A Florida sheriff’s department has recommended a hate crimes enhancement against a 58-year-old man who allegedly attacked three teens at a gas station while shouting racial slurs at them. Richard Burnham, 58, has been charged with criminal mischief causing $1,000 damage and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to the incident …
A Connecticut man was arrested on Saturday, after a video surfaced allegedly showing him hurl a smoothie at an employee during a racist, violent trade. The Fairfield Police Department said in a Facebook post that James Iannazzo, 48, was charged following an incident at Robeks. After making a purchase without incident, Iannazzo reportedly returned to …
The Justice Department has reportedly closed an investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, finding that it could not prove Till’s accuser lied to federal investigators about the teen’s 1955 slaying in Mississippi. A federal investigation was opened into the 14-year-old’s slaying in July 2018, a year after Professor Timothy Tyson released “The Blood of …
A Florida woman is facing backlash after allegedly calling a stranger and her children hateful names. NBC 2 reports that Patricia Schmidt was listed as an Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Specialist at Lely Elementary School in Collier. She’s also been identified as the woman who called a mother and her young child offensive, racist names. …
“I’m not this Black man traipsing across the land attacking white folk,” Booker said. “The issue is me and what I look like.”
A Michigan man was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for assaulting a Black 18-year-old last year in a hate-fueled attack. The incident involving Lee Mouat, 43, and the victim occurred in June 2020 at Sterling State Park in Monroe. Witnesses said Mouat confronted a group of Black teens, including the victim, for …
Wisconsin prosecutors asked the court on Thursday to allow evidence showing suspected protest shooter Kyle Rittenhouse had links to a designated hate group and previously showed violent behavior before allegedly killing two people during a protest last year. According to Kenosha News, prosecutors submitted an “other acts” motion that would introduce evidence showing Rittenhouse has …
A California woman pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a hate crime charge for allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old Black boy at a New York hotel last year. WCBS reported that Miya Ponsetto, 22, was arraigned on charges of second-degree unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime, child endangerment, and aggravated harassment for a December 26 incident …
A deadly incident in a Boston suburb Saturday is being investigated as a hate crime after detectives found “troubling white supremacist rhetoric” written in the suspect’s handwriting. Nathan Allen, 28, allegedly stole a box truck and crashed it into a Winthrop home, then shot and killed two people before he was shot dead by Winthrop …
A California man who randomly stabbed a 94-year-old woman on Wednesday was released from jail days before the unprovoked attack, according to reports. Daniel Cauich, 35, was arrested two hours after allegedly stabbing Anh “Peng” Taylor multiple times in San Francisco. The victim’s niece told KPIX that Taylor claimed bystanders did not stop to help …
Investigators said a shooting spree that occurred on Friday and Saturday in Georgia and Alabama that left five people injured appears to have been motivated by race. Justin Roberts, 39, allegedly committed two shootings in Columbus, Georgia, and one in Phenix City, Alabama, in a 20-hour span. AL.com reported that a victim was shot multiple …
