Today in Germany a Syrian man is on trial for the suspected murder of a German man in an attack last year.
What Happened to Alonzo Brooks? New Autopsy Shows His Death Was No Accident
A new look into the case of 23-year-old Alonzo Brooks, who died suspiciously after attending a party in rural Kansas, has revealed that his death was in fact a homicide.
Asian Woman Stabbed After Coming to America for “American Dream”
Police say the killing of Ke Chieh Meng was random and not a hate crime “even though it occurred during a period of increased violence and racism toward Asian Americans” says Officer Ryan Railsback of the Riverside Police. However, the crime is still under investigation.
Elliot Arrested For Attacking Asian-American Woman
Brandon Elliot was arrested on Wednesday after viciously attacking a 65-year-old Filipino immigrant two days prior. The woman, later identified to be Vilma Kari, was on her way to church near Times Square in New York City when Elliot kicked her down and began beating her. He kicked Kari in the stomach and stomped on her face, shouted anti-Asian slurs and told her, “you don’t belong here.”
19-Year-Old Girl Survives Being Shot in the Face
Four men exited the vehicle and began shooting at her. One bullet hit Dimalanta directly in the face, passing through her right eye.
8 Murdered in Atlanta Massage Parlor Shootings
Eight people are dead after a 21-year-old man went on a killing spree in Atlanta, Georgia. The man targeted three separate massage parlors in his attack.
Asian Man Murdered: Possible Hate Crime
Juanito Falcon, a 74-year-old Arizona man, was murdered on Feb. 16, 2021, while he was out on a walk. Marcus Williams, 40, attacked Falcon on his morning walk at random. Relatives of Falcon are convinced his killing was a hate crime, and that he was targeted because he was Asian.
Transgender Murder Cases Remain Largely Unsolved
Today, most transgender murder cases continue to remain unsolved in the United States because police are struggling to connect with LGBTQ+ communities and properly represent victims in the media. Several experts and advocates for the transgender and LGBTQ+ communities have stated that United States police routinely fail to protect transgender victims via illformed state hate crime laws and improper identification practices such as misgendering and misnaming individuals.
Covington Faces 52-Count Indictment
After an arraignment on Wednesday, notorious New York City “Subway Attacker” Khari Covington is now facing a 52-count indictment against him for burglary, assault and strangulation as hate crimes. Covington allegedly targeted “light-skinned women” during a string of attacks that occurred between August 2020 and January 4 in Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg neighborhood. Most of the attacks happened in the Morgan Avenue subway station, but one took place near the station and another at a smoke shop.
Hate Crime Added to Attack on Louisiana Teenager
A hate crime charge adds to the attempted murder case of a gay Louisiana teenager in June 2020.
Transgender Violence Surges in Puerto Rico
With the death of Samuel Edmund Damian Valentin, seven trans people have been killed Puerto Rico within the past year. LGBTQ+ activists like Pedro Julio Serrano are demanding that the government declare a state of emergency for gender violence and hate crimes. Additionally, the violence is the worst it has been in over a decade. In 2020, more trans people were murdered in the U.S. than in 2019.
20/20 Special Examines Racist 1983 Killing of Black Ga. Man Who’d Been Dating White Women
Timothy Coggins, who was just 23, was found dead near a power line in Sunnyside, Ga., on Oct. 9, 1983.
Mexican American man charged with hate crime in fatal crash
A Mexican American man from Wisconsin is charged with homicide as a hate crime because prosecutors say he intentionally crashed his pickup truck into a motorcyclist and killed the man because he was white.
California Pair Charged With Hate Crime After Video Allegedly Shows Them Painting Over Black Lives Matter Mural
A California man and woman now face hate crime charges after a viral video apparently showed them painting over a Black Lives Matter mural while claiming “the narrative of police brutality” is a “lie.”
The FBI Is Investigating the Unsolved Murder of Alonzo Brooks
One of the saddest episodes of Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries is that of Alonzo Brooks, who was killed in what his family believes was a hate crime after his friends accidentally left him at a party an hour away from where he lived.
7 Men Arrested After Allegedly ‘Taunting’ Black Family At Beach Using Nazi Salutes And Racial Slurs
Oregon Police arrested seven men over the weekend who were “taunting” a Black family at the beach by yelling racial slurs at the family and using Nazi salutes, police said.
Connecticut brothers arrested for allegedly running teens off roadway, stealing bicycle
Two brothers were arrested Monday in connection with an incident in Manchester over the weekend that police are calling a hate crime.
Five charged with hate crimes in alleged attack on Black pastor
The sheriff’s office says the five are charged with felony abduction, assault – hate crime, assault by mob, and also assault and battery.
Some false police reports could be a hate crime under proposed New York law
Proposed state legislation in New York would make falsely reporting certain criminal incidents a hate crime. The bill is gaining support in the wake of a viral video that showed a white woman calling police on a black man who asked her to leash her dog in Central Park.
