#hate-crime

#hate-crime

34-year-old Shibritney Colbert has been arrested and charged after verbally attacking a gay man and then abusing him with his own cart in a Virginia grocery store. According to a statement from the Alexandria Police Department (APD), Colbert "pushed the victim and threw groceries while making derogatory statements. A 911 call was placed reporting a fight inside the store, and Alexandria Police officers responded immediately. As officers attempted to detain the suspect in the parking lot, she fled in her vehicle." Colbert has since been charged with felony eluding, assault and battery, destruction of property, and driving an unregistered vehicle. Police also say they believe she targeted the victim due to his sexual orientation, which is clear in the comments she hurled at him in the viral TikTok video of the incident. The case is currently "being evaluated" for the potential of adding hate crime charges, police said.

"He calls my dad weird," Prasad's daughter, Andrea, told KXTV in December. "He says it in a very rude, aggressive way... like he wants to hurt my dad."

Toronto police are investigating after Jewish prayer scrolls were removed from three condos in North York on Thursday. The scrolls, called mezuzahs, contain religious texts and are often placed on the doorposts of homes as a symbol of the Jewish faith. Just before 12:30 p.m. on Christmas day, three mezuzahs were taken from three units near Finch Avenue E. and Bayview Avenue, according to a statement from Ashley Visser, spokesperson for Toronto Police Service (TPS). Officers are investigating and the hate crime unit has been notified, Visser said in the statement.

Non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) should be scrapped as they are no longer fit for purpose, police leaders will recommend to the home secretary. The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and College of Policing will publish a review into public order and hate crime laws next month, in which they will call for NCHIs to be replaced with a new common sense system, as reported by The Telegraph.

Anthony Gilheaney, 31, was drunk and when he mounted the pavement with his Mercedes and repeatedly targeted people to run over. He was convicted of the murder of Aiden Chapman, 25, who suffered catastrophic brain injuries after being struck by Gilheaney's car. A couple on their way home from midnight mass were also attacked in the early hours of Christmas Day 2024 in London's West End.

➡️ Reactions are still coming in for President Trump's prime time address to the nation last night, including his usual "transgender for everybody" talking point. We've got the rundown for you. Plus, we examine the complicated political views of Charlie Kirk's accused killer as he appears in court, another city in Texas is being ordered to remove rainbow crosswalks, and a Sacramento man is comatose after a suspected hate crime.

BROOKLYN, NY - Police are investigating a possible antisemitic assault after a Jewish man was stabbed on a Brooklyn street corner Tuesday afternoon, and are searching for a suspect who fled the scene. Police said the 35-year-old victim was involved in what appeared to be a random verbal altercation with another man around 4 p.m. near Kingston Avenue and Lincoln Place in Crown Heights, which escalated when the suspect allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed him.

Painter said that the bullet is lodged in McFarlane's spine at the level of L4 and is in-operable, meaning it cannot be removed. This has affected his ability to walk, as well as his bowel and bladder function. He now requires "intensive physical therapy" and is not able to work to support himself or his pets for the "foreseeable future."

The Uncensored host then told Carlson he did not feel compelled to say derogatory stuff about gay people to make his points. Carlson said he agreed, but that f*ggot had become a magic word that people are not allowed to use anymore. Morgan then asked him if he would use it. F*ggot? I just did, Carlson said, before firing the word off several times. F*ggot, f*ggot, f*ggot. And I'm using it because you're not allowed to.

A trans person was hit over the head with a glass bottle on a London Underground train. British Transport Police launched an appeal for the victim to come forward. A fellow commuter reported they were on the Victoria line Tube service when the suspect got on at King's Cross and made a homophobic remark. He began harassing the person and as the train arrived at Euston, hit them on the head with a glass bottle before leaving the train at around 3am on October 25.

The university police department is working to identify the person responsible for the graffiti and hold them "accountable for their actions," Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Vincent Del Casino wrote in a message to the community. In the meantime, the university is ramping up foot patrols by campus police and staff members, Del Casino said. Additional security measures include expanded security cameras in public and exterior areas of residence halls, and improved lighting.

I was surrounded by commuters. Nobody intervened. I had been travelling alone and was checking my route home in a passageway, when suddenly I felt someone looming over me. I'd looked up to find a man standing inches from my face, staring down at me. He was motionless, and looking me dead in the eye. I froze - I thought I was about to be mugged.