Hate Crimes

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April 12, 2022
A North Carolina man has been charged for harassing civil rights attorney Bakari Sellers by sending him threatening messages online. 
April 7, 2022
A Virginia 10th-grader is being sued by his former history teacher for allegedly harassing the longtime educator with acts of…
jail cell thegrio.com
March 21, 2022
A white couple of out California has been charged with a hate crime in connection to the killing of a…
March 15, 2022
Jussie Smollett’s attorneys have called for his release from jail pending an appeal of his conviction for staging a hate…
March 11, 2022
Three Maryland middle school students are facing hate crimes charges after threatening to shoot Blacks in social media posts.
Ahmaud Arbery, theGrio.com
March 10, 2022
Three White men were found guilty of hate crimes following the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Now two of the accused…
March 8, 2022
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 passed Monday night by unanimous consent. It now heads to the president's desk.
February 21, 2022
Gregory and Travis McMichael are on trial to determine whether the killing of Ahmad Arbery is a federal hate crime.
February 17, 2022
J Alexander Kueng, one of the three officers charged with violating the civil rights of George Floyd, took the stand…
February 14, 2022
Judge Lisa Godbey Wood is prepared to seat 12 jurors and four alternates, and opening arguments in the hate-crimes case…
February 7, 2022
Jury selection in the federal trial of Gregory McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan starts today.
February 4, 2022
Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael reverse course after a judge rejected the terms of their plea agreement.
February 2, 2022
The FBI has identified six persons of interest in connection with their investigation into a series of bomb threats against…
Bobby Gayle thegrio.com
October 14, 2021
A Black father of five was gunned down in an unprovoked attack in Calif., in what investigators are saying is…
Payton Heird theGRIO.com
September 2, 2021
An Oklahoma man is facing hate crime charges for calling a Black teen the N-word, hurling rocks at her and…
September 1, 2021
Attacks against Blacks increased from 1,930 in 2019 to 2,755 in 2020. Crimes targeting Asians here went from 158 to…
July 28, 2021
Hate crime laws in the U.S. are inconsistent and provide incomplete methods for addressing bias-motivated violence.
Miya Ponsetto thegrio.com
July 1, 2021
The woman who went viral after falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her phone has been charged with a…
June 28, 2021
The slaying of two Black people in Massachusetts is being investigated as a hate crime due to the shooter's “white…
theGRIO.com
June 1, 2021
An Iowa woman who pleaded guilty to attempted murder for trying to run over Black and Latino teens will spend…