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James Byrd, Jr.

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Name: James Byrd, Jr.

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

In Maine, slain student's parents issue call for justice

The parents of Matthew Shepard say authorities can't pick and choose those they protect.By PAUL KOENIG Kennebec Journal AUGUSTA The parents of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming who was murdered in 1998, were the keynote speakers Thursday ... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 17 2013]

Entities: Matthew Shepard, Dennis Shepard, Judy Shepard

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Eric Holder

Eric Holder?s Prepared Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee

Good morning, Chairman Goodlatte; Ranking Member Conyers. I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the Justice Department’s recent achievements and to provide an overview of our top priorities.Particularly in recent years, the ... [Published Main Justice - May 15 2013]

Entities: Civil Rights, Eric Holder, Testimony

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

John McCain

HRC: Failure to Include Gay Couples in Immigration Reform would be Republican Senators' Failure

- This afternoon is the deadline for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to file amendments to the Immigration Reform bill the committee will start marking up on Thursday. LGBT advocates have every expectation that an amendment will be filed adding ... [Published YubaNet - May 07 2013]

Entities: LGBT, Gay, Immigration Reform, John McCain

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Justice must be fair, equal for all

LAW WEEK EVENTS•Presentation of the 6th annual Hustisia Award today;•A Law Fair at the Micronesia Mall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow; and•Law Day Art and Essay Contests.•The Race Judicata 5K Run/Walk on May 5;•Outreach events by the U.S. Attorney's ... [Published Guam Pacific Daily News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Guam, Disability, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Human Trafficking, Civil Rights

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Heidi Shink: Life After Marriage

There's an old Henny Youngman joke that goes something like this: "Before marriage I was incomplete. After marriage... I'm finished." Like all good jokes, it's funny because there's more than a little truth to it. Life after marriage changes the two people ... [Published Huffington Post - May 01 2013]

Entities: LGBT, Sexual Orientation, Homophobia

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Bending the Arc Toward Justice

A hundred years ago, a Chicago lawyer named Sigmund Livingston raised his voice and launched a movement. He declared his mission was “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Today, we congratulate ... [Published The White House - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Anti-Semitism, Sigmund Livingston, Hate Crimes Prevention Act, James Byrd, Jr.

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Daniel Pearl

Building A World Without Hate

The question for me as a teacher is not so much "What could have been?" as it is "What can be?" I think of my fourth grader holding signs that say, "I am MLK," "I am Anne Frank," "I am Harvey Milk," "I am Daniel Pearl," "I am James Byrd, Jr.," "I am ... [Published God's Politics Blog - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: James Byrd, Jr., Daniel Pearl, Harvey Milk

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 3 reports

Two plead guilty to hate crime charges in assault against gay man.

WASHINGTON—Christopher Cain, 19, and Dorian Moragne, 20, both of Atlanta, pleaded guilty today in federal court to beating a man because of his sexual orientation.According to information presented in court, Cain, Moragne, and a juvenile, all associated ... [Published FBI - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Christopher Cain, Hate Crime, Sexual Orientation, Assault, Gay

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Seattle man indicted of federal hate crime

The Department of Justice announced April 2 that a federal grand jury sitting in Seattle has indicted Jamie Larson, 49, on a federal hate crime charge relating to a racially-motivated assault of a 50-year-old Sikh man.Larson has been charged with one ... [Published Northwest Asian Weekly - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Hate Crime, Seattle, Indictment

First reported Apr 01 2013 - Updated Apr 02 2013 - 1 reports

The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeting Law Enforcement For Revenge

Mike and Cynthia McLelland of Kaufman County Investigations into Saturday’s murder of a Texas district attorney and his wife are bearing down on a white supremacist gang that may have undertaken revenge for a racketeering case that put many key ... [Published Think Progress - Apr 01 2013]

Entities: Aryan Brotherhood, Homicide, District Attorney, Murderer, Torture

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In Maine, slain student's parents issue call fo... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 17 2013]
Parents talk about murdered son at UMA hate cri... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 16 2013]
Eric Holder?s Prepared Testimony before the Hou... [Published Main Justice - May 15 2013]
Unequal Protection In Obama’s America: Threaten... [Published VDare - May 13 2013]
Albania passes LGBT-inclusive hate crimes law [Published Seattle Gay News - May 12 2013]
Defendant in hate crime branding case back in c... [Published Farmington New Mexico Daily Times - May 11 2013]
Family of Marco McMillian demands federal hate ... [Published Glaad - May 10 2013]
Michael Komo: Next Generation Awards 2013 [Published Metro Weekly - May 09 2013]
Joseph Lewis: Next Generation Awards 2013 [Published Metro Weekly - May 09 2013]
HRC: Failure to Include Gay Couples in Immigrat... [Published YubaNet - May 07 2013]
Albania Passes Gay Hate Crimes Law That Surpass... [Published Care2 - May 07 2013]
Justice must be fair, equal for all [Published Guam Pacific Daily News - May 02 2013]
Heidi Shink: Life After Marriage [Published Huffington Post - May 01 2013]
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney Ge... [Published Newsvine - May 01 2013]
Bending the Arc Toward Justice [Published The White House - Apr 30 2013]
Are Those Who Use The ?Gay Panic Defense? Homos... [Published TruTV.com - Apr 29 2013]
Building A World Without Hate [Published God's Politics Blog - Apr 22 2013]
Atlanta Men Plead Guilty to Beating Gay Man, Fi... [Published Atlanta Daily World - Apr 20 2013]
Two plead guilty to hate crime charges in assau... [Published FBI - Apr 19 2013]
Two Atlanta Men Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Cr... [Published 7thSpace - Apr 19 2013]
Two Atlanta gang members plead guilty to federa... [Published 11 Alive - Apr 18 2013]
Nothing accidental about practicing racism [Published HamptonRoads.com - Apr 16 2013]
Seattle man indicted of federal hate crime [Published Northwest Asian Weekly - Apr 15 2013]
Extreme right prison gang suspected in Texas ki... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Apr 03 2013]
The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeti... [Published Think Progress - Apr 01 2013]
These are the exchanges you need to read from t... [Published Ezra Klein - Mar 27 2013]
New York Civil Rights Violation Lawyer David Pe... [Published PRWeb - Mar 06 2013]
2012 Highlights [Published The White House - Jan 10 2013]
Enid Pride 2012 speaker: Holocaust started with... [Published Enid News and Eagle - Sep 23 2012]
How the Justice Department Transformed an Amish... [Published REASON Online - Sep 21 2012]

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Building A World Without Hate [Published God's Politics Blog - Apr 22 2013] The question for me as a teacher is not so much "What could have been?" as it is "What can be?" I think of my fourth grader holding signs that say, "I am MLK," "I am Anne Frank," "I am Harvey Milk," "I am Daniel Pearl," "I am James Byrd, Jr.," "I am ...
The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeti... [Published Think Progress - Apr 01 2013] Mike and Cynthia McLelland of Kaufman County Investigations into Saturday’s murder of a Texas district attorney and his wife are bearing down on a white supremacist gang that may have undertaken revenge for a racketeering case that put many key ...
These are the exchanges you need to read from t... [Published Ezra Klein - Mar 27 2013] Life is too short to read entire Supreme Court oral arguments . So here are the five exchanges you need to read from today’s Proposition 8 case : 1. Is there anyone who can defend this thing? Dennis Hollingsworth, the nominal defendant. Does ...