Hate crime articles
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Possible hate crime rattles MSU community
Police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, but officials say students may have been attacked because of their sexual orientation.
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Armenian cemetery fire found to be arson, but not hate crime
The fires that caused severe damage to the Fresno Ararat Armenian Cemetery Sunday afternoon were found to be arson, but not a hate crime, FOX26 News reports. According to the Fresno Fire Department, firefighters responded to the cemetery on Sunday for reports of several trees on fire in the clearly marked Armenian section of the cemetery, leading the …
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NY state expands offenses that can be prosecuted as hate crimes
Assemblymember Grace Lee speaks during a press conference in Manhattan. Legislators added 23 new offenses in a modified bill attached to the state budget. [ more › ]