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  1. Administration Attack on Puts at Risk

    Targeting Southern Poverty Law Center, a major civil organization, is the Trump administration's latest effort to punish groups it doesn't like.

    aclu.org/news/free-speech/trum

  2. A former NC law enforcement officer was arrested with a handgun & 200+ rounds of ammo at a Florida hotel — allegedly headed to commit a racially motivated mass shooting at a major Louisiana festival. Christopher Gillum, who is white, had allegedly expressed explicit threats to harm Black people. His own family reported him missing and tipped off police. Jazz Fest draws 460,000+ attendees. A tragedy was potentially averted — but the threat exposes an urgent and ongoing crisis of racially motivated violence in America. Stay informed.
    apnews.com/article/new-orleans
    #JazzFest #NewOrleans #HateCrime #RacialViolence #MassShooting #Arrested #Louisiana #CivilRights #BreakingNews #StayAlert

  3. A former NC law enforcement officer was arrested with a handgun & 200+ rounds of ammo at a Florida hotel — allegedly headed to commit a racially motivated mass shooting at a major Louisiana festival. Christopher Gillum, who is white, had allegedly expressed explicit threats to harm Black people. His own family reported him missing and tipped off police. Jazz Fest draws 460,000+ attendees. A tragedy was potentially averted — but the threat exposes an urgent and ongoing crisis of racially motivated violence in America. Stay informed.
    apnews.com/article/new-orleans
    #JazzFest #NewOrleans #HateCrime #RacialViolence #MassShooting #Arrested #Louisiana #CivilRights #BreakingNews #StayAlert

  4. As someone pointed out elsewhere, this claim by the government that there was "a lack of consensus" about the hate speech elements of this Bill is baseless, since it had already passed through the Dáil.

    Also: "'There wasn’t consensus' is such a cop out - a blatant capitulation to racists and the more genteel types (including in the Seanad) that just do the 'how many genders' transphobia"

    Exactly.

    #Dáil #Seanad #Oireachtas #Government #HateCrime #HateSpeech #Law #Legislation #MastoDaoine

  5. Statement from #JacobJohns about the plea deal, saying:

    "'This was a #HateCrime. This is a continuation of #colonial violence. Unfortunately, this criminal process is reflective of the systemic #WhiteSupremacy that Indigenous peoples face. The shooter motivated by hatred got 9.5 years, but will actually be in prison for half that time. Just imagine if I shot a person at a MAGA rally or a Christian prayer service I’d be put away for life. And all we were doing was having a peaceful sunrise ceremony – we went there to pray and our prayers were answered because the Oñate statue still does not stand.

    "We live in a sick society where a man with a MAGA hat would come with a loaded gun and commit political and racial violence; though the police were on notice of that violence they weren’t there to protect us.

    "The lifelong scars and injuries, loss of an internal organ, mental anguish and trauma will be with me forever – and in a couple of years Martinez will live free.

    "I don’t want to end with the anger I feel inside. I want to express that Indigenous prayers and lifeways work. Pueblo people will always stand together and maintain a continuity of resistance to white supremacy and the destruction of the Earth."

    #JuanDeOñate #RyanMartinez #Oñate #MAGA #MAGAViolence #IndigenousArtist #ClimateActivist #Artivist #IndigenousActivists #ClimateJustice #NativeAmericanActivists
    #HateCrime #MAGATerrorism

  6. Man sentenced after pleading no contest to charges in #Oñate protest shooting [of #JacobJohns]

    Jonathan Fjeld, Updated: October 8, 2024

    ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — "A plea deal has been reached in the case of a man accused of a shooting last year at a protest over a Juan de Oñate statue.

    "Ryan Martinez pleaded no contest Monday to aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A judge subsequently sentenced him to 9.5 years, which includes a firearm enhancement. Martinez will serve a minimum of four years as a result of his plea to a serious violent offense.

    "The state agreed to dismiss a possible hate crime enhancement as a part of the plea deal.

    "The court scheduled jury selection to begin Monday for Martinez’s trial. Prosecutors accused him of shooting and wounding Jacob Johns at a protest last September in Española.

    "One group was celebrating the postponement of the rededication of the Oñate statue. A smaller group stood by, arguing that officials were ignoring their culture and history. For the most part, they stayed separate, until one individual jumped a wall and ran toward the protesters.

    "Video showed the Oñate protesters trying to tackle the man as he ran toward the group. The video showed protesters ripping off his 'Make America Great Again' hat as he jumped back over the wall. Then, the video showed that man firing one shot that hit a protester.

    "Medics arrived about 10 minutes later and took the shooting victim to the hospital.

    "Witnesses said the man drove away in a white Tesla. They identified him as 23-year-old Ryan Martinez. They also described him as a known online troll who often riled up crowds at protests. New Mexico State Police arrested him later that day and confirmed it was Martinez.

    "A judge ruled to keep Martinez in jail until his trial."

    Source:
    kob.com/news/top-news/man-sent

    #JuanDeOñate #RyanMartinez #Oñate #MAGA #MAGAViolence #IndigenousArtist #ClimateActivist #Artivist #IndigenousActivists #ClimateJustice #NativeAmericanActivists
    #HateCrime #MAGATerrorism

  7. #NativeAmerican artist's new show includes painting of man accused of shooting him

    By Nicholas Gilmore, Jul 9, 2024

    "For #JacobJohns, painting a portrait of the man accused of trying to kill him was a sort of exercise in healing.

