Bronx man indicted for hate crimes after allegedly punching Hispanic woman in face and yelling anti-Hispanic slurs, Brooklyn DA says

The victim, a 72-year-old woman, was allegedly assaulted while speaking in Spanish and English on the phone on January 18, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office said. The woman was waiting for a train in a subway station when the defendant,

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Jury in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers excused after first day of deliberations

“This wasn’t about trespassing. This wasn’t about neighborhood crimes, either. … It was about race — racial assumptions, racial resentment, and racial anger,” Justice Department civil rights division counsel Christopher J. Perras told a jury in court Monday morning in

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Opening statements begin in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers

The jury was finalized Monday morning and consists of eight White jurors, three Black jurors and one Hispanic juror, according to details provided in court. Three White people and one Pacific Islander have also been selected as alternates. Opening statements

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Jussie Smollett ‘Attacker’ Takes the Stand, Lays Out Actor’s Plot to Stage Hate Crime

Chicago, Ill. — Abimbola Osundairo, one of two brothers accused of conspiring with former Empire star Jussie Smollett to stage a racist and homophobic attack against him in 2019, took the stand in the actor’s criminal trial Wednesday, laying out

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Defense Casts Jussie Smollett as ‘Target’ of Osundairo Brothers as Hoax Hate Crime Trial Kicks Off 

Chicago, Ill. — The prosecution and defense provided opening statements Monday night in the criminal case against Jussie Smollett, the former star of the television show Empire who is accused of staging a racist and anti-gay hate crime against himself

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Jury Selection Begins in Jussie Smollett Case More Than Two Years after Hate Crime Hoax

Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrives at court for his arraignment on renewed felony charges in Chicago, Ill., February 24, 2020. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Jussie Smollett, the actor who allegedly falsely claimed he

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NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating after police say an Asian woman was attacked with a large rock

At around 8 a.m., police say, a man struck the 61-year-old woman in the head with a large rock. She was taken to a hospital after sustaining injuries to her face and head, the spokesperson said. The NYPD arrested a

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