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CNN: Woman accused of murder as a hate crime in NYC subway push death A 31 - year - old Bronx woman has been charged with second - degree murder as a hate crime in the death of a man shoved in front of a subway train, Queens prosecutors said Saturday.
Two College Point men — Danny Rodriguez, 21, and Daniel Aleman, 26 — have been arrested and charged with assault and robbery as a hate crime in the incident, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
NEW YORK — Two men have pleaded guilty to robbery as a hate crime in the brutal beating of a gay man last year.

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Jackson was in court Monday, as prosecutors charged him with murder as an act of terrorism in addition to the murder as a hate crime charge he'd already been facing.
Characterizing Indigenous peoples who engage in the tobacco trade as gangs, criminals or members of organized crime is racist, factually wrong and is itself a form of hate crime insofar as it paints all Indigenous peoples in the trade as criminals and dangerous.
Defending Shepard as having been the victim of «a brutal, anti-gay hate crime,» a spokesperson for the Matthew Shepard Foundation denounced Jimenez's claims in a statement to The Huffington Post at the time of the release of The Book Of Matt.
Such as burning down their own gas stations in Detroit and claiming it was a hate crime, when in fact it was a sorry-@aased attempt to get insurance money.
Jews are unique in their position as targets of hate crimes.
Such groups have claimed that federal hate crimes laws will silence preachers, ignoring those laws» robust protections for free speech and religious expression, as well as the experience in the many states with such protections already in place.
@Chad, «Jews are unique in their position as targets of hate crimes
Therefore we must resist the temptation to respond in kind, rush into judgement, proclaim this as an atheist hate crime against Christians, tar all atheists with the same brush and suggest that atheism inevitably leads to such persecution of Christians.
CNN: Hate crime numbers steady, FBI reports As New York authorities investigate what appears to be the nation's latest hate crime, the FBI's annual hate crime report, released Monday, shows no significant change in the level of crimes motivated by bHate crime numbers steady, FBI reports As New York authorities investigate what appears to be the nation's latest hate crime, the FBI's annual hate crime report, released Monday, shows no significant change in the level of crimes motivated by bhate crime, the FBI's annual hate crime report, released Monday, shows no significant change in the level of crimes motivated by bhate crime report, released Monday, shows no significant change in the level of crimes motivated by bias.
Denying blatant stupidity is not a hate crime, but justifying stories that were told in antiquity as some sort of truth without any proof required.
Police in the UK are treating an alleged racist attack on Raheem Sterling at Manchester City's training ground as a hate crime.
As May knows, both the USA and UK have recently experienced disturbing spikes in hate crime and hostile sentiments towards migrants and minorities are a cause for concern on both sides of the Atlantic.
Offenses against first responders such as police, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel would be designated a hate crime, according to a bill to be considered on Tuesday in the Senate.
And those smears have consequences, from children being bullied in school, to attacks in the street - such as the rise of disability hate crime.
The governor has been active in recent days on other matters, including taking steps to counteract a rise in hate crimes after the election of Donald Trump as president.
In an article about the future of litigation against «Don't Ask, Don't Tell,» Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, was quoted last week in Politico as suggesting the administration's defense of the law in court would allow the federal hate crimes law to stay on the bookIn an article about the future of litigation against «Don't Ask, Don't Tell,» Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, was quoted last week in Politico as suggesting the administration's defense of the law in court would allow the federal hate crimes law to stay on the bookin Politico as suggesting the administration's defense of the law in court would allow the federal hate crimes law to stay on the bookin court would allow the federal hate crimes law to stay on the books.
``... Although blasphemy and hate speech may not quality as crimes in the United States, we know it is wrong.
It was introduced in recognition of National Crime Victims» Rights Week in April as a result of vicious hate crimes, including this year's bias attacks against five elderly Asian Americans in Manhattan and a Mexican man on Staten Island, and last year's vicious beating of gay College Point resident Jack Price.
In the days since the election, Cuomo has set up a hotline for New Yorkers to report incidents of bias and discrimination, as hate crimes have spiked since Nov. 8, when Donald Trump won the presidency.
Together as a community — unified as one — we will continue to take a stand against hate crimes in a City that is known for equality, acceptance and diversity.»
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Community Heroes Protection Act, which would designate crimes targeted towards first responders as hate crimes, was introduced Tuesday in Albany.
Cuomo, while praising the state's Marriage Equality Act, Paid Family Leave Act, the free SUNY tuition plan and the rise of the minimum wage in New York City to $ 15 as successes, he blamed the rise in anti-Semitism and «hate» crimes on President Donald Trump's administration, which is «dividing the nation, pitting rich against poor and black against white.»
He says he's in agreement that lawmakers should get a modest pay raise, but says he wants other items finished as well, including freeing up $ 1 billion more to help the homeless and the expansion of the state's hate crimes law, and the State Police authority to enforce them.
A report of its ad hoc committee also called for the passing of hate crime laws by South Africa and Nigeria as part of measures to contain the rising cases of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa.
On how to criminalise such attacks, the parties agreed to «evolves legislative instruments such as hate crime laws to promote tenets of solidarity, support and protection for Nigerians living in (The Diaspora) towards finding lasting solutions to the crisis in South Africa and other similar cases.»
Attacks on members of alternative subcultures should be classified as hate crimes as they are rooted in how the person looks and nothing else.
