hate crime

Despite the suspect being charged with a hate crime, the judge overlooked the family and prosecutor’s requests. “It’s like her being murdered all over again,” her mom says.

LGBTQ people face immense violence and discrimination. These stories helped humanize the statistics and made other victims feel less alone.

The most common victims for hate crime reported to police in 2018 were African Americans, Jews, and LGBTQ people.

“People have been heard screaming f*ggots at us at night while we are open,” one owner said.

While bystanders can be seen in the video, no one stepped in to assist. If you have any information, please contact the Denver Police.

After Wiley violently assaulted a gay man, he bragged about the attack on social media and sent people selfies of himself covered in the victim’s blood.

After weeks of continuously stealing a pride flag from the town square, he flipped out when he went to a grocery store Starbucks and a gay barista waited on him.

His friends found his body lying in a pool of blood in his dorm room.

“Being who you are is so important, it’s worth dying for.”

Smollett also reportedly received a threatening letter at work just a week before.