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Crimes Against Asian Americans Worse Than Infamous 1982 Case

Crime and Justice News

Jun 17
2 min

Crimes Against Asian Americans Worse Than Infamous 1982 Case

When Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man from the Detroit area, was beaten to death with a baseball bat after being pursued by two white...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 17
1 min

Smollett Freed From Jail Pending Appeal On Charge of Lying to Police

Jussie Smollett was released from jail after six nights behind bars when an appeals court agreed with his lawyers that he should be free...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 11
2 min

Jussie Smollett Gets 150 Days in Jail For Faking Hate Crime

As actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail for faking a hate crime against him in 2019, he maintained his innocence and...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 10
1 min

Jussie Smollett Backers: No Prison Time Needed For Fake Hate Crime

Actor Jussie Smollett will be sentenced Thursday for staging a fake hate crime in Chicago, the New York Times reports. In the 2019...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 1
2 min

Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Reach Unprecedented Levels, Report Says

Hate crimes targeting the Asian American community have reached unprecedented levels. A new compilation of hate crime data from the...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 3
2 min

White Supremacists Recruit Youth Via Video Games, Social Media

They arrived in yellow rental trucks, unfurled flags, and readied shields and smoke bombs. Close to midnight on July 3, about 200 members...

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