Tag: Hate Crimes
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Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Teenage Syrian Refugee Beaten On Trolley
Detectives are reviewing video footage that corroborates a teenage Syrian refugee’s report of being attacked on a San Diego trolley by a man shouting epithets about the victim’s ethnicity, a police spokesman said Thursday.
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It Starts With Us: San Diego Youth Call for Equality at Trayvon Martin Vigil
By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn San Diegans of all ages and backgrounds gathered at Balboa Park March 26 to honor Trayvon Martin. The unarmed Florida teen was shot and killed Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who said he acted in self defense. At the…
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Hate Crimes Against Latinos Rise
By Ruxandra Guidi By law, a hate crime is a criminal act targeting someone because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. Last year in California, there were 119 documented hate crimes against ethnic Latinos or Latin American immigrants. In 2009, that number stood at 81 statewide. “Latinos are identified as one of the most…