hate crime

Example Sentences

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"We are actively investigating this as a hate crime," San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl told reporters.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley referred to a rise in "racist and antisemitic hate crime" while speaking in Golders Green on Wednesday.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Flavio Rolim, head of the police's cyber hate crime unit, told AFP that while not everyone consuming this kind of content turns to violence, there was a "process of radicalization," of men.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

In 2019, he took heat from other Jersey political leaders for quickly condemning a deadly local shooting at a kosher grocery store as a hate crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“I assume this qualifies as a hate crime and that the police will be pursuing every lead with all their formidable resources?”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed