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  • Woman Who Pepper Sprayed A Muslim Uber Driver For No Reason Charged With Hate Crime

    Woman Who Pepper Sprayed A Muslim Uber Driver For No Reason Charged With Hate Crime

    A young woman was indicted for a hate crime after she pepper-sprayed a Muslim Uber driver in Manhattan during the summer, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said, per NY Post. 

    Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, was charged in New York State Supreme Court with two counts of assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment for the unprovoked attack, which happened without on July 31. The incident took place near Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street, as stated by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. 

    The driver, Shohel Mahmud, later said that Guilbeault attacked him because of his skin color.

    “Her friend, she is yelling, ‘Jen, Jen, what the f–k, what are you doing? What’s going on?’”

    Mahmud told The Post days after the attack.

    “Her friend is asking ‘Why did you do that?’ And she say, ‘He’s brown.’” 

    Guilbeault was sitting in the backseat with another woman around 12:15 a.m. when she suddenly sprayed the harmful substance in the 45-year-old driver’s eyes, as shown in videos shared on social media. The driver, Mahmud, said he hadn’t talked to the women when he picked them up in Midtown. Bragg mentioned that Guilbeault attacked the driver when he started praying in Arabic as they approached a red light. 

    At the time Mahmud believed the women were trying to rob him and jumped out of the car. When the car started moving slowly without him, he got back inside, and Guilbeault sprayed him again. Police arrested Guilbeault at the scene but initially only gave her a ticket. Her lawyer argued that the incident shouldn’t be considered a hate crime.

    “Ms. Guilbeault was not motivated by race, religion, national origin, or any other discriminatory factor,”

    Michael J. Alber said in a statement. Her next court date is scheduled for January 13.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Pennsylvania Man Charged With Murder and Dismemberment Of Transgender Teenager He Met On A Dating App

    Pennsylvania Man Charged With Murder and Dismemberment Of Transgender Teenager He Met On A Dating App

    A man from Pennsylvania has been charged with murder for allegedly killing and dismembering a transgender teenager he met through a dating app, as reported by the NY Post. The accused, 29-year-old DaShawn Watkins, is currently in custody without bail. 

    The victim, Pauly Likens, was reported missing by relatives after being last seen on June 22. Human remains were later discovered in and around Shenango River Lake. More remains were found in the area over the next week, reports reveal. 

    The coroner’s office determined that Pauly, who is a 14-year-old transgender girl, died from

    “sharp force trauma to the head before being dismembered.”

    Watkins has been charged with murder, aggravated assault, evidence tampering, and abuse of a corpse. The authorities are also considering hate crime charges.

    Watkins informed the police that he had set up a meeting with an individual he had been communicating with on the dating app Grindr.

    Surveillance footage, social media records, and cellphone records confirmed. The evening of June 22, Pauly was on the phone and waiting to meet someone near the canoe launch area of the lake.

    The authorities also discovered footage showing Watkins making multiple trips from his apartment in the early morning of June 23, carrying bags and driving a vehicle that was seen near the lake.

    Pauly’s family described the teenager as a playful individual with aspirations of becoming a park ranger.

    “I just want to say what a beautiful, loving person she was and that the hate has got to stop!!”

    Pauly’s mother, Jen McClure, told Pennlive. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Jewish Teacher Resigned After Receiving Antisemitic Harassment From 12-Year-Old Student

    Jewish Teacher Resigned After Receiving Antisemitic Harassment From 12-Year-Old Student

    A Jewish middle school teacher in Massachusetts decided to resign from his position after encountering antisemitic harassment from his 12-year-old student, NY Post reported. 

    Morrison Robblee, 25, was a sixth-grade social studies teacher at the Nessacus Regional Middle School in Dalton until his resignation. According to Robblee, the harassment began in April after he showed up to school in a yarmulke, a skull cap worn by Orthodox Jewish men. The student began making hateful comments towards Robblee and was sent to detention. However, that did not stop the child from returning with a

    “sketch of Hitler standing over a dead person labeled ‘Jew,’ surrounded by swastikas and canisters labeled ‘gas,’”

    Robblee told Insider. 

    Robblee believes the student’s rage towards him is stemming from a prior incident that occurred at the beginning of the year where the child allegedly made homophobic comments and was removed from the class. Robblee claims to have dealt with weeks of harassment from the student. He told Insider that the harassment even spilled over into the hallways and that the boy continued to make jokes about the Holocaust, including gas chambers. He also revealed that the student also emailed him insults about his teaching.

    The student now faces a misdemeanor charge of criminal harassment. 

    Robblee says he doesn’t feel like he was receiving the same support from school administrators, however. Robblee was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into him making a face at the child in the hallway. Robblee admitted to Insider that he stuck his tongue out at the boy in a second of frustration after the child cursed at him. 

    “I am not bothered by the ignorant comments of a child,”

    Robblee reportedly wrote in a statement to the Central Berkshire Regional School District to be read at a meeting to end the boy’s suspension.

