Hate crimes bill passes the Michigan House; Republicans voice concerns over speech
The bill passed the Michigan House in a 59 to 50 vote on the heels of disturbing threats made against an East Lansing synagogue.
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The bill passed the Michigan House in a 59 to 50 vote on the heels of disturbing threats made against an East Lansing synagogue.
Lawmakers in Lansing are working on legislation to better address hate crimes and provide prosecutors with the tools to effectively punish perpetrators.
A judge has sentenced a Michigan man to 10 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to two hate crime charges for intimidating and attempting to intimidate people protesting in support of Black Lives Matter.
Andrew Lester, who is White, is charged with first-degree assault. Prosecutors say that carries a tougher possible sentence — life in prison — than a hate crime would.
A mural of a national hero from Bangladesh was defaced on Friday.
The family of Hassan Chokr apologized to the Jewish community after he was charged with an alleged hate crime.
Organizations that serve the LGBTQ community in Metro Detroit are taking steps to ensure their members are safe.
A Michigan man is facing both a state and federal hate crime charge, after allegedly approaching a group of three Black teenagers at a state park and knocking one in the face with a bike lock.
Authorities say the transgender status of a woman played a role in her fatal shooting in Detroit.
Gab has been taken offline following revelations that the suspected Pittsburgh synagogue gunman used the social network to threaten Jews.
Leaders of Tree of Life Synagogue are split on welcoming President Donald Trump to Pittsburgh following Saturday's shooting at the house of worship.
A man has been arrested after police say he urinated on a 5-year-old black girl in an alley in western Michigan and called her a racial slur.
Just shy of the one-year anniversary of the white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, "Frontline" and ProPublica have collaborated on "Documenting Hate: Charlottesville," a sobering documentary.
The Latest on a suburban Detroit man charged with shooting at a black teenager who knocked on his door (all times local): 3 p.m. A retired, white Detroit firefighter is charged with assault with intent to murder after a shot was fired at a black teen who police say knocked on the door of the man's suburban Detroit home to ask directions to school.
14-year-old boy was shot at by a Rochester Hills homeowner after reportedly knocking on the door for help. According to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, the Rochester High student reportedly was lost on his way to school
In a video on Facebook, a woman who identifies herself as Courtney Purvis says she was attacked because she's transgender.
A witness told police that two white men insulted an Arab man and his daughter at the Kroger on Michigan Avenue and Greenfield Road on Feb. 12.
The suspect allegedly started stabbing the men when they replied that they weren't Muslim.
Prosecutors have dropped a charge of ethnic intimidation against a Mason man accused in an attack on a Muslim woman.
The 26-year-old woman was with her 5-year-old daughter when she was attacked in a parking lot.
A Muslim civil rights group wants police to investigate a reported attack on a Muslim woman as a possible hate crime.
The victim of a beating outside the Motor City Pride fest over the weekend is speaking out about the attack.
The 16-year-old is charged with assault and ethnic intimidation in the attack that left 54-year-old Steven Utash clinging to life.
Several hundred people gathered at a Detroit church Thursday to pray for racial peace and for the health of Steven Utash.
Meantime, a fifth suspect has been charged in the vicious mob beating of Steven Utash in Detroit.
