Hate crimes in the United States have jumped to an alarming level in 2021, largely driven by crimes based on race and ethnicity, according to a supplemental report released by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. FBI data released on Monday show the total reported hate crime incidents increased from 8,120 in 2020 to […]
NTD spoke to Rabbi Abraham Cooper about recent instances of antisemitism at the international religious freedom summit in Washington, DC. Cooper explains how the pandemic and social media have amplified hate.
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—The father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each received a second life prison sentence Monday—for committing federal hate crimes, months after getting their first for murder—at a hearing that brought a close to more than two years of criminal proceedings. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood […]
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department on Wednesday filed federal hate crime charges against an alleged white supremacist accused of killing 10 black people in Buffalo, New York, last month, saying he was driven by a desire to “prevent black people from replacing white people.” Payton Gendron faces 26 counts of hate crimes and firearms offenses, according to […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on May 20 announced new initiatives worth $10 million to curb hates crimes and other “bias-related incidents.” This comes just days after the House passed legislation to authorize dedicated offices within U.S. federal government departments to monitor domestic terrorism and hate crimes. As part of the DOJ’s efforts, it […]
The three men convicted in 2021 in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were found guilty on Feb. 22 of federal hate crimes. A jury convicted Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and their neighbor William Bryan after deliberating for about four hours. All three men were found guilty of violating Arbery’s civil rights by attacking […]
Racist attacks against Jews in America are disturbingly high, yet they get little attention, despite society’s heightened sensitivity to racism. Anti-Jewish sentiment is particularly rife on college campuses, where staff hired to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, often promote antisemitic attitudes. In terms of hate crimes, the FBI’s most recent statistics will probably surprise a […]
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A federal judge has scheduled an early 2022 trial for three Georgia men charged with hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood issued a written order Tuesday setting jury selection to begin Feb. 7 at the federal courthouse in the coastal city of Brunswick. That’s just a […]
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that overwhelmingly passed Congress in a rare show of bipartisanship. “Silence is complicity and we cannot be complicit. We have to speak out. We have to act,” Biden told lawmakers. “That’s what you’ve done. And I can’t thank you enough. I’m proud […]
