All articles tagged with #racial hatred
Nick Griffin, former BNP leader, appeared in court accused of sharing a racist cartoon on X in 2021 that depicted a spider with a Star of David, with charges of stirring up racial hatred. A dismissal application is scheduled for April, and a trial date is set for May.
The gunman responsible for the shooting at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, which resulted in the deaths of three Black individuals, expressed his desire to kill Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly in his writings. The gunman's screed revealed his motivations, including a hope for a race war and admiration for previous mass killers. The writings also showed his hatred towards African Americans, LGBTQ+ individuals, and anti-Semitic beliefs. The FBI is investigating the case, and authorities are piecing together the events leading up to the massacre.
A white gunman's plan to carry out a racially motivated shooting at Florida's first historically Black university was thwarted by a campus police officer, who chased the gunman from the campus before he went on to kill three Black people at a nearby store. The shooter, Ryan Christopher Palmeter, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the shooting. Authorities found manifestos detailing his hatred for Black people. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pledged $1 million to increase security at the university and condemned the shooting, while some black leaders criticized his government's attack on Black history.