hate-crimes
A Missouri man will spend decades behind bars for 2019 hate crime against a gay teen. According to the New York Times, 25-year-old Malachi Robinson was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison on Thursday for the shooting of a 16-year-old Kansas City boy. Prosecutors say Robinson had met the teen by chance at a public […]
The Jussie Smollett case continues its years-long presence in headlines this week with the release of a new documentary special focused on Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo’s side of the story. The two men, who are brothers, return to the scene of the allegedly staged crime for a new multi-part special that’s quite unfortunately the work of Fox Nation. […]
Attorneys for former Empire actor Jussie Smollett are appealing the 150-day jail sentence he received after being found guilty in 2021 of staging a hate crime in January 2019. Per CNN, in a court document filed on Wednesday in the Illinois First Judicial District appellate court, attorneys for Smollett appealed the conviction and are requesting a new trial. […]
A Colorado man was arrested on Monday after he was recorded on TikTok making racist and homophobic remarks at an Asian man and woman inside an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in California. According to CBS News, Arine Kim and Elliot Ha were recording themselves as they tried items off In-N-Out Burger’s secret menu on Christmas Eve. Kim and Ha were approached by […]
Construction of the Obama Presidential Center came to a halt this week after a noose was reportedly discovered at the $830 million worksite. Lakeside Alliance, a coalition of Black-owned construction firms overseeing the project, confirmed the news in a statement Thursday, shortly after the noose was found. The group told outlets it was suspending operations indefinitely so it […]
A Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for brutally attacking an Asian family he had blamed for the COVID pandemic. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 21-year-old Jose Gomez III confronted the Burmese family at a Sam’s Club on March 14, 2020, just a day after then-President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus […]
The family of Emmett Till is demanding the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who was accused of kidnapping the Black teen before he was tortured and lynched. According to Associated Press, members of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation are urging authorities to charge Donham in connection to Till’s 1955 murder. The calls were reignited […]
The accused shooter in the racist attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York last month has now been charged with federal hate crimes. Per a report from the Associated Press, 18-year-old Payton Gendron—who was previously charged in connection with the attack at the state level—now potentially faces the death penalty. Gendron is accused of […]
A Michigan man has been hit with federal hate crime charges after he allegedly harassed Black Lives Matter supporters with racist messages and nooses. According the United States Department of Justice, 61-year-old Kenneth Pilon began terrorizing his community members in June 2020, just weeks after the police killing of George Floyd. Investigators say Pilon had called nine Michigan […]
A Wisconsin man is facing federal charges over a series of racist incidents directed at his Black neighbors. According to legal documents obtained by the Daily Beast, 54-year-old William McDonald is accused of using force and threats of force to interfere with the housing rights of multiple people because of their race, color, or national origin. Authorities […]
