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Hate Crime
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Asian Americans Call for Investigation of Hate Crimes
From the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice:ASIAN AMERICAN CENTER FOR ADVANCING JUSTICE CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION AND LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS REGARDING OF SPATE OF VIOLENT ATTACKS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMWASHINGTON – The…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Wade Michael Page: A Racist Vigilante
My views from Huffington Post:On Sunday, Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old, white supremacist with a military background killed six people at a Sikh temple south of Milwaukee and critically wounded…
ImmigrationProf Blog
White Supremacist Committed Murders at Sikh Temple
From CBS News:The gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin before being shot to death by police was identified Monday as a 40-year-old Army veteran and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: The Chinatown War: Chinese Los Angeles and the Massacre of 1871 by Scott Zesch
The Chinatown War: Chinese Los Angeles and the Massacre of 1871 by Scott ZeschIn October 1871, a simmering, small-scale turf war involving three Chinese gangs exploded into a riot that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Racial flames fanned in Jasper, Texas
Racial tensions still run high in Jasper, Texas, the town where an African American, James Byrd, Jr. more than a decade ago was dragged to his death from a rope tied…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Third Circuit Affirms Convictions of Defendants in Luis Ramirez Killing
Photo Courtesy of Fair Immigration Reform MovementThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Julio Fuentes (Puerto Rico-born and the first Latino to sit…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New Jersey prosecutors request (some but not max) prison time for Dharun Ravi’s webcam crimes
Main May 10, 2012New Jersey prosecutors request (some but not max) prison time for Dharun Ravi's webcam crimesAs reported in this local article, local prosecutors in New Jersey in a…
Legal Profession Blog
Hate Crimes Lead To Disbarment
The New York Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department has accepted the resignation of an attorney and ordered his disbarment as a result of his conviction on two felony counts…
International Law Prof Blog
UN Human Rights Office Urges Chile to Pass Anti-Discrimination Law
The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Chile to pass a law against discrimination, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, following the recent…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Civil Rights Division Head Says Hate Crimes on the Rise
Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, noted in an address Thursday evening the number of hate crimes in the United States…