Tag Archives: hate crimes

A 19 year-old Mississippi man has pleaded guilty and received two life sentences for targeting a random black man for abuse and killing him with his pickup truck. It was later learned that the victim was gay and in a 17 year relationship. Deryl Dedmon, 19, of Brandon, Miss., apologized to the family of 49-year-old James Craig Anderson. While partying …

In an Amish-on-Amish attack in Ohio last year, several men were assaulted and had their beards cut off, the ultimate insult in that community. Now charged with hate crimes, lawyers for the assailants are petitioning to overturn the federal Hate Crimes Act as unconstitutional. The attorneys, who have asked a judge to toss the charges, argued in recently filed court …

Three Massachusetts lesbians have been charged with a hate crime for assaulting a gay man as they shouted homophobic slurs. Their lawyer says the charge is ridiculous. “My guess is that no sane jury would convict them under those circumstances, but what this really demonstrates is the idiocy of the hate-crime legislation,” said civil liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate. “If you …

Naming himself at #1, Scott “Nazis Were Gay” Lively has published a list of the ten most “pro-family” asshats for 2011. First to respond to this despicable honor is World Net Daily founder and Just For Men spokestool, Joseph Farah: “I am very grateful to be honored by Abiding Truth Ministries and to be included among such distinguished and courageous …

Via the Bellingham Herald in Washington state. A 22-year-old man was arrested for an alleged hate crime against a lesbian couple early Sunday, Dec. 11, after he yelled slurs at them and smashed in the window of a victim’s car, but was then pinned to the ground by one of the victims, police said. William Adam Lane confronted the couple …

Today’s ridiculous lie from World Net Daily: A homosexual who violently attacks a Christian pastor would be protected from President Obama’s “hate-crimes” law and its enhanced penalties, a group of the legislation’s supporters openly admitted during debate in Congress. However, the penalties would apply should a Christian pastor violently attack a homosexual. Penalties likely would be more severe for the …

“I’m very sad about the turn the discussion on Criminal Law is taking in Puerto Rico that proposes the elimination of aggravating factors in cases where crimes are committed out of prejudice toward the victim. They ought to do their homework and review a little the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says that everyone – the citizens – are …

Michael Lavers reports that Puerto Rico’s legislature is set to exclude LGBT residents in a revision of the island’s hate crimes law. The Puerto Rico Senate late last month approved a provision that would eliminate sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity and religious beliefs from the hate crimes statute that was included in the penal code that lawmakers approved …

Last week I reported on the Texas gay man who was burned, stabbed, and beaten at a party. Today he told his story to MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts.(Via – Think Progress)

The Dallas Voice reports that a Texas gay man has been beaten, burned, and stabbed in what the victim is characterizing as a hate crime. Burke Burnett said he was at a private party at about 1 a.m. when four men suddenly attacked him, stabbing him at least twice with a broken beer bottle before throwing him onto a fire. …

A 28 year-old gay man was found tied to lamppost and may have been burned alive in what Scottish police are describing as a possible hate crime. Detectives today launched a murder inquiry following the grim discovery, with streets in a nearby industrial estate sealed off as part of the ongoing investigation. Strathclyde Police confirmed the body had scorch marks …

TRANSLATION: A group which opposes hate crimes prosecutions makes highly dubious hate crimes claims and then accuses those who question those claims of inciting hate crimes against them.

Yet another charming example of Christian Love. “I went over to take the keys out of the ignition and all the sudden I hear someone say ‘sick’em,'” said Gibson County resident, Jerry Pittman Jr. Pittman said the attacked was prompted by the pastor of the church, Jerry Pittman, his father. “My uncle and two other deacons came over to the …

To the dismay of LGBT activists, one of the women convicted of assaulting a transgender woman in a Baltimore McDonald’s has only received a five year sentence for the hate crime. “The whole incident is unfortunate and demonstrates the lack of knowledge and understanding, and discrimination against transgender people,” said Patrick Wojahn, board president of the Equality Maryland Foundation. “If …

One of the teenagers caught on video in a brutal attack on a transwoman at a Baltimore McDonald’s has pleaded guilty. Teonna Monae Brown, 19, pleaded guilty in a Baltimore County court to one court of first-degree assault and one count of a hate crime in the attack on Chrissy Polis, 22, said Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger. The …

GOProud president Jimmy LaSalvia went on Fox News to announce that his gay-bashing is conclusive proof that hate crimes laws don’t work. LaSalvia is apparently hallucinating that Minority Report’s Pre-Crime Division has already arrived from the future.

LaSalvia says he’s buying a gun, presumably for future bike rides.

Nine Springfield, Massachusetts youths have been charged with hate crimes in the beating of an openly gay man. Sgt. John Delaney said the beating occurred shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday as the 30-year-old victim walked down a Springfield street. Delaney said the victim told police he was then attacked by the suspects who knocked him to the ground, kicked him …

The management of a company that provides floats to Chicago Pride arrived this morning to find dozens of slashed tires. Chuck Huser, owner of long-time Pride float provider Assocated Attractions at 4834 S. Halsted on Chicago’s South Side, said the floats were fine when he left 8 p.m. Saturday night, but when he returned 5 a.m. Sunday to start preparation …