Sentences with phrase «as hate crimes as»

Attacks on members of alternative subcultures should be classified as hate crimes as they are rooted in how the person looks and nothing else.

Not exact matches

A law - enforcement expert told CNN that the FBI was most likely involved to investigate the case as a possible hate crime since it occurred at a church.

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.

«We do not know the total costs for the victims of this horrific hate crime, therefore are working to raise as much as possible and disperse the funds as fast as possible.»

Jihad would be waged back against atheists and they would be labeled by most as pure haters and be charged with a hate crime minimally, unless Islam declared a Jihad back at them which might be really bad.

Just like the hate crimes committed against Asians by blacks on both coasts it is referred to as «disputes between communties.

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.

If I were harrassed by these hypocritical, war - promoting anti-abortionista's, I'd merely sue them on «relgious - hate - crimes» grounds, as my pagan belief leaves ALL failed culture war issues up to me!

Jews are unique in their position as targets of hate crimes.

Hate crimes are defined as criminal acts committed against those who belong to certain social, religious, ethnic or other group.

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.

As a African American I have heard members of my own community say that there are hate crimes against us on a regular basis.

rightfully so... btw, damage is done as this has sparked a new wave of hate crimes on the continent.

She said: «We're worried as Liberal Democrats and I'm personally worried about the divided nation we now have with people taking very extreme views and the rise of racism and hate crimes.

Charleston mayor Joseph Riley has condemned the shooting as a hate crime.

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.

I know that being from the US Bible Belt that by and large homosexuals are greatly persecuted and often not allowed to be members of their churches... even going so far as seeing hate crimes committed against them....

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You might be able to go into public with a microphone and start yelling racial epithets, but right as you committ a crime, any crime, hate crime laws come into effect that will make the punishment much more severe.

Now authorities are investigating the case as a theft, arson and hate crime, police said Tuesday.

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.

YOU GIRLS DO NT TAKE PICTURES AS THEN OBAMA WILL TRAP YOU WITH A HATE CRIME...

My crime, being a Palestinian and hate Israelis... if this justifies imprisonment, guilty as charged, and proud of it...

You got ta love how CNN defends this as «art», yet we all know if someone did the same to Islam, CNN would call it a hate crime.

Although the author of the article decries Americans as «religiously illiterate» we are certainly aware enough to have made our laws protecting religious freedoms & combating these hate crimes.

Officials believed all three of the explosions to be related and were considering investigating the motives as a possible hate crime because the victims were all people of color.

Police in the UK are treating an alleged racist attack on Raheem Sterling at Manchester City's training ground as a hate crime.

One bill backed by Akshar would make certain crimes specifically committed against law enforcement, firefighters and other emergency workers punishable as hate crimes.

She says: «We've seen increased racism and Islamophobia, but also increased homophobic hate crimes and attacks, and disability hate crimes as well.

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.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, meanwhile, expressed frustration over what he saw was a shifting set of priorities dictated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially proposed the amendments, as well as urged lawmakers to fund a hate crimes task force and back a memorandum of understanding for affordable housing money.

And those smears have consequences, from children being bullied in school, to attacks in the street - such as the rise of disability hate crime.

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.

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 books.

``... Although blasphemy and hate speech may not quality as crimes in the United States, we know it is wrong.

Of course, that is a notion that will be hysterically rejected by nationalist sympathisers, who will fall back on painting any critic as someone who conflates national pride with hate crimes.

Cops with the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force, along with cemetery officials, took a closer look at the property Sunday, as NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill called the incident «a great concern.

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.

The bill, co-sponsored by state Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D - Flushing) and state Sen. Eric Schneiderman (D - Manhattan), will allow judges to require, as part of sentencing that anyone convicted of a hate crime complete a program, training session or counseling session.

Biggert supported ENDA as well, backed hate crimes legislation and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and opposed three of four DOMA amendments.

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.»

That's from a state report released Thursday that says most of the statewide increase is attributed to Suffolk County property crimes classified as hate crimes.

Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.