Sentences with phrase «religious hate crime»

In some cases the trigger may be an event, either global or personal, such as being a victim or witness to a race or religious hate crime.

The first is a schools pack on tackling racist and religious hate crime, the result of collaboration between the NUT, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Anthony Walker Foundation.

A Great Yarmouth church has been the victim of an arson attack and a religious hate crime, with a picture... More

@Kearns = > Anti-semetic hate crimes far outweigh those against Muslim Americans, even after 9/11 Jewish Americans suffered a larger increase in religious hate crimes against them than the small increase Muslim / Muslim - appearing Americans

Not exact matches

So, if I hold down some Amish bloke and shave off his beard because he is my perceived religious enemy, it's not a hate crime?

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.

It is not a hate crime to disagree with someone over a religious topic.

Influenced by advisors whose white nationalists views are well known, the president has waged a propaganda war against ethnic and religious minorities, stoking fear and hate by lying about crime rates, terrorist attacks, and voter fraud and by issuing executive orders that have already hurt many thousands of people around the world, including desperate refugee families.

The Council on American - Islamic Relations in Kansas is asking for Purinton to be charged with a hate crime both federally and at the state level «in order to send a strong message that violence targeting religious or ethnic minorities will not be tolerated.»

The new hate crime statistics show anti-Jewish bias remains far and away the most prevalent form of hate crime directed at a religious group.

God forbid we should make it a hate crime to express our religious convictions!

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.

Rep. Claudia Tenney backed a bill Monday that would boost hate crimes provisions by increasing federal penalties for violent threats made against religious institutions.

PRESS RELEASE: The following is a statement from Council Member Leroy Comrie on the arrest of Ray Lazier Lengend, who has been charged with a hate crime after confessing to throwing five molotov cocktails at various businesses and religious institutions.

Senator Klein highlighted the Independent Democratic Conference's Religious Freedom Package, a collection of legislation to combat hate crimes.

Bronx» elected officials stand together with religious leaders after recent hate crimes and fake bomb threats to 100 Jewish community centers around the country.

In response to a sharp uptick in hate crimes across New York state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a $ 25 million program that would provide additional security measures to schools and day - care centers affiliated with religious or other belief - based organizations.

According to Mr Starmer, the number of cases brought, the number of individials charged and the number of successful prosecutions is much lower for disability hate crime than for racial, religious, or homophobic hate crime.

UNITED AGAINST HATE: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND RIVERDALE JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS RALLY AGAINST RECENT WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM Senator Klein highlights the IDC's Religious Freedom Package aimed at combatting hate crimes Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-HATE: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND RIVERDALE JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS RALLY AGAINST RECENT WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM Senator Klein highlights the IDC's Religious Freedom Package aimed at combatting hate crimes Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-hate crimes Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-...]

In the last several months hate crimes have drastically increased, creating the need for stronger punishments for those who commit crimes like race or religious based graffiti.

Albany, NY — Members of the New York State Senate overwhelmingly approved pieces of legislation which are part of the Independent Democratic Conference's Religious Freedom package on Tuesday to combat hate - inspired crimes in New York State and to promote tolerance amongst those of different cultures and ethnicities.

«With the NYPD reporting that hate crimes overall are up 55 % so far this year, and anti-Semitic hate crimes up a staggering 94 %, the passage of this Religious Freedom package sends a timely message.

By allowing judges to order vandals to clean up their own mess, allowing for diversity education to counteract hate - fueled graffiti, and creating a new Class - E felony for graffiti that encourages gang activity or targets religious property, this multi-faceted approach combats every aspect of this ever - rising crime,»

«'' Religious freedom and tolerance are cornerstones of our democracy, and in these challenging times, I am heartened by the New York State Senate's fast and decisive action to tackle the recent rash of hate crimes in our state and across the nation.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called on Washington to increase anti-terror funding for religious institutions in the New York City metro area from $ 20 million to $ 25 million in the wake of the spate of hate crimes.

Greenfield's bill was intended to add protection for religious schools that feel the threat of terrorism or hate crimes, by staffing them with a school security officers with a direct dispatch to the NYPD.

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