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Recent Examples of hate crime
Anti-transgender hate crimes reported in the US have doubled from 176 incidents in 2021 to 355 in 2023, according to FBI hate crime data.
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Taylor Romine, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
Over the past five years, hate crimes targeting Jews numbered more than four times those motivated by anti-Christian bias, according to the FBI hate crime database.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
Because Nordquist is a transgender man, his death sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ+ community and sparked fears that his brutal murder could have been a hate crime.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Investigators rule out a hate crime: Law enforcement officials in upstate New York said that the torture and killing of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man whose remains were found in a field in upstate New York last week, did not appear to be a hate crime.
—James Barron, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Romine, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
Over the past five years, hate crimes targeting Jews numbered more than four times those motivated by anti-Christian bias, according to the FBI hate crime database.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
Because Nordquist is a transgender man, his death sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ+ community and sparked fears that his brutal murder could have been a hate crime.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Investigators rule out a hate crime: Law enforcement officials in upstate New York said that the torture and killing of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man whose remains were found in a field in upstate New York last week, did not appear to be a hate crime.
—James Barron, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hate crime
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Through last Sunday, bias crimes in the city were down 18% this year, with 18 incidents compared to 22 by this time last year.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Hay was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on assault and bias crime charges, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
21 May 2024
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Unfortunately, errors happen not just to us, but to others.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2025
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The survey polled 1,033 adults via web, phone and field interviews from Feb. 4 -12 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Mar. 2025
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When Wilson took over in late 2015, Bogus Basin was on a run of tough snow years, bleeding money and $8 million in debt.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Feb. 2025
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On February 25, the U.S. debt ceiling was raised by another $4 trillion.—
Marie Poteriaieva,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.—
David Cason,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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Shih said a search of one suspect’s home yielded evidence related to the crimes, as well as a loaded handgun with an extended magazine.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Poppy Alexander, a partner at Whistleblower Partners who represents whistleblowers reporting corporate FCPA violations, echoes this thinking.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The violations for each of the officers included standard of conduct violations, death investigation procedure violations and report preparation violations.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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The names include presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, who strenuously deny any wrongdoing.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Benn had tested positive for clomiphene, a fertility drug used by women who struggle to ovulate, but repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Capital felony murder charges were filed against two of the escapees, and other charges were pending against all four inmates, authorities said.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Trump was accused of illegally retaining the documents following his first term in the White House and was indicted in June 2023 on dozens of federal felony charges.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Hackman was a grownup, with an adult’s knowledge of crimes and misdemeanors, whether his character was committing them or punishing the perpetrators.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Bass more than six years ago entered a guilty plea on a misdemeanor charge of resisting or obstructing authorities, Winnebago County records show.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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