hate crime

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Recent Examples of hate crime Advocates have also publicly questioned why the case hasn’t been considered a hate crime. Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025 The Iowa lawmakers' actions came as the Georgia House backed away from removing gender protections from the state's hate crimes law, which was passed in 2020 after the death of Ahmaud Arbery. CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025 Other top categories include immigration/asylum, with 1,283 complaints or 14.8%; education discrimination with 848 complaints or 9.8% and hate crimes with 647 complaints or 7.5%, according to the report. Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025 Police said there is no indication of a hate crime in the deaths of Mickey Harmon and Jordan Celotto. Abby Monteil, Them, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hate crime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hate crime
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The lawsuit claims medical errors happened during the procedure, which led to the bowel perforation.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
  • All the results were just outside margins of error.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The company later emerged in December 2020 with new owners, including Brookfield Asset Management and Simon Property Group, as well as a new plan to restructure its stores and reduce debt.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • His TikTok extensions belong in the same category of executive lawlessness as former President Biden’s actions to wipe out student loan debt and President Obama’s non-enforcement of immigration law.
    The Editors, National Review, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are back at the scene of the crime.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • State investigators found numerous violations there, including a rat infestation, medications not being properly administered, inoperable emergency pull cords in some bedrooms and neglected residents.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Inspectors found seven violations, three of which were high priorities.
    Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Prince Andrew has denied allegations of wrongdoing, was not charged criminally, and reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre stemming from a civil lawsuit.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The company, which denied wrongdoing in the class-action case, did not respond to a request for an interview for this article.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Michael Simon, Boynton Beach Yes, a ‘term’ for Trump The only term Donald Trump should receive is a jail or prison term for having been found guilty of 34 felony counts.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Records show she was booked into the Fulton County Jail Tuesday on one count of transmitting false public alarm, a felony.
    Kristal Dixon, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Declan Moore, 23, of the 500 block of First Street, was charged with felony counts of aggravated fleeing and misdemeanor charges after the incident Wednesday.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Nine months later, a Manhattan jury found Majors guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge and one harassment violation, and Marvel fired him.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025

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