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Recent Examples of hate crime
Ferguson said investigators may bring other charges against Brown, including potential hate crime charges.
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Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Also on the season is an oratorio reflection on the death of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was brutally and fatally beaten in a 1998 anti-gay hate crime.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
The family's attorney is calling for a hate crime investigation, while the sheriff's office says its investigation found the attack was not racially motivated.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Over the objection of prosecutors, Orange County Superior Court Judge Roger B Robbins in 2019 sentenced Mayfield to five years in prison after Mayfield pleaded guilty to making criminal threats, violating someone’s civil liberties and carrying out a hate crime.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Also on the season is an oratorio reflection on the death of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was brutally and fatally beaten in a 1998 anti-gay hate crime.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
The family's attorney is calling for a hate crime investigation, while the sheriff's office says its investigation found the attack was not racially motivated.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Over the objection of prosecutors, Orange County Superior Court Judge Roger B Robbins in 2019 sentenced Mayfield to five years in prison after Mayfield pleaded guilty to making criminal threats, violating someone’s civil liberties and carrying out a hate crime.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hate crime
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The police report does not list the incident as a hate/bias crime.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Between 1991 and 1992, Kansas City police recorded 59 bias crimes, but only one was classified as a gay bashing.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2025
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An aircraft flying without GPS can accumulate miles of error in just hours.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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FanDuel acknowledged the error in the way the game score was displayed and pinned it on a third-party provider.—
Contessa Brewer,Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Added to that, the British economy is sluggish and loaded with debt, and Starmer’s chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has no obvious options for raising revenues in her November budget, having ruled out tax hikes on working people in the election campaign.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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Since the state issues debt denominated in dollars, the national debt is not the same as household debt.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But within those few episodes is a devastating story about a young boy who commits a horrendous crime that unfolds in excruciating detail, with each episode consisting of a single long shot.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Studies have also shown that the extra hour of daylight has resulted in safer roads, lower crime rates and economic benefits.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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The violation is the eleventh recorded since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, according to Defense Ministry figures provided to ABC News.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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From spoiled chicken to dead cockroaches, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City area restaurants last week.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Flock denied wrongdoing, insisting the search was about a missing person.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Meta did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Police identified the suspect as Decarlos Brown Jr, 34, who has a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for armed robbery, felony larceny, and breaking and entering.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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North was convicted in 1989 on three felony charges for helping to arrange the illicit sale of weapons to Iran and divert the proceeds to fund a secret war against anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The panel issued over 100 recommendations, from limiting cash bail for misdemeanors to expanding racial equity training for prosecutors.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Felony and misdemeanor bail jumping are bail rule violations that get tacked onto other felony cases.—
MARGARET SHREINER,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Hate crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hate%20crime. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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