"Historical photographs showcase the history of Asian American resistance movements from the 1960s to the 1980s, demonstrating the strength and resilience of the Asian American community among tenants, students, and laborers...They also remind us of the civil rights and labor rights won by Asian Americans with the sheer power of the collective."
#Community groups have previously raised #awareness around the fact not all people feel comfortable or safe reporting hate to #police, which police acknowledge in the report.
#Federal prosecutors unsealed a grand jury #indictment Tues accusing a FL man of a #HateCrime for repeatedly threatening to kill members of an American Muslim org….
The indictment charges Michael Shapiro, 72, of West Palm Beach, w/3 counts of transmitting #threats & said the #crimes were motivated by #hate because he targeted victims due to the religion & national origin of people who work or are helped by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. If convicted, he faces up to 10 yrs in #prison on each count.
…The case unsealed Tues is the third time he has been charged in the last 5 years w/federal #crimes & has been accused of threatening US #CapitolPolice officers, a member of #Congress & their child, acc/to federal court records….
The case is the latest amid an increasing threat of #DomesticTerrorism, particularly by people accused of holding anti-government & racially or ethnically motivated, #violent#extremist views, acc/to a US Govt Accountability Office report last year.
The number of open #FBI investigations has more than quadrupled since 2013.
…“Today’s charges should serve as a warning that those who threaten #violence, especially when they intend to instill fear on an entire community, will be identified, investigated, & aggressively prosecuted,” U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said in a statement.
#NexBenedict, #Oklahoma#nonbinary teen died after #school fight amid reported #bullying
…The [statement] from the school district provided some background: The fight on Feb 7 involved several students at the HS. It was broken up by other students & a staff member. All of those involved “walked under their own power to the asst principal’s office & nurse’s office” &, per “district protocols,” were evaluated by the nurse.
“We should all be calling for an immediate return of the hostages, for Palestinians and Israelis on both sides of the border to be protected, and a swift end to the conflict.”
I've seen some people suggest that it's out of touch or naive for Americans to call for a #ceasefire and shows we aren't listening to people in the Middle East. But these calls for ceasefire resolutions are coming directly from the real, thriving Palestinian community of #Texas, even in the face of violence.
I wonder if people said the same thing about the calls to boycott apartheid South Africa? I definitely see it with modern #BDS, even though that movement stems directly from a Palestinian call-to-action.
Though #FBI officials did not offer an explanation for the rising numbers, the nation’s #education system experienced a high degree of #politicization during the period covered by the report.
…Overall, many #crime experts believe that #HateCrimes are underreported by victims. And in recent years, some local police departments have not reported their own hate crime data to the FBI, making it likely that the national figures are undercounts even of reported hate crimes.
The #DOJ on Fri said in court papers that it would seek to execute the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a #racist#massacre at a #Buffalo supermarket in 2022. It is the first time that President Biden’s admin has sought the #DeathPenalty.
"Hardy Lloyd, 45, was arrested in West Virginia in July and pleaded guilty in September, acknowledging the Jewishness victims and the witnesses were a factor prompting him to make the threats."
Seven people, including four suspected #Hamas members, were #arrested in #Denmark, #Germany & the #Netherlands on suspicion of planning attacks on #Jewish institutions in #Europe, authorities in the three countries said on Thursday.
There are many heroes of the civil rights movement--men and women we can look to for inspiration. Each has a unique story, a path that led to a role as leader or activist. Death of Innocence is the heartbreaking and ultimately inspiring story of one such hero: Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till--an innocent fourteen-year-old African-American boy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and who paid for it with his life.
This was a vile, premeditated murder of a child, and EXPLICITLY a hate crime. Trans people, don't read this! We already know what it says.
Cis folks, I DO want you to read this. Transphobia is not "being weaponized", it is already a weapon. Right-wing transphobia is responsible for our deaths RIGHT NOW. They want to motivate cis adults and children to kill us all.
Because of ideas and speech like this, my brother physically attacked me last year. He dragged me from a car, and broke my shoulder into five pieces, and destroyed my life.
It motivated children to attempt multiple times to kill another child, before finally doing it in cold blood. There is no "civilized" or "genteel" transphobia, when every word of it demands murder.
For people following the shooting of three Palestinian-American college students in Burlington, Vermont last night, VTDigger is a reliable independent local news source and it looks like they’re updating this story