hate crime

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The Met said the unit would initially focus on antisemitic threats, but could serve as a model for protecting other communities facing spikes in hate crime.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The statement said there was no specific offence of "hate crime" in Northern Ireland.

From BBC • May 1, 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

“They said it was a hate crime, but he had family that wasn’t straight,” Richard’s friend Lidell said.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater