Subject:

Hate Crimes

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Separatists, Patriots and Hate Groups Expand and Unify Against an Obama U.S. Government

    Sovereign citizen Timothy Garrison of Mount Vernon went to federal prison for 42 months a few weeks back for filing false tax returns and threatening to arrest Skagit County officials for arresting him. His basic problem was that the government had a jail and he didn't. Nonetheless, his side is winn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Danny Vega, Gay Filipino Hairdresser, Beat Into Coma by Trio of Teens (UPDATE: Danny Is Dead)

    UPDATE: Nearly two weeks after being beaten into a coma by what he described as a trio of black teenagers, South Seattle hair stylist Danny Vega has died. His loved ones, meanwhile, say they're more interested in justice than in peace.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Comment of the Week: Who Cares Whether Alleged Spokane Bomber Hates Jews?

    ​This week Keegan Hamilton reported on Judge Justin Quackenbush's decision that alleged would-be Spokane bomber Kevin Harpham's anti-Semitic beliefs are not admissible by the court. Given that Harpham is accused of a hate crime, one could argue that his apparent hatred for Jews is an importan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    No Jews Allowed: Spokane Bomber's Anti-Semitic Beliefs Are Inadmissable Evidence, Judge Says

    Image source​Alleged Spokane MLK Day bomber Kevin W. Harpham was affiliated with the neo-Nazi group the National Alliance, which believes, among other things, that "Zionist connections" to the U.S. government are responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But the jury in Harpham's trial, sche ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Kevin Harpham, Alleged Spokane MLK Bomber, Charged with Federal Hate Crimes

    ​What evidence prosecutors have lined up against alleged white-supremacist and would-be Spokane bomber Kevin Harpham, they're not saying. But whatever it is, it was apparently enough to convince a grand jury to add two new federal hate crime charges to the list.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Swastikas, Plastic Forks, and Burned Bibles Lead to a Hate-Crime Probe in Spokane

    ​The marks were written in pink--hardly an appropriate color for their message. Nonetheless, the hateful graffiti and plastic eating utensils that were found all over a house, vehicles, and a boat in northern Spokane on Monday has led to a hate-crime probe in which a teenage girl is apparently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Shandy Cobane Will Not Be Charged With Hate Crime for "Mexican Piss" Incident

    ​Shandy Cobane, the Seattle police officer caught on tape stomping on the face of a suspect and threatening to "beat the fucking Mexican piss" out of him, will not be charged with a hate crime. King County prosecutor Dan Satteberg said the incident did not qualify because Cobane "did not inten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Old, Drunk Ass-Grabber Accused of a Hate Crime

    Assault? Sure. But a hate crime too?​It's entirely possible that we've taken this whole "hate crime" idea a step too far. Last week, a drunk, homeless 52-year-old man was outside of an International District apartment building. When a female tenant walked by the man allegedly grabbed her ass ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 17, 2010

    Hate Crimes Aren't Aimed at Hispanics, Just Mexicans

    Assault? Sure. But a hate crime too?​It's entirely possible that we've taken this whole "hate crime" idea a step too far. Last week, a drunk, homeless 52-year-old man was outside of an International District apartment building. When a female tenant walked by the man allegedly grabbed her ass ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Citizens to Nickels: Hands Off Our Guns

    "Nickels takes fire from gun rights activists". "Second Amendment supporters take aim at City". Make all the cute little headlines you want about last night's public hearing about Mayor Greg Nickels' proposed firearms ban on city-owned property, but the issue has caught the att ... More >>

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    City Hall, The Police, Values

    "Nickels takes fire from gun rights activists". "Second Amendment supporters take aim at City". Make all the cute little headlines you want about last night's public hearing about Mayor Greg Nickels' proposed firearms ban on city-owned property, but the issue has caught the att ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Hate-Crime Allegation

    Suing a slain suspect's mother, a white Seattle cop plays the race card.

  • Arts

    August 11, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    David A. Neiwert, David Foster Wallace, and Sarah Erdman.

  • Arts

    November 14, 2001

    Through a glass, darkly

    Staring into the mirror of the Matthew Shepard tragedy.

  • News

    April 11, 2001

    Mind control

    Staring into the mirror of the Matthew Shepard tragedy.

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    Gays & guns

    NRA members and queers get together at a shooting range in Redmond.

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    The fire this time

    The Christian right handcuffs a Kitsap human rights group.

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