hate crime
noun
: any of various crimes (such as assault or defacement of property) when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (such as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)
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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.
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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
Late last month, an Illinois jury found a man guilty of murder and hate crime charges for fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Now, a federal jury has found Jiang, of Falls Church, guilty of a hate crime following a four-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
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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
Late last month, an Illinois jury found a man guilty of murder and hate crime charges for fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Now, a federal jury has found Jiang, of Falls Church, guilty of a hate crime following a four-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Hate crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate%20crime. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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