California Hate Crime Watch:
The white supremacist march in Charlottesville, and its explosive aftermath, have focused the nation’s attention on the far right and its ideology of intolerance. Across the country, hate crimes are on the rise — and California is no exception.
Published by Buzzfeed
The alleged arson attack comes less than a month after 50 people were killed in a mosque in New Zealand.
Published by Fox News
A homeless California man was charged with a hate crime after he allegedly punched and threw hot coffee on a 7-Eleven employee.
Published by The L.A. Times
Los Angeles recorded its highest level of reports of hate crimes in a decade, with a nearly 13% increase in 2018 over the year before.
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According to court documents, Gregory Adams, 34, approached the victim inside a store on December 1, and allegedly asked him if he was Jewish. When the man said he was, Adams then proceeded to shout anti-Semitic slurs at the man.
Published by The L.A. Times
Hate crimes rose in the U.S. by more than 17% in 2017, fueled by increases in attacks against religious and racial minorities.
Published by USA Today
A synagogue in Irvine, Calif. was vandalized overnight Wednesday, just 4 days after a shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh killed 11.
Published by The L.A. Times
Four California men who allegedly shared white supremacist views and trained together on boxing and street-fighting techniques were arrested by federal authorities Tuesday on charges that they traveled to Virginia with the intent to incite a riot and commit violence at last year’s deadly far-right rallies in Charlottesville.
Published by The Orange County Patch
A man was charged with a “racially motivated knife attack” the OCDA’s office said. This, the second hate crime charged in as many weeks.
Published by CBS Sacramento
Turlock Police are investigating the incident involving spray painting f– on signs supporting Turlock Mayor Gary Soiseth as a hate crime.
Published by NBC News
This year, Muslims were the most commonly targeted group for hate crimes.
Published by The Orange County Patch
She was just getting off the bus when a 42-year-old transient verbally attacked and threatened this pregnant African American woman, DA says
Published by The Gaurdian
Bart officials defend decision to approve advert from Institute for Historical Review, known for publishing antisemitic views.
Published by The Sacramento Bee
A California man faces hate crime and assault charges after a road rage encounter escalated into a hatchet attack, according to police.
Published by The Orange County Register
Investigators and civic leaders are looking into a rash of vandalism at seven Buddhist temples in Santa Ana and Garden Grove this month as potential hate crimes.
Published by NBC News
Police believe the teenagers, one the son of a California police chief, may have been trying to rob the victim.
Published by The New York Times
Surjit Malhi, 50, was attacked last week by two men and was told to “go back to your country.”
Published by The Orange County Register
The Orange County district attorney said the murder of Lake Forest college student Blaze Bernstein was a hate crime.
California has 75 hate groups, the largest concentration of hate groups in the nation. A new report gives a breakdown of hate crimes reported in the state last year.
Hate crimes have increased 17.4 percent — from 931 incidents in 2016, to 1,093 incidents in 2017.
Published by The Washington Post
Rodolfo Rodriguez, a permanent resident of the United States, had been attacked with a brick and taken to the hospital with a broken cheekbone and two broken ribs.