Hate Crimes – Page 19 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

Hate violence poses a serious threat to California communities. In every region of the state, incidents have occurred in which racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities have been harassed, intimidated, assaulted and even murdered. In some communities, acts motivated by bigotry have sparked widespread community disruption.

Sikh temple shooter said to be white suprem

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:28+00:00 August 6th, 2012|Extremism, Hate Crimes|

OAK CREEK, Wis.—The gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin before he was shot to death by police was identified Monday as a 40-year-old Army veteran and former leader of a white supremacist metal band.

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Officials name suspect in deadly Sikh temple shooting

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:28+00:00 August 6th, 2012|Hate Crimes|

OAK CREEK, Wisc. — Wade Michael Page, an Army veteran who was a “psychological operations specialist,” was identified as the gunman in a deadly Sikh temple shooting, officials said Monday morning.

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Wisconsin Shooter Identified as U.S. Army Veteran

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:28+00:00 August 6th, 2012|Hate Crimes|

OAK CREEK, Wis. — The suspect in the shooting rampage that left six people dead and three wounded at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on Sunday has been identified as Wade Michael Page, according to a government official.

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Gunman Kills 6 at a Sikh Temple Near Milwaukee

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:28+00:00 August 6th, 2012|Hate Crimes|

OAK CREEK, Wis. — The priests had gathered in the lobby of the sprawling Sikh temple here in suburban Milwaukee, and lunch was being prepared as congregants were arriving for Sunday services.

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Northridge mom pleads guilty in anti-Semitic vandalism involving daughter

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:30+00:00 July 19th, 2012|Hate Crimes|

LOS ANGELES – A Northridge mother pleaded guilty today to driving her daughter and two other girls to addresses in the San Fernando Valley, where the teens smeared feces, scrawled swastikas and wrote the word “Jew” on a home….

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Nonprofit that tracks hate crimes in O.C. may see county funding cut

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:32+00:00 June 15th, 2012|Conflict Resolution, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

A supervisor is proposing a two-thirds reduction in the money given to the Orange County Human Relations Commission, which leaders say could devastate the group.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-human-relations-20120615,0,5132570.story

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Listening Sessions: A Decade After 9/11

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:47+00:00 May 11th, 2012|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community, Uncategorized|

OC Human Relations shares listening sessions report:

http://egov.ocgov.com/vgnfiles/ocgov/Human%20Relations/Docs/Listen_Session_Final_Report_8-30-2011.pdf

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Iraqi Immigrants in California Town Fear a Hate Crime in a Woman’s Killing

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:30:51+00:00 March 28th, 2012|Hate Crimes, Police & Community|

From the New York Times:

EL CAJON, Calif. — Shaima Alawadi’s family says they found the first note taped to the front door of their house on a quiet suburban street here. It said: “This is my country. Go back to yours, terrorist,” according to her 15-year-old son, Mohammed.

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El Cajon police ask public’s help to solve Iraqi woman’s beating death

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:44+00:00 March 26th, 2012|Hate Crimes|

From the Los Angeles Times:

Shaima Alawadi, 32, may have been the victim of a hate crime, police say. According to relatives, a note found near her body said ‘go back to your own country’ and called her a terrorist.

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‘It Could Have Been Me’: a Black-Studies Graduate Student Responds to the Killing of Trayvon Martin

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:44+00:00 March 22nd, 2012|Education, Hate Crimes, Police & Community|

A perspective on the Trayvon Martin shooting…

“The murder of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager from Sanford, Fla., who was gunned down by a neighborhood-watch volunteer who said he acted in self-defense, has sparked outrage and grief, especially among black Americans. The teen, who the shooter told police looked “suspicious,” was wearing a hoodie as he

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