by NASCAR officials that a noose had been found in his garage before a race at Talladega Speedway in Lincoln, Alabama.
Wallace had supported the Black Lives Matter movement and…
Category: Hate Crime | Murder
When we hear about a murder, our thoughts immediately go straight to motive — why was it committed?
In a court of law, however, motive is generally not an element of a crime that must be proven by the…
Category: Hate Crime
In the wake of the surge in hate crimes across Texas following the election of Donald Trump, one Texan recently discovered the hard way that this state takes a hard-line approach in the prevention of hate crimes.
The suspect…
The Trump Administration has not only fostered but encouraged an anti-LBGTQIA culture in America.
The National Center for Transgender Equality (“Center”) actually calls the Trump Administration “The Discrimination Administration.” The Center lists what it calls on “onslaught” of more…
Category: Hate Crime
False 911 calls have become the subject of news stories throughout the country in recent years. These unnecessary calls have led to barbeques being ruined, pool parties being disbanded, and a litany of individual of embarrassments.
Inconvenience is not…
61-year-old Milwaukee resident Clifton Blackwell is a white man allegedly consumed with hatred toward foreign nationals. He kept a supply of muriatic acid, Parkerizing cleaner, multiple bottles of Kleen-Out sulfuric acid and two bottles of Kleen-Out drain opener in his…
Hate is an insidious byproduct of evil. This byproduct has woven itself into every fabric of our political, cultural, religious and educational institutions.
On the political front, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) recently released hundreds of emails associating…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Hate Crime
Congress passed the Michael Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. § 249) in 2009. The FBI reports there were 7100 hate crimes in the U.S. in 2017, and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates…
Hate is a cultural and social disease. Its origin lies deep in ancient times when religion and war were the primary sources of power—the means to secure power and hold it until a greater hatred emerged to destroy it. Nationalistic…
Category: Hate Crime
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently voiced renewed intent to crack down on hate crimes. Why the focus on these types of offenses?
According to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 250,000 hate crimes occurred…
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