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Thousands in PR hold vigil for murdered gay teen
San Juan :: Argentina | about 3 hours ago
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Puerto Rico — Thousands of people marched through Puerto Rico's capital on Wednesday, celebrating the life of a gay teenager whose dismembered, burned body was found dumped along a road in a small mountain town. The crowd, many of them carrying candles...
Tags: hate crimes, Juan Martinez Matos, Puerto Rico, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, sexual orientation, U.S. Congress, Pedro Julio Serrano, Argentina, San Juan, Serrano, Hate crime, Social Issues, Crimes, Homosexuality, Law Crime
There’s More to Hate Crime Stats Than Meets the Eye
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility However, as Andrew Sullivan and Mark Thompson remind us, although the topic of hate crimes is not one to downplay, it’s important to look closely at the story behind these kinds of statistical reports before drawing large-scale conclusions. —KA Andrew...
Tags: hate crime, hate crimes, FBI, Los Angeles, Uptick rule, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Social Issues, Crimes, Law Crime, Uniform Crime Reports
IS LOVING ADAM LAMBERT A HATE CRIME?
J. Grant Swank, Jr.Don’t you just love Adam?After all, who lately has made such an adieu about cuddle this and kissing that? A pinch here, a fondle there.Now that America is under hate crime watch, is loving Adam Lambert a hate crime? I was pondering...
Tags: Adam Lambert, homosexual, gay, hate crime, obscenity, moral, carnal, ethical, God, Bible Jesus, Judgment Day, Scripture, allnews, ABC, CBS, NBC
FBI Reports Hate Crimes Against LGBT People Up By 11% In 2008
Justice :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The FBI is reporting that the number of victims of hate crimes based on sexual orientation increased by 11 percent in 2008. This is the third year in a row that the statistic has increased!...We have to prosecute each hate crime to the fullest extent...
Tags: hate crimes, Justice, Human Rights Campaign, Hate crime, Social Issues, Matthew Shepard, Crimes, LGBT rights, Law Crime
Why Hate Crimes Legislation is a Terrible Idea
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility We've seen a number of posts supportive of hate crimes legislation. The widespread perception is that only hate-mongering Republicans are against it, but in fact a lot of queer radical activists and groups are against it for entirely different reasons.
Tags: HCL, queer radical, San Francisco, Human rights abuses, Transphobia, Hate crime, Social Issues, Transgender, Law and order, Crimes, Criminal law, Law Crime, Incarceration
Denver officials defend handling of downtown assaults
Denver :: CO :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Mayor John Hickenlooper and Denver council members expressed satisfaction that the public received adequate warnings of a spate of assaults in downtown Denver — even if police went weeks before publicly characterizing the attacks as racially motivated....
Tags: Deborah Dilley, racial motivated, Jeanne Robb, John Hickenlooper, Eric Brown, Carla Madison, Denver, Crimes, Hate crime
Gov’t to expand freedom of speech, avoid hate crime loopholes
İstanbul :: Turkey | 2 days ago
Credibility Gov’t to expand freedom of speech, avoid hate crime loopholes The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, which introduced a democratization package over the summer to resolve Turkey's decades-long Kurdish problem, is now working on a reform...
Tags: expand freedom, hate crimes, Turkey, İstanbul, Hate crime, Justice and Development Party, Democratization, Kurdish people, Ethnic groups in Turkey, Crimes, Politics, Social Issues
FBI: Hate crimes increase in S.C.
Columbia :: SC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility An FBI report says the number of hate crimes in South Carolina increased last year, compared with 2007. The State reported Tuesday that FBI figures show there were 153 hate crimes in South Carolina in 2008, up from 127 the previous year. A hate crime...
Tags: hate crimes, South Carolina, FBI, Columbia, Sexual orientation, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Matthew Shepard Act, War Conflict, Hate crime, Crimes, Hate crime laws in the United States, Law Crime, Social Issues, Matthew Shepard
Ravenswood church vandalized, flooded
Illinois :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility I am a supporter of the church and the neighborhood though I live far west of there. My husband and I can't afford to buy in that neighborhood but are lucky to be welcomed by many who live there. Like most city neighborhoods the area is actually quite...
Tags: hate crime, having volunteering, Mr. Warren, Illinois, Social Issues, Human Interest
Hate crimes in US hit seven-year high
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The incidence of hate crimes in the United States during 2008 hit a seven-year high, according to data released by the FBI. The 7783 documented hate crimes in 2008 represented a 2.1 per cent increase from 2007 and the highest since 2001. Of the 1519 religion-based...
Tags: FBI, crimes based, sexual orientation, percent increase, crimes statistics, fbi data, Washington, Converts to Judaism, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Hate group, Antisemitism in the United States, Religious persecution, Abraham Foxman, Anti-Defamation League, Social Issues, Law Crime, Religion Belief, Crimes, Uniform Crime Reports, Hate crime laws in the United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sex offender registration, Law enforcement in the United States, United States Department of Justice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Crime statistics, Crime, Racism and discrimination in Ukraine
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