http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/ We Can Stop The Hate | Stop Hate en-us Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:28:32 GMT Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:28:32 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss We Can Stop The Hate info@wecanstopthehate.org info@wecanstopthehate.org http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/what_hate_does_tragedy_in_arkansas December 26th, 2007 - A young man says something nice in Spanish about a baby and is assaulted by the father at work the next day. The man's uncle, who intervened, is beaten to death. This is what hate does and why we need to push back on what's driving a climate in which these kinds of incidents are on the rise. As far as we know, this has only been covered in the local press so far.

]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:22:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/what_hate_does_tragedy_in_arkansas http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/omaha_ne October 8th, 2007 - Eduardo Garcia wakes up to find his truck and his wife's car set ablaze.  Two other cars are also vandalized and have the words "white power" and a swastika spray-painted on them.  No one is immediately arrested.

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:53:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/omaha_ne http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/avon_park_fl September 30th, 2007 - José Gonzales returns home to find his car and garage destroyed by a fire set by an arsonist who also spray-painted “F--- Puerto Rico” on the garage walls.  Gonzales, a U.S. citizen and a mechanic, loses all of his tools in the fire.  No arrests are made in the town, which is famous for its passage of harsh anti-immigrant laws. 

]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:19:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/avon_park_fl http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/montgomery_county_va August 23rd, 2007 - Victor Hernandez, a Honduran immigrant dishwasher, is walking home from work when he is kicked into unconsciousness by teenagers who rob him of $160. The two teens arrested tell police they were "amigo shopping" - seeking vulnerable Hispanic workers to rob. The Washington Post reports "alarmingly common" anti-immigrant crimes in the area of Washington, DC, and its Virginia suburbs. Police from Montgomery County, Virginia and neighboring counties tell the newspaper that the majority of local robbery victims since 2006 have been Latino.

]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:59:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/montgomery_county_va http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/west_tx August 12th, 2007 - A Latino man is struck in the face several times after getting into a hostile exchange of words outside a convenience store with a group of white men and women who later tell police that they are affiliated with Aryan Nations, a neo-Nazi hate group. The victim, who has not been identified publicly, fled but is attacked a second time later the same night by several assailants who beat, stomp, and cut him. The alleged leader of the attacks, Stephen Ray Chapman, is arrested and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

]]> Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:01:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/west_tx http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/garden_grove_ca August 8th, 2007 - Felipe Alvarado, an immigrant working as a janitor at a fast-food restaurant, is taunted with racist threats and then attacked by three men, one of whom is carrying a loaded gun. James Joseph Kelly, Justin Louis Mullins, and Cheyne Danica Wilson are arrested and charged with felony assault with hate crime enhancements for allegedly beating Alvarado after yelling, among other things, "Go back to Mexico, you wetback!" Wilson is also charged with illegally possessing a handgun.

]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:07:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/garden_grove_ca http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/fallbrook_ca4 July 17th, 2007 - A parishioner pulls into the parking lot of St. Peter's Church in Fallbrook, telling the MM they aren't welcome. As she tries to exit, several SDMM supporters follow on foot, shouting at her. A second Fallbrook resident pulls in and exits his car. A MM maces him four times, twice as the man retreats to his car. The MM's camera is smashed in the course.

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:48:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/fallbrook_ca4 http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/fallbrook_ca3 July 7th, 2007 - As a funeral service gets underway at the nearby Church, a Minuteman yells "pick your slaves" to prospective day laborer employers and attempts to provoke an activist. A Minutewoman can be heard saying "anchor baby on the way" to a Latina activist who is pregnant.

]]> Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:47:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/fallbrook_ca3 http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/fallbrook_ca2 July 7th, 2007 - Jeff Scwhilk, leader of the San Diego Minutemen, shouts "carpet muncher" (a pejorative term for a lesbian) at an activist as she walks past a church where members of a wedding party are gathering. He encourages Minutemen standing in front of the church to "get 'er."

]]> Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:45:00 GMT http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/fallbrook_ca2 http://www.wecanstopthehate.org/flashpoints/fallbrook_ca June 17th, 2007 - Mike Spencer, co-founder of the San Diego Minutemen, erects an effigy of a priest wearing a devil's mask in front of a Catholic Church. Meanwhile, a First Communion Mass is taking place inside. Another Minuteman carries a sign saying, "Jail the Pope."

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