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One woman's voice to reach out
http://driversalike.wordpress.com/ This link will take you to a blog which a woman is trying to reach out for our truck drivers. She is on myspace and facebook. We need to pay attention to the saftey factor on our highways. And not just sleepy truckers...
Tags: hate crimes, deaths, murders, truckers, laws, death penalty
Hate crimes rise across the country and in Humboldt
Eureka :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
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According to the FBI's 2008 Hate Crime Statistics, 7,783 incidents were reported nationwide, up from 7,624 a year earlier. In California, however, the number went down slightly from 1,400 in 2007 to 1,381 last year. And according to the statistics, three...
Tags: hate crimes, sexual orientation, Humboldt State University, Jessica Pettitt, Garr Nielsen, HSU, Eureka Police, FBI, Tom Dewey, Eureka, Racism and discrimination in Ukraine, Hate crime, Social Issues, Crimes, Homosexuality, Law Crime
The truth is out there: 28/11/2009
Tongzhou :: China | 3 days ago
Credibility Hate crimes in America are on the rise according to new figures released by the FBI this week, with African Americans and religious groups the main victims. Washington bureau director Hilary Shelton claimed the 8 per cent rise in anti-black hate crimes...
Tags: hate crimes, China, Tongzhou, Types of tourism, Sex tourism, Bristlecone pine, Hate crime, Social Issues, Fake, Crimes, Prostitution
Johnson: Hate's not a one-way street
Denver :: CO :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility But when someone kills, attacks or otherwise targets a person based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation, that is a hate crime...Over the past week, this has raised a considerable hue...
Tags: hate crimes, Denver, Hate crime, Social Issues, Crimes, Law Crime, Hate crime laws in the United States
Thousands in PR hold vigil for murdered gay teen
San Juan :: Argentina | 5 days ago
Credibility 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 | 6 days 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
FBI Reports Hate Crimes Against LGBT People Up By 11% In 2008
Justice :: IL :: USA | 6 days 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
Gov’t to expand freedom of speech, avoid hate crime loopholes
İstanbul :: Turkey | 7 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 | 7 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
Move to tougher Michigan anti-bias law stalled :Bills aims to change language of law.
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Move to tougher Michigan anti-bias law stalled Bills aims to change language of law. Bias-motivated crimes are back up for discussion in the Legislature although a House-passed bill has stalled in the Senate. Two bills would change the language of the...
Tags: Senate Judiciary Committee, Daniel Levy, ethnic intimidation, Robert Jones (composer), hate crimes, Lansing, Matthew Shepard Act, Crimes, Hate crime, Hate crime laws in the United States, Social Issues, Law Crime
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