Maine Voices: Sen. Collins should take action to keep Maine families safe

hate crime

Published
May 24, 2022

Maine Voices: Sen. Collins should take action to keep Maine families safe

The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act marks a significant step in securing our communities and creates important oversight mechanisms.
Published
May 17, 2022

FBI investigating Dallas shooting in Koreatown as hate crime

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia has said last Wednesday's shooting at Hair World Salon could be connected to two other shootings at businesses run by Asian Americans.
Published
April 23, 2022

Waterville man denies charge related to homemade explosive

Xavier Pelkey is accused of having homemade explosive devices intended for use in an attack on a mosque.
Published
February 7, 2022

Jury selection begins in hate crimes trial of men in Ahmaud Arbery murder

Given extensive pretrial publicity, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ordered roughly 1,000 jury duty notices to be mailed to residents across 43 Georgia counties.
Published
February 4, 2022

One of 3 men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing retracts plea before hate crime trial

Greg McMichael reversed course late Thursday and has taken back his guilty plea ahead of the men's federal hate crime trial.
Published
January 31, 2022

Judge rejects plea deal on hate-crime charge for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery

Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, asked the judged to reject the deal and described the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to propose it as 'disrespectful.'
Published
September 17, 2021

Two teenage girls charged with violating Maine Civil Rights Act in racist spray-painting incident

The girls, both from Bangor, are suspected of painting racial slurs on the car of a Pakistani-American and person of color.
Published
September 10, 2021

Judge sentences Biddeford man to 3 years in prison for hate crime

Dusty Leo, 30, was one of two men involved in attacks on Black men in Portland and Biddeford in 2018.
Published
August 30, 2021

Hate crimes spiked in Maine and nationwide in 2020, new FBI data show

Maine police reported 83 bias-motivated crimes last year, surpassing the total from the previous 3 years combined.
Published
August 30, 2021

Hate crimes rise to highest level in 12 years amid increasing attacks on Blacks, Asians

The FBI tallied 7,759 hate crimes last year, marked by a global pandemic, a divisive presidential election and upheaval in the economy.