July 5, 2017 Facebook Live torture video part of 'the new normal,' Chicago's former top cop says The gruesome video showing a group beating and battering a mentally challenged man was just the latest sign that criminals have been "emboldened" to act on lawlessness, not just in Chicago but across the country, former Chicago Police Supt.
July 5, 2017 Brothers arrested after weapons, Nazi paraphernalia found at Long Island home Two brothers were arrested on New York's Long Island Thursday after police discovered assault rifles, bomb-making instructions and Nazi paraphernalia in their home.
June 22, 2017 Anti-Semitic incidents spike nearly 90 percent in 2017 Anti-Semitic incidents have surged in 2017 to nearly 90 percent in the first quarter of the year.
June 20, 2017 London van attack against Muslims highlights rise in anti-Muslim violence by right-wing extremists While terror attacks perpetrated by the Islamic State – or those who share the extremist group’s ideology – have received widespread coverage in the media and generated huge amounts of public outcry, the same cannot be said for the violence directed at Muslim communities around the world.
June 19, 2017 Creator of 9/11 memorial to honor Charleston church shooting victims The designer of the 9/11 Memorial in New York has been chosen to create a second memorial dedicated to the nine worshipers killed by a white supremacist in a South Carolina church.
May 30, 2017 California machete attack: Suspect yelled racial slurs, police say A California man is facing hate crime and other charges after police say he stabbed a black man with a machete after yelling racial slurs over the holiday weekend.
May 25, 2017 Hate crime criteria vary widely by state, making analysis of such offenses difficult Tens of thousands of hate crimes have occurred across the United States since the start of the decade with the vast majority occurring in the northern half of the country.
May 23, 2017 North Texas men indicted for hate crimes against gay men Four men are facing federal hate crime and conspiracy charges for assaulting gay men in North Texas.
April 24, 2017 Cases of anti-Semitism increased last year, report says Cases of anti-Semitic intimidation and vandalism increased last year, according to data released by the Anti-Defamation League Monday.
April 21, 2017 Fresno attack suspect screams out in court The suspect in this week's Fresno, California, mass shooting is scheduled to appear in court Friday to face arraignment for a first-degree murder charge in a killing five days earlier.