Man Charged With Hate Crime Following Assault At Suffolk Deli, Police Say
A Long Island man was arrested for an alleged hate crime in which he used ethnic slurs during an assault outside a popular business, police said.
DOJ to consider possible federal hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery shooting
The Department of Justice said Monday it will consider a request by Georgia’s attorney general to review the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery and assess whether federal hate crime charges should be pursued in the high-profile case.
Oregon Hate Crime Reports Up 366% Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents have spiked 366% in Oregon this year, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Missouri man charged with hate crime in arson that destroyed Islamic Center
A southeastern Missouri man is facing state and federal charges for allegedly torching the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center April 24, the first full day of Ramadan.
FBI concerned about potential for hate crimes during coronavirus pandemic
Federal investigators are concerned about the potential for hate crimes against minorities in the wake of the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, according to the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Man arrested by FBI in connection with alleged hate crime targeting Jewish nursing home in Longmeadow: court records
An East Longmeadow man was arrested Wednesday and charged with transporting explosives in connection with allegedly trying to torch a Jewish nursing home earlier this month, according to newly unsealed court records.
Week In True Crime: Covid-19 Hate Crimes, the Murder-Suicide of Patrick Jesernick, and Arrest of Iyanna Mayweather
MurderMurder News presents the biggest true crime stories of the week! This week we discuss Corona-related hate crimes, The murder-suicide of Patrick Jesernik, and the arrest of Iyanna Mayweather. Plus, we have special guests Cas sharing a hometown murder.
Brookline Police Issue Warrant In Connection With Hate Crime
Brookline Police are thanking the public for helping identify a man possibly connected to the anti-Semitic graffiti this week.
Teens charged with hate crimes for attacking a woman on a bus and saying she caused coronavirus, NYPD says
Teen girls were charged with hate crimes after police said they attacked a woman on a New York bus, made “anti-Asian statements” toward her and told her she caused coronavirus.
Woman needed stitches after anti-Asian hate crime attack on city bus, NYPD says
An unidentified woman and three teens are alleged to have attacked a 51-year-old Asian woman, hitting her on the head with an umbrella after making anti-Asian remarks.
FBI says Texas stabbing that targeted Asian-American family was hate crime fueled by coronavirus fears
Two children, ages 2 and 6, were among the victims attacked at a Sam’s Club in Midland
Serial killer who strangled a trans woman, described as ‘the worst of the worst’, has been sentenced to death
The murderer, of Houston, Texas, was handed a death sentence by a jury on Tuesday over the 2010 murders of transgender woman Charlie Rodriguez and homeless woman Reita Long.
A transgender woman’s brutal murder has shocked Puerto Rico and renewed a conversation about transphobia
Alexa Negrón Luciano — also known as Neulisa Luciano Ruiz — a homeless, transgender woman who was brutally killed in the city of Toa Baja last Monday.
Bill named after slain transgender Vancouver teen seeks to limit panic defenses
Rep. Sharon Wylie, D-Vancouver, evoked the memory of slain transgender teen Nikki Kuhnhausen before her colleagues last week approved a bill limiting so-called panic defenses.
Kuhnhausen, 17, disappeared in early June. Her remains were discovered Dec. 7 after a human skull was found in the woods at Larch Mountain, southeast of Battle Ground.
El Paso shooting suspect faces hate crime charges
The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in the border city of El Paso, Texas, has been charged with federal hate crimes, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Transgender woman spat on, slapped in Manhattan subway by couple yelling transphobic slurs
Serena Daniari was at the West 155th Street subway station in Harlem waiting for a C train around 9 p.m. when a man and woman started shouting transphobic slurs at her, Daniari said.
Hanukkah stabbings suspect allegedly searched “Jewish temples near me”
Investigators found handwritten journals referencing anti-Semitic beliefs, along with internet search terms including “German Jewish temples near me,” when they searched the home and phone of a man suspected of stabbing five people at a New York Hanukkah celebration Saturday, according to federal hate crime charges filed Monday.
Hanukkah stabbing suspect facing hate crime charges
A man accused in a Hanukkah stabbing attack in New York has been hit with five hate crime charges. Prosecutors said evidence found in the suspect’s home includes anti-Semitic journals.
Hanukkah stabbings survivor smashed attacker with table
When a man with a “big machete knife” burst into a rabbi’s home, stabbing victims as they celebrated Hanukkah, Josef Gluck ran away from the danger.
Then he came back to confront it.
Anti-Semitic references found in Hanukkah stabbing suspect’s journals
Grafton Thomas, accused of stabbing five people at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, was charged with five federal hate crimes Monday. Investigators say they found his handwritten journal with anti-Semitic writings.
