#hate-crime

#hate-crime

The Ukrainian national was 37. He was convicted at the Old Bailey in October 2013 of murdering Muslim man Mohammed Saleem, 82, in April of that year. Saleem was a pillar of the local community who was on his way home from evening prayers at the mosque when Lapshyn stabbed him three times in the back and stamped on his head.

The blaze at the Thistle City Barbican Hotel, in Dingley Road, Islington, happened at about 22:50 BST on Wednesday, according to the Met Police. No-one was hurt and staff put out the flames before officers arrived. The force said it was an isolated incident and it wanted to identify one suspect, while it was keeping an open mind about motive. There have been no arrests.

I want to be clear about this: it's not because I'm worried about being randomly attacked by teenagers. It is because of the presidential Administration that we have and their policies that I feel less safe now as a trans person than I ever have.

I was shocked and angry about the children's reaction but the adults' reactions are what broke me and brought me to tears.

One of the men in the couple told police that he and his partner were walking toward a convenience and liquor store on River Street just before 8 p.m. Sept. 13 when a group of men allegedly "began making anti-homosexual remarks towards them," a police report obtained by Boston.com said. That man approached the group and "a verbal dispute began," the report said, which eventually led to a fight that spilled on to the street.

The Queens District Attorney's office charged a Texas man on Thursday with making a terroristic threat as a hate crime against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee and a Queens Assembly member. The suspect, Jeremy Fistel, 44, stands accused of allegedly leaving a series of voicemails threatening violence against Mamdani and his family on his Assembly office phone. According to the Queens DA's office, the threats began in June, while Mamdani was running in the Democratic primary, and continued through July after he won.

A group of men in Belfast have surrounded and attacked two cars and forced their drivers to flee in suspected racially-motivated hate crimes. At least a dozen men, some masked, targeted the motorists on Monday evening near Connswater retail park in what appeared to be the latest incident in a vigilante campaign against migrants in the east of the city. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said it was investigating both incidents as racially-motivated hate crimes.

Pappas alleged that a group of five people accosted them inside the bar before following them outside while "screaming at us and calling us f*ggots." Pappas recalled the group telling them, "If you wanna dress like women, act like women" and "Leave f*ggots! Get out of here!" "After exchanging yells from down the street, the group, led by one of the men began running after us and attacked Vayne," Pappas wrote.

Painting on the highway, including roundabout markings, constitutes an offence of criminal damage and will be investigated appropriately as well as being flagged to the relevant highway authority, a Thames Valley Police spokesperson said. "Regardless of the symbols involved or sentiment being expressed. "Any incidents involving flags being attached to or flown from structures that are publicly owned will generally be referred to the local authority for them to assess and respond appropriately, unless there are other associated criminal offences.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) A California man was sentenced Friday to 27 years to life in prison for making racist threats against a pregnant Black woman after prosecutors appealed an earlier, lighter sentence, officials said. Tyson Mayfield, 49, pleaded guilty in a court-offered deal in 2019 to get a five-year sentence that the Orange County District Attorney's office opposed and later appealed. An appeals panel rejected the decision, and Mayfield was retried and convicted of making criminal threats with an enhancement for a hate crime.

Officials identified the shooter as Robin Westman, 23, and said Westman was found dead in the parking lot from what they believe was a self-inflicted gunshot. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said authorities were searching a vehicle in the parking lot believed to be the shooter's and three associated residences in the area. They also were scouring content that Westman allegedly scheduled to be released on YouTube and has since been removed from the platform.

Authorities identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, the child of a former parish employee. FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency is investigating the assault "as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics." According to court documents reviewed by local NBC affiliate KARE, Westman applied to change her name when she was 17. That request was granted in January 2020, the station reports.

Aberdeen apologized to a St Mirren supporter who was targeted at the Scottish Premiership game in Paisley with a chant, which then appeared on social media.

The victim, a Muslim woman, had her hijab ripped off and was kicked repeatedly during the attack. Police say they are looking for three girls between the ages of 11 to 15 and two boys whose ages are unknown.

Durham police are investigating a violent swarming at a Pizza Pizza establishment which may have been motivated by hate, as claimed by the National Council of Canadian Muslims.

"There is no place for this kind of disgusting and deliberate attempt to intimidate, disrupt or shame those taking part in a peaceful and joyful celebration of love, identity and community."

I hope that no one else ever has to feel the absolute blood-chilling terror this young mother described as she had to run for her life, and the life of her baby, not because of what she did, but because of the color of her skin.

Police said one of two victims of the assault suffered minor injuries, and that part of the attack was captured on video surveillance.

The Redwood City police reported the arrest of two 13-year-olds for throwing firecrackers and making anti-gay slurs at a Pride event, injuring one.

Get out of here, we don't want you or your like in the neighborhood.