Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s a disturbing game – abruptly punch a stranger in the face in an attempt to knock him out with a single blow. A white Texas man is accused of doing exactly that, knocking a 79-year-old black man to the concrete, breaking his jaw and sending him to the hospital for several days,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former minister in Virginia claimed earlier this year that his porch and car were set on fire, and the side of his house painted with a racial slur. The financially struggling minister, Olander D. Cuthrell, 42, said he was the target of a hate crime. Not so. Turns out, he set…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish organization in Washington, will honor law enforcement heroes who have protected the public from hate crimes and terrorist threats. The fourth annual ADL SHIELD Awards will be held on Monday, Sept. 23rd in Washington and the recipients will include members of the FBI Washington Field…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mississippi congressman is urging the FBI to join an investigation into the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate, the Associated Press reports. Marco McMillian, 34, was running for mayor in Clarksdale when someone dragged him of out a car and beat him to death, the AP wrote. The 22-year-old suspect…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The case of a white man who apparently was killed for hanging out with black friends in October has raised questions about whether a hate crime was committed. In a report about the case, the Southern Poverty Law Center asks whether a hate crime was committed when three white men fatally stabbed…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 20-year-old Louisiana woman who claimed she was set on fire by racists who scrawled KKK and a racial slur on her car made up the incident, state police said Tuesday, the New York Daily News reports. Police said forensic evidence shows Sharmeka Moffitt set herself on fire on Sunday and invented…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating allegations of a hate crime after a 20-year-old black woman said she was set on fire by three men who scrawled KKK and a racial slur on her car in Louisiana, the Associated Press reports. More than half of Sharmeka Moffitt’s body was covered in burns – some…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The son of a woman killed at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin is urging the federal government to begin tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, the Associated Press reports. At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Harpreet Singh Saini, 18, said his mother deserves “the dignity of being a statistic.” The Department of Justice said…
