hate crime

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Recent Examples of hate crime But unfortunately, it’s become painfully clear that hate crimes and discrimination are in no way over. Jennifer Chan, StyleCaster, 30 Apr. 2025 Sharma is charged with multiple felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon, hate crime, elder abuse and resisting an officer by use of force or violence, prosecutors said. Jason Green, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025 Michael Howard, the president of PFLAG Concord-Kannapolis, the only LGBTQ organization in the region for over 10 years, said hate crimes against LGBTQ people are not unusual in the area. Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025 He has already been sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms at the federal level after pleading guilty to hate crimes and weapons charges. Morgan Lee and Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hate crime
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Noun
  • Through last Sunday, bias crimes in the city were down 18% this year, with 18 incidents compared to 22 by this time last year.
    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
Noun
  • Garcia, who denies gang membership, had an immigration court order protecting him from deportation, which the administration acknowledged was an administrative error.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Three errors created two unearned runs, and suddenly, Oswego East trailed 5-4 in the eighth.
    Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • What if the best way to shape responsible, generous graduates isn’t through contracts or debt—but through trust?
    Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Trump officials also accuse the higher education sector of abusing the student loan system, invoking perennial complaints about runaway tuition and spiraling debt.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • With countless crimes to choose from, the series joins its sister show, American Murder.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • From cold cases cracked decades later to trials still underway, here are 18 fatal crimes that occurred at colleges and universities.
    Corin Cesaric, People.com, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • The complaint at the crux of Lopez v. Apple is a violation of privacy.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • That's a seeming violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Noyb alleged.
    Ashley Belanger – May 14, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • She has not been accused of any wrongdoing by the feds.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
  • James has denied wrongdoing and dismissed the calls for a federal investigation as politically motivated.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The 55-year-old, who is now fully grey, has pleaded not guilty to the five felony counts against him.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2025
  • One person accused of attacking the encampment was charged with felonies by the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office last year.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • That February brought major attention to Paul, as she was charged with three misdemeanors: assault, criminal mischief and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child.
    Erica Marrison, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • So city officials are making plans to possibly open a temporary facility to house people arrested on misdemeanor charges that could be in operation by this fall.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025

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