    “I am bothered that, without proper intervention, this hate will continue to fester.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Black Man Charged with Murder in Possible Hate Crime After Shooting Two White Men in the Back of the Head

    Black Man Charged with Murder in Possible Hate Crime After Shooting Two White Men in the Back of the Head

    Authorities in Tulsa identified Carlton Gilford, as the suspect accused of fatally shooting two White strangers in the back of the head in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in what police believe to be a racially motivated attack, reports NY Post.

    Gilford, who according to jail records is homeless,

    “shot and killed two men to whom he did not have any connection”

    on April 18, according to the Tulsa Police Department per the outlet. 

    The suspect went inside the Rudisill Library around 9:40 a.m., crept up behind a man sitting at a desk, and savagely shot him in the back of the head. The victim identified as Lundin Hathcock, 35, was rushed to the hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. 

    Later that day, Gilford made his way to a nearby QuikTrip convenience store and shot 55-year-old James McDaniel in the back of the head. The victim reportedly fell to the ground and Gilford shot him again. McDaniel was pronounced dead at the scene.

    Police said they have surveillance footage of  Gilford also firing shots at a security guard and another person outside the QuikTrip. When police arrived on the scene, Gilford who was standing outside the store, confessed to killing the two men. 

    Gilford was arrested and charged with

    “two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill, and one count of malicious intimidation or harassment,”

    the records reveal. 

    “The information suggests that race played a role in it,”

    said Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler, according to local CBS affiliate KOTV.

    “I feel like that is something we can prove, and it is something that a judge or jury obviously needs to listen to. So, we will present that information along with everything else.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Autistic Jewish Teen Attacked And Has Swastika Carved Into Back At Las Vegas High School

    Autistic Jewish Teen Attacked And Has Swastika Carved Into Back At Las Vegas High School

    The FBI is now potentially involving themselves in an unsolved case after a nonverbal, autistic teen was assaulted at his high school, The New York Post reports.

    On March 9th, an autistic 17-year-old returned home from Clark High School with a swastika carved into the skin on his back. Distraught with seeing the hate symbol and noticing her son’s service dog’s equipment bag had been tampered with, the concerned mother immediately notified authorities.

    The victim’s mother believes that the attack occurred for antisemitic reasons. “My son is the only student I know who wears a Kippah at the school,” she explained.

    After an investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has concluded, no arrests were made. Due to the school not having surveillance cameras in classrooms, locker rooms, and/or bathrooms, officers did not have any suspects. Without the culprit being found and unpunished, the victim’s mother is worried for her son’s safety, and has decided to pull the teen from the school.

    “We are aware of the incident and are in regular contact with local authorities,” the FBI said in a statement. “If during the local investigation, information comes to light of a potential federal civil rights violation, the FBI is prepared to investigate.”

  • Man Charged For Using Feces to Write ‘Allah’ on Elementary School Sign

    Man Charged For Using Feces to Write ‘Allah’ on Elementary School Sign

    A New Jersey man is accused of vandalizing a public school in Paterson with feces, ABC News reported. 

    Mohamad Bekheet was arrested and charged with bias intimidation, criminal mischief, and harassment after video surveillance caught him smearing feces on a sign in front of the South Paterson elementary school, according to the outlet. 

    Bekheet reportedly spelled out

    “Allah”

    with his feces which New Jersey’s council on American-Islamic relations believes to be a hate crime. An investigation is still ongoing.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Man Who Attempted To Run Over Black Family on Las Vegas Sidewalk Arrested For Numerous Hate-Related Crimes Against Black People

    Man Who Attempted To Run Over Black Family on Las Vegas Sidewalk Arrested For Numerous Hate-Related Crimes Against Black People

    A white man is accused of going on a racist rampage where he attacked several back people and threatened to kill Black people in a mass shooting, 8 News Now reported. 

    The suspect, Hunter Holman, 27, is accused of speeding his car in the direction of a Black family while screaming racial slurs at them outside of a Las Vegas hotel. The incident occurred on July 9th. Holman allegedly got out of his vehicle and continued to follow the family which resulted in him receiving a stab wound to his face, reports note. He was arrested for that incident and charged with assault with the use of a deadly weapon motivated by bias or hatred toward the victim, and child abuse or neglect records obtained by 8 Now News showed.

    Holman has had several previous run-ins with the law for the continuous harassment and bigotry towards Black people. According to the ROOT, in June, Holman told his former employer that he was going to kill him while spewing out a few racist remarks as well. Arkansas police reportedly contacted the Las Vegas Metro police about Holman allegedly terrorizing Black people with an AR-15 at a fitness center in Little Rock, documents said.

    “Based on Holman’s course of conduct, it is apparent he displayed hate/bias toward people of color, specifically Black subjects, and has demonstrated the ability to carry violence against them demonstrated by his attack in July 2022,”

    detectives wrote in the documents. 

    He was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 23rd, on two new charges of hate/bias crime, reports reveal. He has since been released on bond. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?