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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2012

Sikh Temple Shooter Was White Supremacist, Army Vet

The shooter who opened fire before worship services Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., and killed six people before he was killed by police is Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran who served in the military approximately between 1992 and 1998.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 15, 2012

First Black Federal Officer Killed In 1883 Honored

William Henderson Foote's name had been forgotten until this week, when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) honored him as the first black federal officer killed in the line of duty.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 14, 2011

FBI: Hate Crimes Remained Steady In 2010

The number of reported hate crimes in the United States remained steady in 2010, according to the FBI's annual hate-crime report. There were 6,628 hate crime incidents reported last year, while 6,604 were reported in 2009, the FBI announced Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2011

Aryan Brotherhood Member's Arson Crimes Intended to Raise Profile In Gang

A 25-year-old Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate-crime charges stemming from a series of racially motivated arson crimes, including the burning of an historic African-American church to murder a disabled man.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 22, 2010

FBI: Blacks, Jews Most Likely Hate-Crime Victims

Blacks made up around three-quarters of victims of the racially motivated hate crimes and Jews made up the same percentage of victims of anti-religious hate crimes. Anti-Muslim crimes were a distant second to crimes against Jews, making up just eight percent of the hate crimes driven by religious intolerance.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 26, 2010

Infamous L.A. Gang Slaying Goes to Jury

"All black people are their enemies," Deputy Dist. Atty. Gretchen Ford said in the murder trial of two Latino gang members. "Really innocent people could die for no reason other than the ridiculous ideas of this gang."

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2009

President Obama Signs Hate-Crimes Law

The new law expands the definition of a hate crime to cover outlaw attacks based on sexual orientation or gender in addition to race, color, religion, or national origin.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 18, 2009

AG Holder Urges New Hate Crimes Law

Citing recent killings in Arkansas, Kansas and the nation's capital, Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday said new hate crimes law were needed to stop what he called "violence masquerading as political activism."

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2009

Security Tightened at Jewish Sites in New York Following Shootings at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Minutes after the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, uniformed NYPD officers appeared outside New York's memorial.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2008

North Carolina Toughens Gang, Hate Crime Laws

Adults and young people involved in gang activity as well as people who burn crosses or sexually assault children now face tougher punishments as 25 new laws took effect Monday in North Carolina.

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