On Mon, Aimenn Penny, 20, was sentenced to 18 yrs in #prison after pleading #guilty to 2 felonies: committing a #church#arson#HateCrime & using fire & #explosives to commit a #felony. Penny’s attempted #firebombing of the Community Church of Chesterland came as some #RightWing#media outlets intensified their rhetoric against #drag shows & #conservative lawmakers made banning them or limiting children’s exposure to them an increasingly high priority.…
“We hope this significant sentence sends a clear & resounding message that this type of hate-fueled attack against a #church will not be tolerated in our country,” Asst AG #KristenClarke of the #DOJ’s #CivilRights Division said in a news release. “This defendant tried to burn down a church simply because its members created space for & provided support to the #LGBTQ+ community.”
regarding Greater Manchester Hate Crime Awareness Week Feb 2-9
And it got me thinking
I'm a survivor of a hate crime, before they were called that. And it's clear to me that most people don't understand how #hatecrime affects survivors, family, friends and communities
One of my roles at work is that I'm on the national board of our #lgbtq resource group and I
Anderson Lee Aldrich – the shooter who killed five and injured 19 at the LGBTQ+ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs in November 2022 – will plead guilty to 74 federal charges, including 50 federal hate crimes and 24 firearm violations, as part of a plea deal agreement, according to court documents.
Today in Labor History December 17, 2003: Sex work rights activists established December 17 (or "D17") as International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers to memorialize victims of Seattle’s Green River killer, who targeted prostitutes, and to highlight hate crimes and State violence against sex workers by police. The first event was organized by Annie Sprinkle and Robyn Few. The red umbrella was first used as a symbol for sex workers’ rights in Venice, Italy in 2001.
#Bolanos allegedly lied to police about committing larcenies or attempted larcenies from motor vehicles the day of Woll's death.
#SamanthaWoll, 40, was stabbed to death Oct 21 inside her home in Lafayette Park #Detroit, #Michigan’s east side, police said. After the attack, #Woll stumbled out of her house & collapsed on her front lawn, acc/to investigators.
…Worthy said there was “not a shred of evidence” to indicate Woll’s death was a #HateCrime & nothing suggests he knew her.
Court Orders FIR Against MLA Bal Mukundacharya in Assault Case: Accused of Spitting and Kicking Dalit's Chest
Mukundacharya had won the Hawa Mahal seat by defeating Congress candidate RR Tiwari by a thin margin of 974 votes. He went around his constituency shutting down shops selling non-vegetarian food a day after being elected and later apologised for his actions after people complained about him to the National Human Rights Commission.
Covert Indian operation seeks to discredit Modi’s critics in the U.S.
The Disinfo Lab’s activities show how the online propaganda campaigns waged by the BJP and its allies have been expanding beyond their traditional, domestic aims of shoring up popular support and denigrating opposition parties — and now seek to influence attitudes far beyond India’s borders.
Like with the vitriol over rape victims during the Hamas attack on October 7th, indignation, for some Israeli, is a political tool.
The guy in this clip, claimed to be supporter of #Netanyahu, is shouting at family members of hostages while gesturing a middle finger, saying he couldn’t care less about kibbutz Be’eri, where #Hamas terrorists killed 130 people and kidnapped other.
Anywhere else in the world this would be considered a #hatecrime. In some Western countries he would’ve been arrested.
Rev. Michael K. Gantt, Rev. Bryan Gantt, Rev. J. Matthew Worrall, Rev. Bill Steele, Rev. Ben Whittinghill, Rev. Bruce Burks, Rev. Derek Irvine, Rev. Steve Dunklee, and Rev. Richard Morton, all of Brattleboro Area Outreach, a supposedly “Christian” organization.
#HateCrime > Three Palestinian men were shot on their way to dinner in #Burlington, #Vermont last night.
The three were wearing keffiyehs and speaking Arabic when a man harassed and shot them. Two of them are currently in the ICU. One very critical and another with serious injuries.
No suspect(s) yet identified.
Ex-Obama adviser charged with hate crime over food cart rant
Former US diplomat Stuart Seldowitz has been arrested and is facing multiple charges after a video of him harassing a halal cart vendor in New York went viral.
The NYPD has charged Seldowitz with second-degree aggravated harassment, hate crime/stalking, stalking to cause fear, and stalking at place of employment, Documented reported.