Because of the brutalized condition of his body when he was found murdered last week, the family of Marco McMillian, the openly gay mayoral candidate in Clarksdale, Mississippi, is asking authorities to declare his death a hate crime. McMillian was apparently beaten, dragged and set on fire before his body was located last Wednesday near [...]
Three Face Racial Violence Charges For Attack on Black Calif. Family
January 27, 2013 | Posted by
Three suspects have been arrested for an alleged race-based attack on a black family in Compton, Calif. Two men and a teenage boy of Latin heritage allegedly beat a black man visiting a family that had recently moved into the neighborhood. The trio used metal pipes and uttered racial slurs, reports say. One of the [...]
Miss. Man Killed in Hit-And-Run: ‘They Ran Him Over Because He Was Black’
January 18, 2013 | Posted by
Last July on a Mississippi morning, 61-year-old Johnny Lee Butts was fatally hit by a Monte Carlo automobile driven by a teenagers and two passengers. The vehicle struck Butts at between 55 and 70 miles per hour, tossing him 172 feet. The boys fled the scene. Later, the two passengers who were in the vehicle [...]
Chris Mahlangu Sentenced to Life for Killing White Supremacist Leader Eugene Terreblanche
August 22, 2012 | Posted by
Racial tensions are bubbling in the South African city of Ventersdorp after a black farmworker was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche. The case has been a lightning rod for both whites and blacks, as the farmworker Chris Mahlangu, 30, has claimed he was acting in [...]
Detroit Tiger Delmon Young Accused of Hate Crime, But May Have Been Provoked
April 29, 2012 | Posted by
One assault charge and one aggravated harassment hate crime later, Delmon Young of the Detroit Tigers has become the latest victim of the New York city nightlife. Too much alcohol and a little bit of adrenaline-filled free time in the big city is not a winning combination, as a long list of professional athletes has [...]
