Hate Crimes

Barfing Man Off the Hook for Castro Assault

A Mimosa-imbibing man was declared innocent of battery charges today after a jury saw a video that proved the man hadn't attacked a Castro Street merchant after downing one too many cocktails earlier this year. According to the Public Defender's Office, 23-year-old Antonio Herico had been at a bot ... More >>

Californians Don't Hate Each Other as Much as They Used To

Well, this might help explain last year's mass exodus to Texas.The California Attorney General's Office released some uplifting stats that show Californians have less hostility -- or at least they're not acting on it -- than in previous years. The AG welcomed the numbers which show an over ... More >>

Police Looking for Castro Gay Bashers

Police are asking for the public's help in locating two men who they say were involved in two separate hate crimes in the Castro neighborhood.The first incident happened on March 29 on the 400 block of Castro. The victim was attacked while the suspects yelled homophobic remarks, said Officer Albie E ... More >>

Occupy Oakland Protesters Charged With Hate Crimes For Stealing Wallet, Protest Planned

​By this point, it's clear that Oakland -- or at least the Easy Bay city's mayor, police chief, business and cranky old man communities -- hates itself some Occupy. The hating officially enters the criminal justice system today, when three Occupy Oaklander protesters will appear in Alameda County ... More >>

Man Attacked in Gay Hate Crime Near San Francisco State

Yet another reason we aren't the gayest city in the nation​Police are looking for three men who jumped a 20-year-old San Francisco man early this morning in what officers are calling a clear hate crime. According to Officer Albie Esparza, the victim was walking along Font and Tapia near San Franci ... More >>

Hate Expectations: Police and Prosecutors Are Quick to Claim the Presence of Racism — but Juries Are Not So Sure

Hosea Matavao Accused of Attacking Interracial Couple

Don't you just hate hate crimes?​A 48-year-old man pled not guilty today to charges of attacking an interracial couple earlier this week. Hosea Matavao, was taken to jail Wednesday after he allegedly made a racially derogatory comment to the couple as they walked with their 3-year-old and 20-month ... More >>

Guilty Verdict, but No Hate-Crime Conviction, in Assault on Mexican Citizens in Tenderloin

​Two white men were convicted of assaulting two Mexican citizens outside a Tenderloin bar, although a jury did not buy prosecutors' allegations that the assault was racially motivated and constituted a hate crime, the office of District Attorney George Gascón announced today.The case stemmed from ... More >>

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Hold Protest After Recent Gay Beatings

Fighting back ... peacefully​The recent bout of gay bashing crimes in the Castro District has prodded local community groups to rally with a Stop the Violence campaign starting tomorrow afternoon. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is teaming up with The Castro Community On Patrol (CCOP) and the ... More >>

Hate Crimes Against Latinos Rise 47 Percent in California

​The year 2010 saw a marked uptick in hate crimes against Latinos statewide, according to newly released statistics from the California Attorney General's office.Attorney General Kamala Harris' annual report on hate crimes -- incidents in which victims are targeted because of their ethnicity, sexu ... More >>

Hate Crime Allegations Dismissed in Attack on S.F. Transgender Woman

This isn't exactly how the LGBT community imagined kicking off gay pride ​SF Weekly readers might recall the incident two months ago when two men were arrested after beating a transgender woman on the 16th Street BART plaza. Well, despite the public outcry over the incident -- which sparked a rall ... More >>

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Transgender Woman Beaten in S.F., Rally Tonight

What happened to diversity and pride in S.F.?​A 20-year-old transgender woman was recently attacked outside the 16th Street BART station one busy Friday night, an incident that prosecutors say was a hate crime. The woman, who asked media outlets to call her Mia, says the men verbally harassed her ... More >>

Illegal Immigrants: More Hate Crime Victims Could Get Visas

​Last November, three white males attacked two Mexicans in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Those men are now facing felony assault and hate crime charges -- a relatively unreported case that District Attorney George Gascón will detail today. If there is a silver lining to this alleged hate crime, it ... More >>

Accused White Supremacists Charged with Beating Mexicans in S.F.

Welcome to San Francisco, gentlemen​Three alleged white supremacists appeared in a San Francisco courtroom this morning to answer to charges of attacking two Mexican nationals -- kicking one unconscious while yelling "White power."The accused attackers in this Tenderloin hate crime case -- includi ... More >>

Scottish Cops 'More Gay-Friendly' Than S.F Police

Real cops wear skirts​It turns out San Francisco isn't the gayest city after all. New research shows that Scottish cops are friendlier toward its gay community and it's not just because they are willing to wear kilts. Lisa Buchanan, an adviser on the Northern Constabulary, the police force for Nor ... More >>

Chris Brymer, Former USC Lineman, Acquitted of Hate Crime Charges

Joseph SchellChris Brymer, in an August jailhouse interview with SF Weekly​The trial of a former NFL and USC lineman accused of racially motivated attacks on a homeless man has ended with a jury refusing to convict him on any charges.Chris Brymer, who was the subject of a September cover story in ... More >>

KKKatie Acquitted Of Being A Hater, Convicted of Being a Punk

I don't know art...​A San Francisco jury decided KKKatie was just a misunderstood artist after all. KKKatie, or Katherine Dunbar, was acquitted of a hate crime charge for tagging major city buildings with backward swastikas, anarchist circle-A symbols, and her triple K graffiti tag. But apparently ... More >>

Two Haters, a Home-Burner and a Skyscraper Climber in Court Today

Not above the law in SF​Say what you want about District Attorney Kamala Harris -- the Attorney General candidate is a "different kind of prosecutor," according to a lengthy profile published in today's Los Angeles Times, and true to form, her office prosecutes different kinds of cases. And how. F ... More >>

Key witness in Chris Brymer hate crime case contradicts cops

'N-Word,' Assault on Muni Platform Lead to Felony Hate-Crime Charges

​A 50-year-old drifter has been charged with eight felonies after he allegedly assaulted a black man on a Bayview Muni platform while saying, "Nigger, die."Most of the charges carry additional hate-crime enhancements, according to Erica Derryck, spokeswoman for the office of District Attorney ... More >>

S.F. Examiner Op-Ed Crosses Into Looney Tune Territory, Claims Obama Fomenting Bloody Class Warfare in U.S.

We've noted before that the San Francisco Examiner is not exactly a paper in step with the rest of this city. This is no knock on the paper's hard-working local reporters -- they do good work and God knows they write fast. But the editorial direction of the paper appears synonymous with the views of ... More >>

Gay Marriage: Next Stop, U.S. Supreme Court

SF is #1 in Hate Crimes! Screw you, Jena, Louisiana!

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The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

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