hate crime

The county’s Commission on Human Relations Friday released its annual assessment of reported hate crimes and found that the number of such incidents are increasing. According to the county’s 2019 Hate Crime Report, although reports of hate crimes increased from 523 incidents in 2018 to 524 in 2019, they have been rising incrementally in the last several years. This is...

A 14-year-old boy who allegedly attacked a rabbi without provocation on a University City roadside was arrested Friday on suspicion of battery and committing a hate crime.

A Malibu woman accused of hurling racial slurs and attacking a female security guard in a West Hollywood supermarket parking lot is scheduled to make her first court appearance Thursday.

A woman was arrested Monday for attacking a security guard in a West Hollywood Pavilions parking lot that witnesses say was fueled by racism.

A woman was arrested Monday for attacking a security guard in a West Hollywood Pavilions parking lot that witnesses say was fueled by racism.

A white woman faces a felony hate crime charge after police said she initiated a racist confrontation with a group of Black men at a beach in suburban Chicago

LA County is launching a new website as part of an initiative to combat a rising number of hate crimes. Hetty Chang reports Aug. 27, 2020.

In this Hollywood hate crime, the focus is on the witnesses as well. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday Aug. 20, 2020.

The couple is also accused of hitting the victims’ truck with a shovel. As seen on NBC LA at 11 p.m. Friday July 31, 2020.

Authorities this morning announced that three reported assaults during a large demonstration staged by an Armenian group near the Azerbaijani Consulate in Brentwood are being investigated as hate crimes. Fistfights broke out and one officer was injured during Tuesday’s demonstration in the 11700 block of Wilshire Boulevard and the violence spilled into surrounding streets. Officers set up a scrimmage line…

A 42-year-old Redondo Beach man accused of assaulting two people in Torrance while hurling racial epithets is set to be arraigned Tuesday. Dennis Aaron Wyman is charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon — a car — and one count of hit-and-run driving resulting in serious injury to another person. He is also facing a special allegation…

Cynthia Choi of Chinese for Affirmative Action breaks down the increasing number of violent incidents directed at Asian Americans in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and how President Trump’s rhetoric has fueled the violence.

Police in Santa Rosa are investigating a hate crime after someone used racist content to “Zoom bomb” a meeting of government and nonprofit officials who gathered virtually Friday to discuss homelessness in the area, a supervisor confirmed.

Incidents of racism have become more visible due to cell phone cameras and social media, but hate crimes are still underreported across the U.S., according to Roy L. Austin, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. The reasons include distrust between the Black community and law enforcement, and a lack of incentive for officials to report...

An alleged assault on a biracial woman in Madison is being investigated as a hate crime after the 18-year-old told police she was burned by lighter fluid thrown at her and ignited by a white man, just a few blocks from protests at the state Capitol.

A typed letter posted on the front door of a shop in Torrance has become evidence in a hate crime investigation Tuesday. The letter reads: “We want you to move out.” It also goes on to threaten violence. The owner of the Japanese cookware shop says it’s is the worst type of racism he’s experienced since he moved to...

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that it will seek the death penalty for a man accused of opening fire inside a Poway synagogue last year, killing a woman and injuring three others.

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that it will seek the death penalty for a man accused of opening fire inside a Poway synagogue last year, killing a woman and injuring three others.

A typed letter left at a Torrance store threatening the owner with a bomb is being investigated as a hate crime. Rick Montanez reports June 16, 2020.

A white nationalist Norwegian who killed his stepsister and then stormed an Oslo mosque and opened fire, hitting no one, was found guilty Thursday and sentenced to 21 years in prison, the longest jail term under Norwegian law. Philip Manshaus, who had said in court that he regretted not having caused more damage, “has proven to be an extremely dangerous…