In statement, DiNapoli said the audit was spurred in part by a request from Manhattan Democratic Sen. Brad Hoylman, who issued a report earlier in the year raising concerns on whether law enforcement was giving proper identification to hate crimes as is required by state laIn statement, DiNapoli said the audit was spurred in part by a request from Manhattan Democratic Sen. Brad Hoylman, who issued a report earlier in the year raising concerns on whether law enforcement was giving proper identification to hate crimes as is required by state lain part by a request from Manhattan Democratic Sen. Brad Hoylman, who issued a report earlier in the year raising concerns on whether law enforcement was giving proper identification to hate crimes as is required by state lain the year raising concerns on whether law enforcement was giving proper identification to hate crimes as is required by state law.
The deadly shooting of two immigrants from India in Kansas, which is being investigated as a possible hate crime, has raised new alarms about a climate of hostility toward foreigners in the U.S., where Trump has made clamping down on immigration a central plank of his «America first» agenda.
In the late 1980s, as hate crimes legislation was first discussed seriously in Albany, Republicans hoped to claim credit on an issue popular among constituencies including the African - American and Jewish communitieIn the late 1980s, as hate crimes legislation was first discussed seriously in Albany, Republicans hoped to claim credit on an issue popular among constituencies including the African - American and Jewish communitiein Albany, Republicans hoped to claim credit on an issue popular among constituencies including the African - American and Jewish communities.
Sanchez, previously the recruitment director for the Working Families Party, pledges to be a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, fighting for increased access to, and funding for, mental health services, as well as efforts to put an end to hate crimes in the district.
Beginning in 1990 as the development director at the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Katz created the Hate Crimes Bill Coalition, a network of advocates from diverse communities pushing for comprehensive hate crimes protections for categories including sexual orientatHate Crimes Bill Coalition, a network of advocates from diverse communities pushing for comprehensive hate crimes protections for categories including sexual orientCrimes Bill Coalition, a network of advocates from diverse communities pushing for comprehensive hate crimes protections for categories including sexual orientathate crimes protections for categories including sexual orientcrimes protections for categories including sexual orientation.
However, the funding of Tell Mama was described as «ongoing» in the Government's «hate crime action plan» last year and only in November Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, announced that # 214,000 of «new» and «further» funding had been granted to Tell Mama.
«We stand ready to commit whatever resources we can to ensure equality as we prepare for a possible uptick in hate crimes or other violations of New Yorkers» civil rights,» said Schneiderman.
His office has sent a bulletin to law enforcement offices across the state outlining New York's hate crime law and stressing the need for law enforcement to identify possible hate crimes, as well as guidance in civil rights law.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A Jewish customer in Dunkin' Donuts was threatened and told to take off his yarmulke in what police are investigating as a hate crime, according to the NYPD.
The governor also wants to expand the state's hate crimes laws to offer more protection to New Yorkers who are victims in the increased number of bias - related incidents since the election of Donald Trump as president.
Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation at alarming rates, Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Council Member Andrew Cohen and Congressman Eliot Engel, in partnership with the Riverdale YM - YWHA, joined members of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and other community leaders to condemn the disturbing acts during a rally at the Riverdale YM - YWHA Thursday night.
Instead, his client was rounded up in Oct. 2016, and charged with second - degree grand larceny as a hate crime for her role in the scam.
The brought about the huge rise in disability hate crimes as they branded those on DLA as fraudsters and subjected them to ATOS.
As has been his style, Cuomo did not mention President - elect Donald Trump by name, but referenced the scrutiny that has been placed on hate crimes and racist graffiti in the wake of Election Day in November.
«President Donald Trump's hostile rhetoric aimed at our immigrant and Muslim communities is dangerous and has serious consequences, as the recent spike in hate crimes has shown.
Fighting hate - inspired crime is a priority, especially now, as we are experiencing a spike in discriminatory violence.
Cuomo recently launched the formation of a New York State Hate Crime Task Force with members from the New York State Police and the New York State Division of Human Rights, as well as a hate crime hotline — both apparent responses to the surge in bias attacks that followed the president's electHate Crime Task Force with members from the New York State Police and the New York State Division of Human Rights, as well as a hate crime hotline — both apparent responses to the surge in bias attacks that followed the president's elecCrime Task Force with members from the New York State Police and the New York State Division of Human Rights, as well as a hate crime hotline — both apparent responses to the surge in bias attacks that followed the president's electhate crime hotline — both apparent responses to the surge in bias attacks that followed the president's eleccrime hotline — both apparent responses to the surge in bias attacks that followed the president's election.
Brooklyn resident Christopher Nelson was later arrested for the crime and charged with Menacing in the Second Degree as a Hate Crime, which is a felony, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Ofcrime and charged with Menacing in the Second Degree as a Hate Crime, which is a felony, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's OfCrime, which is a felony, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.
BROOKLYN, NY — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams sent a letter to President - Elect Donald Trump last week requesting the incoming head of state to meet with Aml El Sokary, a Muslim cop who says she was the victim of a hate crime in Brooklyn on Dec. 3, as well as other members of the NYPD's Muslim Officers Society.
He was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan Criminal Court on 16 counts of aggravated harassment as a hate crime and one count of aggravated harassment.
He says he's in agreement that lawmakers should get a modest pay raise but says he wants other items finished as well, including freeing up $ 1 billion more dollars to help the homeless and the expansion of the state's hate crimes law, and the state police authority to enforce them.
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