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Recent Examples of bias crime
Through last Sunday, bias crimes in the city were down 18% this year, with 18 incidents compared to 22 by this time last year.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Hay was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on assault and bias crime charges, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
Because of the victim’s profile, the police had designated the attack a bias crime.
—Longreads, 4 Apr. 2024
Those numbers have continued to rise in the first month of 2024 as the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force has seen a 12% increase in bias crimes, according to police department statistics.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Hay was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on assault and bias crime charges, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
Because of the victim’s profile, the police had designated the attack a bias crime.
—Longreads, 4 Apr. 2024
Those numbers have continued to rise in the first month of 2024 as the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force has seen a 12% increase in bias crimes, according to police department statistics.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bias crime
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Police and county records The Observer requested data on every incident the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has investigated since 2019 that falls under general statute hate crime laws.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Dec. 2025
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What do prosecutors say about the hate crime allegation?—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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Medal reallocations have historically surfaced after doping or other cheating cases, but Chiles’ dispute centered on an apparent error by the International Gymnastics Federation, the sport’s governing body.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Elevated prices though have narrowed the margin for error.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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In order to charge Mangione with the federal charge of murder through use of a firearm, prosecutors need an underlying crime of violence.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Hugues Beaulieu said that the killings on Wednesday night appear to be linked to organized crime and there is no active shooter in the community.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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The 20-month sentence imposed on Kim was a surprise after independent counsel Min Joong-ki called for a 15-year prison term on three charges, including stock price manipulation, political funding law violations and accepting bribes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Government entities that fail to clearly designate facilities as either male or female could face a $25,000 fine for a first violation and a $125,000 fine for subsequent violations.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the results speak for themselves as millions of students drown themselves in debt.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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The couple were also dealing with debts after closing their restaurant, Fred’s Downtown Philly, during the COVID pandemic.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Bias crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bias%20crime. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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