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Swastika found drawn on wall of classroom at City College of New York: Police sources
City College officials have yet to comment on the incident, but investigations are underway to determine the source of the antisemitic graffiti and any possible motives behind it.
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Man admits violent hate crimes against Orthodox Jews in New Jersey
A New Jersey man admitted to a series of violent hate crimes, for driving his car into a group of people and stabbing one because they were Jewish. Dion Marsh, 29, from Manchester, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in a federal court hearing in Trenton on Thursday to four counts of committing hate crimes and one of carjacking. He faces being…
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Brooklyn man arrested on handful of hate crime charges in rock attack
A man from Brooklyn has been arrested on hate crime charges months after police say he hurled a rock at a man. The search for 23-year-old Mohamed Habachi started after the Nov. 22 attack in Williamsburg. Police say Habachi is the man seen on video hurling a rock from his bicycle near Montrose Avenue and Broadway. The rock struck a…
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Man takes swing at 66-year-old in NYC Duane Reade in possible hate crime attack: NYPD
A hate crime investigation is underway in Manhattan after an apparent accidental bump escalated to a violent attack at a pharmacy chain location last week. Police say the incident took place at a Duane Reade in lower Manhattan, on John Street, around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. A 66-year-old man bumped into another man who police say was trying to exit…
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‘A real beating': Jewish man hit, robbed in Brooklyn front yard by hate-spewing attacker
Joshua Merenfeld, 40, told NBC New York he was standing outside of his building when a man walked up behind him, punched him, pushed him over, kicked him and then took his phone. “It was a real beating,” Merenfeld said. “It wasn’t just one punch and left, it took quite a while. At least a minute of punches which is…
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Man wearing yarmulke beaten and robbed in Brooklyn by attacker making antisemitic slurs
A hate crime investigation is underway in Brooklyn after a man was beaten and robbed while the attacker said antisemitic profanities.
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FBI warns hate crimes and attacks are a growing threat in US amid Israel-Hamas War
The FBI warned this week about the growing risk of hate crimes and violent attacks, particularly from lone-wolf actors, amid a concerning threat environment.
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Hate crime charges for driver in ‘brutal' beating death of Sikh man on Queens highway: DA
A driver faces hate crime charges in the beating death of a Sikh man whom he called “turban man” during what the district attorney described as a “brutal” attack in the aftermath of a fender bender on a Queens highway.
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Suspect arrested for antisemitic attack on woman at Grand Central subway station: NYPD
Police have arrested the man who allegedly punched a woman in the face in an antisemitic attack inside a busy midtown subway station.
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Muslim teen girl called ‘terrorist,' attacked while riding subway to school: Police
A Muslim teen girl was attacked while riding the New York City subway to school in what police believe may have been another hate crime attack based on the victim’s faith.
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Woman punched in face in anti-Semitic attack at midtown Manhattan subway station: NYPD
A woman was punched in the face in an anti-Semitic attack inside a busy midtown subway station, according to police, who are now searching for her attacker.
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NYPD: Man punched woman after assuming she was Jewish
The NYPD is searching for the man officers say punched a woman inside a 7 train passageway in what is believed to be a hate crime attack.
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CAIR: Increasing reports of anti-Muslim incidents in NJ
There are growing concerns about hate-fueled violence against both the Muslim and Jewish communities here in our area. Lynda Baquero reports.
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Man arrested in nightmare neighbor case for Black Brooklyn tenants
After harassing tenants in the Ebbetts Field Apartments for more than a year, the dangerous man was arrested. Melissa Russo reporting.
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Man indicted for violent attack against trans woman on NYC subway: DA
A 22-year-old Brooklyn man was indicted for assault as a hate crime and other charges for an unprovoked attack last month against a trans woman inside a subway station and car, the local district attorney announced. Ian Williams was arraigned Wednesday on an indictment in which he is charged with third-degree assault as a hate crime, third-degree assault, third-degree menacing…
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Suspect in O'Shea Sibley murder pleads not guilty
The 17 year old high school student has pleaded not guilty of murdering O’Shea Sibley. Melissa Colorado reporting.
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Long Island man charged with hate crime for attack on same-sex couple: SCPD
A second man was arrested on hate crime charges after assaulting and harrassing a same-sex couple, a confrontation that took place in May in which one of the victims was almost thrown off a dock, Suffolk County Police announced Wednesday. Thomas Gair Jr., 66, of Patchogue, was charged with assault in the third degree as a hate crime and two…
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Teen charged in death of gay man used homophobic slurs before fatal stabbing, complaint says
The 17-year-old charged with murder as a hate crime in the fatal stabbing of O’Shae Sibley, a Black gay man, is alleged to have taunted Sibley and yelled homophobic slurs before the attack, according to the criminal complaint. He then shut off his phone and shaved his head to evade the law before turning himself into police, the Brooklyn...
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Suspect in custody in deadly Brooklyn gas station stabbing of O'Shae Sibley: Official
The suspect in the deadly gas station stabbing of O’Shae Sibley is in police custody after turning himself in at a Brooklyn stationhouse, a senior law enforcement official said.
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Vigil this weekend for O'Shae Sibley, dancer stabbed to death at NYC gas station
The fatal stabbing of a gay man after a confrontation between a group of friends who were dancing to a Beyoncé song and young men who apparently took offense has outraged New York City’s LGBTQ community and spurred Beyoncé herself to post a tribute on her website. No arrests have been made in Saturday’s stabbing of O’Shae Sibley, a...