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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2014

3 Dead in Jewish Community Center Attack in Kansas

Law enforcement sources say a grandfather and grandson were shot dead in the parking lot of a Jewish community center and a third female victim is dead at a nearby Jewish care home.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJuly 26, 2013

The Real Danger of the Trayvon Martin Case

We have seen this type of tragedy before and will doubtlessly see it again. It gave rise to the whole Tawana Brawley outrage; it led to the outrageous persecutions and prosecutions of Duke Lacrosse players Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and David Evans.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarDecember 28, 2012

Gangs Often Drive Hate Crimes

Today, it's the street gangs, primarily black and Latino that are the real problem, and until law enforcement and the public puts these gangs in check, they'll continue to destroy lives and communities while motivated by blind hate.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2012

FBI Releases Hate Crime Report

The number of hate crimes reported in 2011 fell 6% from the prior year, but crimes against a victim's sexual orientation rose, the FBI announced Tuesday.

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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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Articlesby Jeffrey A. HawkinsApril 9, 2012

5 Ways to Prevent Crimes Against Churches

If you as a police officer can convince the staffs of local churches that security measures are needed, and then help to implement them, you can make it that much more difficult for criminals to take advantage of these establishments.

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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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