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Couple accused in racially charged attack on Boston transit worker

Robert Snyder (pictured) and Shyla Witts (pictured) are facing a slew of charges including assault and civil rights violations.  The pair is accused of allegedly viciously attacking an unnamed Black...

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Two White Women Confess To Murdering Black Man, James Craig Anderson &...

Shelbie Brooke Richards and Sarah Adelia Graves, two 21-year-old White women of Mississippi pleaded guilty to their role in killing James Craig Anderson, a 49-year-old Black man. Both women are only...

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3 sentenced to prison in slaying of Black man in Mississippi

James Craig Anderson JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Three young White men who admitted they were out hunting Black people to attack when they beat, ran over and killed a 47-year-old car plant worker in...

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NAACP releases statement in memory of slain Chapel Hill students

On Tuesday, three Americans Muslims were tragically killed by Craig Stephen Hicks over a dispute about parking. Hicks has since surrendered to police and has been charged with three counts of first...

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Fathers of slain Muslims: This was a hate crime

Namee Barakat, right, embraces his wife Layla Barakat during a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Raleigh, N.C. They are the parents of Deah Shaddy Barakat, a doctoral student at...

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AP: Trayvon Martin’s mother says killer got away with murder

Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, speaks with the Associated Press in Miami, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, that George Zimmerman, the former...

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Justice Served: Three men sentenced & thrown in prison for brutal death of...

Three White men (William Kirk Montgomery, Joseph Paul Dominick and Jonathan Kyle Gaskamp) have been sentenced to federal prison for the murder of James Craig Anderson, an unarmed and innocent...

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The latest on church shooting: Obama speaks of anger, grief

In this image taken from video and released by WBTV, police stand near the vehicle that was driven by Dylann Storm Roof, Thursday, June 18, 2015, in Shelby, N.C. (WBTV via AP) President Barack Obama...

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Beyond Charleston: Other Black churches that have been victimized by White...

Source: Getty As details regarding the Charleston, SC church shooting continue to unfold, the nation is grappling yet again with what appears to be a violent hate crime aimed against people of color....

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‘Amazing Grace’…Obama delivers passionate race lecture at eulogy

Sen. Clementa Pinckney’s wife Jennifer Pinckney, right, and daughters Eliana, left, and Malana walk in for his funeral service, Friday, June 26, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.  (AP Photo/David Goldman)...

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Mother Emanuel AME Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof Indicted On Federal Hate...

The man accused of killing nine Black parishioners at the historic Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, S.C. was indicted on federal hate crime charges Wednesday, the New York Times reports....

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Louisiana man arrested for racist hate crime against 12-year-old boy

Source: ANTHONY WALLACE / Getty In the town of Clinton, La., a white 54-year-old man was arrested and charged with a hate crime and an additional misdemeanor charge after he cornered a 12-year-old...

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A hate crime is a hate crime no matter the color of the perpetrator

Vester Flanagan *There isn’t much left in the way of pejoratives that can’t and haven’t been said about Vester Flanagan. He was disturbed, deranged, a psychopath, maniacal, the epitome of evil, and a...

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Prosecutor: Church shooting suspect to face death penalty

This April 2015 photo released by the Lexington County (S.C.) Detention Center shows Dylann Roof, 21. Charleston Police identified Roof as the shooter who opened fire during a prayer meeting inside the...

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Maryland man arrested for Tweet threatening to kill all White people

Carlos Anthony Hollins, 20, was arrested for sending out a tweet threatening to kill all of the White people in his town of La Plata, Maryland. Hollins tweeted the message on Wednesday, followed with...

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Homicides of transgender women in US reach alarming high

This Monday, Aug. 17, 2015 photo provided by Randall Jenson, lead advocate of the Kansas City Anti-Violence Project, shows an altar made by the friends of Tamara Dominguez during a memorial service...

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Black Protester Assaulted At Trump Rally Seeks Hate Crime Charge

Mercutio Southall, a Black protester who was violently ousted from a Donald Trump rally last month, is seeking the possibilities of bringing hate crime charges forth. Who those charges will go against...

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“Abandoned Their Humanity To The Viciousness Of Animals:” Texas Men Sentenced...

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced two men each to 15 years in prison after their convictions of hate crime offenses for their roles in a March 8, 2012 assault of a gay Black man in Corpus Christi,...

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3 White students dodge hate crime conviction after assaulting Black roommate

Three San Jose State University students face just six months in jail for assaulting their African-American roommate. The jury Monday issued guilty verdicts on misdemeanor battery charges, but not the...

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White Men Ordered To Pay Black Man’s Family For Brutal Hate Crime Killing

It’s time for four White men to pay for their crime. A federal judge on Monday ordered the men convicted of a vicious hate crime killing to pay $840,000 dollars to the victim’s family, the New York...

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