Heads up voor al m'n lhbti+ parels: er is in de VS een hate crime gepleegd op iemand die een pridevlag had hangen bij haar winkel. Wees voorzichtig vandaag online, take care of yourself.
CN: Hatecrime
In #Minneapolis kam es auf einer #DIY#Hardcore#Punk Show zu einer Massenschießerei. Laut Erzählungen tauchten die Täter auf und erkannten, dass es sich um eine #queer / #trans solidarische Gemeinschaft handelte. Daraufhin schossen sie um sich und rannten davon. Eine Person ist Tod, sieben verletzt.
Die lokale Szene betitelt das Vorgehen als #Hatecrime gegenüber queeren Menschen.
‘It could have been me’: Why the train shootings have struck fear in Muslims
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Absolutely disgusting behaviour to do to any human being. Yes this is indeed a hate crime, no question about it. I'm so glad that the authorities are treating it as such. I hope the attacker suffers the full extent of the law. What a total homophobic piece of scum. You see? Homophobia alive and well within the right.
A person suspected of tossing a firework into a silent disco event in Hermosa Beach during Pride Month -- raising suspicions of a possible hate crime -- has been identified and interviewed by police, and was described Friday as a juvenile who was not motivated by hate or discrimination.
I really hope the #fediverse doesn't pre-emptively defederate and/or block #Threads from joining the fun when it finally enables #ActivityPub features.
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'A 24-year-old international student who recently graduated has been charged in the stabbings on Wednesday in a University of Waterloo, Ont., classroom, regional police said Thursday.
Mark Crowell, chief of the Waterloo Regional Police Service, told a media briefing it was a "planned and targeted attack" and a "senseless act of hate."
According to police, "this was a hate-motivated incident related to gender expression and gender identity."'
Data collected from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) show that hate crimes in Texas increased by 6.4 percent from 2021 to 2022, marking the sixth year in a row the state has seen an increase in hate crimes—and setting a new record.
The data show that Texas reached a new peak of at least 549 documented hate crimes across the state, with over 56 percent of hate crimes in 2022 targeting LGTBQ+ and Black people
Note: nothing graphic in this video. No images or video of what happened. The CW is only because the story may (should) be triggering.
Portland friends. Help find this guy. He’s a white supremacist and I would bet money he’s a cop. This guy needs to be identified. Someone knows who he is.
The suspected gunman accused of killing five people and injuring 19 others last year at an #LGBTQ nightclub in #Colorado intends to enter a deal in which they’d plead guilty to five counts of first-degree murder and serve five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, they told a judge Monday morning. #GunViolence
Police: Hermosa Beach firework toss not a hate crime (www.cbsnews.com)
A person suspected of tossing a firework into a silent disco event in Hermosa Beach during Pride Month -- raising suspicions of a possible hate crime -- has been identified and interviewed by police, and was described Friday as a juvenile who was not motivated by hate or discrimination.