Hate crime
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The woman is accused of stomping on the poster in front of a deputy who had pulled her over for speeding
Police officials said they would work to determine if the incident was a possible hate crime
Members of the NYPD’s strategic response group will be headed to those communities, said Chief of Department Rodney Harrison
The bill establishes a point person at the DOJ who would review hate crime incidents reported to law enforcement agencies
The measure would expedite the review of hate crimes at the DOJ and provide support for local law enforcement
A civil rights group wants to know if the gunman who killed eight people last week — four of them Sikhs — had ties to hate groups
The arrest came just weeks after the NYPD said it would be sending Asian cops undercover to stop hate crimes
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a 30-day review, citing the “recent rise in hate crimes and hate incidents”
“We are there to be witnesses, to report crimes and let the cops do their jobs from there on,” a volunteer said
“The next person you target may be a plainclothes New York City police officer, so think twice,” police officials warned
Commissioner Dermot Shea says he plans to put undercover officers out as decoys
Georgia was one of only four states without a hate crimes law when lawmakers passed it last year
In December, the suspect pleaded guilty but mentally ill to two counts of murder
The Atlanta-area shooting spree left 8 dead, most of them Asian women
Police are also bolstering community outreach efforts amid a surge in violence against Asian Americans, officials said
Most of the victims were Asian, prompting fears that the shooting spree was a hate crime
Several attacks on older Asians have stoked fear in the Bay Area, leading police to increase their presence
Officials say the numbers reflect a splintering of extremist groups that are more difficult to track
After an elderly woman’s car was destroyed, LAPD went above and beyond the call of duty to replace it
Some of the increases may be the result of better reporting by police agencies, but officials don’t doubt that hate crimes are on the rise
The proposals include making any crime against a police officer because of his or her police status a hate crime
Republican lawmakers tied passage of the hate crimes bill to simultaneous passage of H.B. 838, which mandates penalties for crimes targeting responders
The decision to deploy extra resources comes as part of an effort to end a surge in anti-Semitic hate crimes
Some committee members raised questions about the bill’s effectiveness and the legal challenges of discerning motive and intent in alleged hate crimes
The new department would ‘specialize in investigating far-right extremist groups and individuals’
Mayor Bill de Blasio says the cameras are part of ongoing measures to increase NYPD’s visibility into those neighborhoods in light of recent anti-Semitic attacks
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said the addition of hate crime statistics was prompted by recent anti-Semitic attacks in New York and New Jersey
Lawmakers have also asked the NYPD to include hate crimes in its weekly statistic reports in addition to releasing quarterly statistics
The suspect was stopped in Manhattan and taken into custody by NYPD, officials say
State police are investigating the incident, which comes after a series of apparently anti-Semitic attacks reported throughout New York
