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Jewish headstones vandalized, could be considered hate crime
March 7, 2012 8:14 AM
BUSHNELL, Fla. (AP) - Detectives in central Florida are investigating as a hate crime the vandalism of Jewish headstones in a veterans' cemetery. Sumter County Sheriff's Office detectives started their investigation into what happened to the headstones Monday. Several headstones in two sections of the Florida National Cemetery were found... more » -
Gay soldiers beaten in possible hate crime
July 3, 2011 8:54 PM
Their car a bloody mess, a group of Fort Carson soldiers and their friends try to pick up the pieces after a seemingly senseless hate crime early Saturday morning at the Albertacos restaurant in northeastern Colorado Springs. Chris, one of the victims and a gay soldier, asked that we... more » -
Three men charged with hate crime in New Mexico
November 12, 2010 3:18 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A federal grand jury in Albuquerque has indicted three Farmington men on hate-crime charges in what prosecutors say was a racially motivated attack on a mentally disabled Navajo man. Justice Department officials say 27-year-old Paul Beebe, 29-year-old William Hatch and 25-year-old Jesse Sanford face charges... more » -
Police investigate possible hate crime
November 12, 2010 1:05 PM
Pueblo Police are investigating a possible hate crime that happened in the parking lot of Dutch Clark Stadium on November 5. A freshman from Pueblo West High School reported he heard an ethnic slur and turned to see who said it when someone hit him in the face. This happened... more » -
Colorado Springs Neo-Nazi trial goes to jury
July 6, 2010 8:39 AM
The fate of a reputed neo-Nazi recruit accused of killing a Colorado Springs woman is in the hands of the jury. The jury heard closing arguments Friday in the first-degree murder trial of Kandin Eric Wilson. He is accused of killing Susana Pelayo-Perez, a 35-year-old restaurant manager, in... more » -
Teen convicted of manslaughter in NY hate crime
April 19, 2010 12:35 PM
A Long Island teenager has been convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime in the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant. The case cast a national spotlight on bias crimes against Hispanics. Jurors also decided on Monday, their fourth day of deliberations, to acquit 19-year-old Jeffrey Conroy of murder... more » -
People in Pueblo rally against racism
April 8, 2010 5:01 PM
Statistics show racism is still a problem in America. The FBI says more than 7,700 hate crimes were reported in 2008. One hundred and fifty of those crimes happened here in Colorado. This month the YWCA is hosting rallies across the country to help bring an end to racism. Today... more »
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