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• Hate Crimes Based On Sexual Orientation Still Most Violent

  
  Box Turtle Bulletin — Authority: 662
  One trend that we can legitimately identify in the FBI’s Hate Crime Statistics for 2008 is this: hate crime offenses based on sexual orientation continue to be the most physically violent. When you look at physically violent hate crimes against persons (murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, and ...
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• Sexual Orientation Hate Crimes: Did They Really Go Up?

  
  Box Turtle Bulletin — Authority: 662
  The FBI has issued its annual Hate Crimes Statistics for 2008 , and there’s a lot of talk about how much the statistics for hate crimes based on sexual orientation went up. But before we jump on that bandwagon, Andrew Sullivan points us to an important caution by Mark Thompson who sees what he considers an “ ...
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• Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado Murderer’s Confession Called Into Question, Why Are New Jersey Democrats Doing Nothing About Gay Marriage Legislation?

  
  the time of my life — Authority: 139
  There is mounting concern that the confession made by the suspect held in custody for the murder of 19 year old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado is meant to deliberately disguise the truth. 26 year old Juan Martinez Matos, who was arrested three days after the badly dismembered body of Mercado had been discovered along an ...
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• 67% of US Hate Crimes are Against Jews

  
  Jewish Internet Defense Force — Authority: 493
  Our friend Debbie Schlussel is on the ball, yet again, with exclusive analysis on hate crimes in America: Well, the FBI official hate crimes statistics are out for 2008.  And like every year since the 9/11 Muslim terrorist attacks on America, the vast majority of religious hate crime victims on U.S. soil are ...
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• Justice begins for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and Jayron Martin

  
  Maybe it's just me... — Authority: 536
  Great news for the families and friends of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and Jayron Martin. The Puerto Rico Department of Justice has agreed to investigate Jorges murder as a hate crime. This is big in Puerto Rico. Jorge was horribly murdered by Juan Martinez Matos, who claimed Gay Panic. Jayron Martin, the teen ...
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• BC HRC victim Chris Kempling corrects the record

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 149
  as Ontario woman smears him with anti-homosexual falsehood. Guelph Mercury – November 23, 2009 Letter: Teacher sets record straight on comments By Chris Kempling , Kamloops, B.C. In her letter to the editor, published on Nov. 14, Allison Mackay alleges I informed gay students that as their teacher and ...
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• There’s More to Hate Crime Stats Than Meets the Eye

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 721
  Upon first glance, the FBI’s news that hate crimes based on sexual orientation were up 11 percent in 2008 from the previous year suggests a giant uptick in violence against America’s LGBTQ population. However, as Andrew Sullivan and Mark Thompson remind us, although the topic of hate crimes is not one to ...
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• CCF condemns censorship as solution to anti-semitism

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 149
  The Canadian Constitution Foundation reported today that “the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism (CPCCA) convened yesterday to receive testimony from scholars and experts. The CPCCA is a non-partisan group of parliamentarians whose aim is to combat the global resurgence of anti-Semitism. Karen ...
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• Anti-Black Hate Crime Rises 8% in 2008

  
  All About Race — Authority: 127
  The FBI released its 2008 Hate Crime Statistics report yesterday. Overall Hate crimes were up 2%. That’s bad and it gets worse. In the wake of President Obama’s election, hate crimes against blacks rose 8%. Hate incidents related to the election occurred in all parts of the country. An interracial couple in ...
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• Will Holder Prosecute as a Hate Crime?

  
  WesternFront America — Authority: 139
  BHO and Holder wanted hate crime legislation expanded, so lets see how willing they are to apply it equally under the law. Maybe theyre just waiting for a white on black killing or too busy reading blogs to determine which of us is guilty of a hate crime.
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• Reports of Violent Hate Crimes Trending Upward

  
  Truth Wins Out Blog — Authority: 569
  The FBI said Monday that reports of antigay hate crimes rose 11 percent from 2007 to 2008. The FBI survey defines a hate crime as a conviction for a crime ranging from intimidation and simple assault, to murder. African-Americans and Latinos continue to be singled out for violent racial attacks, and Jews continue to ...
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• A message from the mother of Jorge Steven “Steven Miller” Lopez Mercado

  
  Instant Tea — Authority: 627
  
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• Teen injured in anti-gay attack in Liverpool

  
  Instant Tea — Authority: 627
  As the mourning continues for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado of Puerto Rico and Jason Mattison Jr. of Baltimore — and as we wait to see what happens following an attack on Houston 16-year-old Jayron Martin — PinkNews in the United Kingdom has published a report about a 19-year-old gay man who was ...
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• Hate Crimes Against Gays Rise In LA County

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 482
  111: Hate crimes based on sexual orientation in 2007 134: Hate crimes based on sexual orientation in 2008 105: Hate crimes based on religion in 2007 120: Hate crimes based on religion in 2008 763: Overall hate crimes in 2007 729: Overall hate crimes in 2008 The Los Angeles Daily News is ...
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• Vigil remembers two murdered teens and one Houston hate crime victim

  
  Instant Tea — Authority: 627
  Participants light candles during Sunday night’s vigil on Cedar Springs. About 100 people gathered at the Crossroads on Sunday night to remember two teens murdered and another attacked in three separate attacks that occurred over the last two weeks. Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, 19, was raped, stabbed, burned and ...
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• Christine Quinn speaking at Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado Vigil

  
  Maybe it's just me... — Authority: 536
  
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• Miriam Mercado, mother of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, says love conquers hate

  
  Blabbeando — Authority: 561
  Earlier today, I attended a vigil in memory of Jorge Steven López Mercado that took place at Pier 45 in the West Village of Manhattan. I will probably post some images tomorrow. But, tonight, I wanted to share this video that my friend Pedro Julio Serrano sent me, in which Miriam Mercado , Jorge Stevens mom, ...
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• LA, Glendale hate crime report: decrease but problem remains - Armenians, Jews, gays targeted in 2008

  
  Unzipped: Gay Armenia — Authority: 426
  Hate crimes decrease Race motivated most in county, followed by sexual orientation and religion By Veronica Rocha November 20, 2009 Glendale News Press LOS ANGELES — Religious hate crimes, including a tagging incident at Glendale’s St. Peter Armenian Church, increased last year throughout Los ...
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• In Puerto Rico, a mothers love for her murdered son...

  
  Blabbeando — Authority: 561
  More than a few people might be wondering why I havent written about the brutal murder of Jorge Steven López Mercadoo in Puerto Rico last week. The young mans body was found decapitated, dismembered and burned in what appears to be a homophobic hate crime, and the news has drawn unparalleled worldwide attention ...
  5 days ago

• Hate Studies

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 490
  An interdisciplinary curriculum sparked by conversations at Gonzaga University.It’s time. Tagged: hate, hate crime, hate speech
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