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Search results for "hate crime"

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Fact-checks (2566)

Various media reports 2 stated on June 18, 2015 in church shooting aftermath:
Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
By Nancy Badertscher• July 1, 2015
Cornell William Brooks stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on Face the Nation:
"We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year."
By Christian Belanger• June 25, 2015
Loretta Lynch stated on June 19, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"The LGBT community is more often the victims of hate crimes than any other recognized group."
By Amy Sherman• June 23, 2016
Dennis Prager stated on April 26, 2022 in a radio show segment:
When there is “a noose on a college dorm of a Black student” or a racial slur “on a dormitory building, the odds are overwhelming that a Black student actually did that."
By Bill McCarthy• May 6, 2022
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice:
“Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
By Cameron Carr• April 25, 2023
Hillary Clinton stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando:
"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on August 05, 2019 in a Facebook meme:
"In 2016, counties hosting a Trump rally saw a 226% spike in hate crimes."
By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2019
Omar Rachid stated on July 21, 2018 in a San Antonio Express-News story:
"Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11."    
By W. Gardner Selby• August 3, 2018
Barack Obama stated on February 21, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas.:
"We have seen hate crimes skyrocket in the wake of the immigration debate."
By Robert Farley• February 22, 2008
X posts stated on April 03, 2023 in a Tweet:
“Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk.
By Grace Abels• April 7, 2023
John Kline stated on October 08, 2009 in a press release:
Under the Hate Crimes bill, "any pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who gives a sermon out of their moral traditions about sexual practices could be found guilty of a federal crime."
By Robert Farley• October 9, 2009
Steve King stated on May 06, 2009 in a Fox News interview:
The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create "special protection for pedophiles."
By Robert Farley• May 14, 2009
Sam Sutton stated on March 11, 2026 in a rally:
From January 2025 to January 2026, “hate crimes in New York City increased by 152%”
By Emma Gavazzi• May 5, 2026
Liberty Institute stated on March 29, 2010 in a Web site:
"An attack on a healthy 22-year-old homosexual man would be more protected under the law than an attack on an eight-year-old child."
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 30, 2010
Viral image stated on May 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"The city of Minneapolis has set up a Sharia hotline for residents to report citizens who criticize Islam, in order to prosecute them for ‘hate crimes.’"
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2019
Focus on the Family Action stated on March 26, 2008 in an article written by Tom Minnery:
Obama "supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality."
By Robert Farley• April 23, 2008
Bloggers stated on June 24, 2017 in Internet posts:
Minnesota imposed an Islamic anti-blasphemy law.
By John Kruzel• July 3, 2017
Garnet Coleman stated on May 06, 2015 in a committee hearing:
"Transgender individuals in the U.S. have a 1-in-12 chance of being murdered."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 13, 2015
André Carson stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week":
"Our larger domestic threat is from racial supremacist groups."  
By Jon Greenberg• December 18, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"In America, radical speech is not a crime."  
By Amy Sherman• June 15, 2016

Articles (1303)

Explaining the numbers behind the rise in reported hate crimes

By Yanqi Xu• April 3, 2019

Hate crimes against Asian Americans: What the numbers show, and don’t

By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2021

Hate crimes, civil rights become law enforcement focus during Obama years

By Joshua Gillin• January 6, 2017

A Pants on Fire claim about hate crimes bill

By Robert Farley• May 14, 2009

Checking up on Obama's campaign promises

By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2012

How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users

By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2022

Donald Trump doesn’t think white nationalism is on the rise. Data show otherwise

By Amy Sherman• March 20, 2019

Terrorism in the United States: key facts, patterns and trends

By Miriam Valverde• December 5, 2019

Focus on the facts

By Robert Farley• April 23, 2008

Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says?

By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017

Tucker Carlson says white supremacy is a hoax. Here are 5 reasons why that’s wrong

By John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• August 7, 2019

Did Donald Trump ever apologize to the ‘Central Park Five’?

By Conor Amendola• July 25, 2023

Mailbag: Hitting 'a new low' on health care

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 5, 2009

Sheriff David Clarke's Truth-O-Meter file

By Tom Kertscher• May 17, 2017

Live fact-checking the third Republican primary debate

By Ellen Hine• November 7, 2023

No evidence of growing trend of trans radicalization or terrorism, experts say

By Grace Abels, Samantha Putterman• March 31, 2023

Experts say Biden’s achievements are similar to recent presidents. But Democrats aren't touting them

By Louis Jacobson• October 19, 2022

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism'

By Grace Abels• February 26, 2024

Ad Watch: What Donald Trump said about Charlottesville

By Miriam Valverde• September 10, 2020

Texas Two-Step

By Bill Adair• February 22, 2008