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In reply to the discussion: "I only shot a ni---r". Yup, Florida. [View all]Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)This article is old news and only came to the surface as a result of the Zimmerman case in Florida, otherwise it would have gone unnoticed. How about some recent articles and some little unnoticed facts, kinda like the one above?
Florida does not rank as the highest state with the most hate groups and hate crimes.
Florida comes in with 59 hate groups
California- 82
Texas- 62
New Jersey- 51
Pennsylvania- 35
Ohio- 36
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/14/hate-map/viewgallery/304101

Well you guys get the picture I am sure. How about some more up to date news articles involving hate and racism.
Davis, CA
A gay man was allegedly beaten on the street by a man who yelled anti- gay slurs. Clayton Daniel Garzón, 19, was charged with battery with serious bodily injury, assault with means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and threats to commit a crime resulting in great bodily injury.
Type: Assault
Reported: 03/20/2013
Oakwood, OH
Swastikas and the words `Go away Jew` were painted on a Jewish family's residence in the second incident in three weeks.
Type: Vandalism
Reported: 03/08/2013
Green Bay, WI
A convenience store owned by a Sikh American was set afire on the seven-month anniversary of a deadly shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek. James Parrish, 53, faces charges of arson with a hate crime modification, first-degree recklessly endangering safety and carrying a concealed weapon.
Type: Arson
Reported: 03/05/2013
Hillsboro, OR
A man walking with his boyfriend and their pink poodle was allegedly attacked by a man who yelled anti-gay comments. George Allen Mason Jr., 22, was arrested for investigation of second-degree intimidation, second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and reckless driving.
Type: Assault
Reported: 03/02/2013
Maple Shade, NJ
The letters `KKK` were written in chalk on a black family's residence.
Type: Vandalism
Reported: 02/27/2013
Eric "The Butcher" Fairburn
Intelligence Files » Profiles
Eric The Butcher Fairburn was among the founders of the Vinlanders Social Club, a racist skinhead group formed in 2003. He was a particularly violent participant in the skinhead movement until after a stint in prison for beating a homeless black man in Indianapolis he walked into a police station and confessed to a 2004 murder. He is now serving life in prison.
Prison Break
Intelligence Report » Summer 2013
The execution-style murder of the Colorado prisons chief was almost certainly the work of a white supremacist prison gang member. Was he operating on orders?
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/14/hate-map/viewgallery/304101