At a press conference on Wednesday, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer presented data on the human and financial costs of the city’s correctional facilities, offering stern warning on the future of Rikers Island, the prison complex he called a “humanitarian crisis.” According to Stringer, claims filed for personal injuries–both from routine accidents, …
Read More »Martin Alan Schnitzler Pleads Guilty For Hate Crimes Against Muslims, Faces Max 20 Years
The Justice Department has announced that Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, pleaded guilty to “obstructing persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs” in the Middle District of Florida for a Nov. 13, 2015 hate crime against Muslims. He is responsible for calling two mosques located in Pinellas County, Florida to make …
Read More »Ramarley Graham – 4 Years Later, Still No Justice
An unarmed teen was gunned down in his home by NYPD Officer Richard Haste. On February 2, 2012 Officer Haste broke into the Graham home, without a warrant or probable cause, and opened fire on 18-year-old Ramarley, murdering him before the eyes of two onlookers–his grandmother and 6-year-old brother. Officer …
Read More »Lynchings and vigilante violence rising in Mexico
In Ajalpan, Mexico two brothers were threatened by an angry mob who believed them to be kidnappers. Police identified them as pollsters for a marketing company and brought them to safety in a government building, but the town’s citizens believed otherwise. One vigilante doused the two brothers with gasoline and lit …
Read More »What can Americans learn about Islamophobia one year after the Charlie Hebdo attack?
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Read More »Germany cracks down on anti-migrant hate speech
Because of Germany’s historical involvement in genocide, hate speech in Germany has been considered a serious crime since WWII. While the far-right has often clashed with law enforcement by speaking out against migrants, since the wave of violence in Cologne on New Years Eve where over 100 sexual assaults and robberies by …
Read More »Riker’s Island inmate accuses officer of rape
A female inmate in Riker’s Island mailed her sister samples of the clothing she was wearing while she was violently raped by a guard. The unnamed officer has been reassigned to a different unit. Last year 28 sexual assaults were report to NYPD from Riker’s Island. More at New York …
Read More »New Delhi under scrutiny for five brutal rape cases reported in the city in just the last week
The five separate incidents include young children, incest and gang rape…
Read More »Black protestor, who suffered concussions after his violent removal from a Trump rally is seeking hate crime charge
The victim, Mercutio Southall was wearing a #blacklivesmatter T-shirt to the event in Birmingham, AL…
Read More »Cross-dressing guest of Howard Stern show Elliot Offen chased and beaten, suspect under arrest
“You homo, I’m going to cut off your schmeckle!” Nehoray Shabbot, a Hasidic Brooklyn man allegedly shouted before beating his victim.
Read More »Jerry Falwell Jr. urges college students to buy guns so they can “end those Muslims before they walked in.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education examines how hate speech spreads violent Islamophobia through college campuses
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