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A federal prosecutor suggested using federal hate crime law while handling a fight in downtown Cincinnati that went viral over the weekend.
After the incident, a family member of the victim posted the video to social media and reported the frightening ordeal to police, who tracked down the 54-year-old and took him into custody.
A viral video of a mob of mostly black attackers violently beating two white people in Cincinnati sparked outrage.
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Footage of what police describe as a road rage-related hate crime in Irvine last week has surfaced, showing a 54-year-old man appear to throw a cup of hot coffee at another motorist after reportedly hurling racial slurs at the man.
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BETHALTO — Madison County State's Attorney Tom Haine has modified the charges against Joshua J. Morrison after a vicious assault incident on July
The victim's mother claimed the suspect yelled homophobic slurs before the attack. She said she wanted the charges upgraded to a hate crime.
In 2021, state law enforcement agencies reported 7,759 hate crimes, representing a 12-year spike at the time. Sadly, that trend has since worsened dramatically with 11,634 incidents reported in 2022.
A Chase Bank in Parkville was vandalized last year in what is being described as a hate crime. The FBI is still searching for the suspect.