    "The Spokane, Wash.-based artist and activist on Tuesday afternoon stood next to his own five-foot-tall painting of Ryan Martinez, who is accused of having shot Johns last September at a protest in Española.

    "The plan, Johns said, is to turn the painting into a work of collaborative art by leaving markers next to the portrait and encouraging visitors to the exhibition to contribute to it."

    Read more:
    santafenewmexican.com/news/loc

    #JuanDeOñate #RyanMartinez #Oñate #MAGA #MAGAViolence #IndigenousArtist #ClimateActivist #Artivist #IndigenousActivists #ClimateJustice #NativeAmericanActivists
    #HateCrime #MAGATerrorism

  8. An update on #JacobJohns and the trial of his assailant...

    Civil suit over #Oñate shooting settled out of court

    By KOB
    May 8, 2024

    ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – "It was a scary afternoon in Española last fall when a fight broke out between protesters and a counterprotester near the site of a proposed #JuanDeOñate statue.

    "Video shows a shooter pulling out a gun and firing one shot before fleeing the scene.

    "23-year-old Ryan Martinez is charged with that shooting. The victim, Jacob Johns, was taken to the hospital. He was there for more than a month and underwent multiple surgeries.

    "'He lost his spleen, he is missing parts of his liver, his stomach, and his pancreas. So it was an incredibly serious wound that he received,' said John Day, attorney for Jacob Johns.

    "Back in January, he sued Martinez and his family for assault, battery, personal injury and negligence.

    "'The lawsuit itself explains that the parents were the ones who were aware, and under the claims of the civil lawsuit, were aware of the situation. Beyond that I can’t discuss more terms of it,' Day said.

    "The lawsuit claimed Martinez’s parents knew he was 'obsessed with guns.' Reportedly, there was an incident where neighbors called the cops after seeing Martinez walk around heavily armed late at night.

    "Back in 2018, Martinez was reportedly questioned by the FBI for making threatening posts online.

    "This week, the civil case was settled. The terms of the settlement are confidential, but this isn’t the end of this case. The criminal trial of Martinez is only a few months away.

    "'He is looking forward to having his day in court basically in this criminal case as the victim of this shooting. Jacob is really pleased that the elected DA is the one taking the case to trial. And it will be up to the DA to determine who she calls, but it would make sense for Jacob to testify because he was the one who got shot,' Day said.

    "The criminal case is set to start in early July. Johns is listed as a witness, but it is unclear at this time if he will take the stand."

    kob.com/new-mexico/civil-suit-

    #IndigenousNews #ClimateActivist #Artivist #IndigenousActivists #ClimateJustice #NativeAmericanActivists
    #HateCrime #MAGATerrorism

  9. Hit and run motorists, pedestrians and the justice system

    "Sentence extended but no jail for NT hit-and-run driver Jake Danby who called victims ‘oxygen thieves’. In June 2024, Jake Danby hit two Aboriginal men with his car on a Darwin street, killing one and injuring the other."

    The "driver had bragged in text messages that the man he killed was an “oxygen thief” and he would not go to jail. He called it a “two for one combo” and texted it was “pretty funny watching them roll around on the road after going over my bonnet”.

    "He was handed a 12-month community corrections order, with five months in home detention." >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #IndigenousPeoples #motorists #cars #HitAndRun #NT #mindset #values #crime #pedestrians #HateCrime

  10. Police had been called before. They knew he'd threatened to drink the victim's blood. No arrest. No removal. On November 9th, a man forced his gay roommate to kneel at knifepoint and recorded it on his phone. He now faces life in prison. The victim's name is not trending.
    #LGBTQRights #AntiLGBTViolence #HateCrime #QueerNews #LGBTQIA #Justice #GayRights

    twp.ai/4hqysF

  11. theguardian.com/world/2026/apr. "Disabled people who use #bluebadges to go about their daily lives have said they are being harassed, questioned & even assaulted, as anti-benefits #rhetoric becomes more #mainstream in the #UK." Such #behaviour attacking #Disabled people ought to be treated as a #disability #hatecrime, & is totally unacceptable.

  12. msmagazine.com/2026/04/24/sout

    Trump’s #DOJ and the #EpsteinClass attacking the #SPLC just goes to show how far they will go to protect white men who hurt people.

    The charges are based on bad-faith characterizations of payments SPLC made to informants in extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Trump’s DOJ is attempting to argue these payments counted as financial support. In reality, the SPLC’s work helped dismantle some of the country’s most prominent white supremacist groups.

    It’s like Abandoned Victorian Doll Haunted by Unrepentant Nazis Stephen Miller just wasn’t getting quite the hardon from abusing Brown folks like he used to, time to step up the terror on social justice folks.

    As imagined, legal scholars, ethicists, and anyone with common sense is decrying this as obscene.

    #hatecrime #pervertedJustice #kakistocracy #southernpovertylawcenter

  13. Prosecutors add #HateCrime allegations in shooting over Spanish #conquistador statue

    AP, November 3, 2023

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — "State prosecutors added hate-crime allegations Thursday to charges of attempted murder against a New Mexico man accused in the shooting of a #NativeAmerican #activist amid confrontations about aborted plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador in public, at a court hearing Thursday in northern New Mexico.

    "Defendant Ryan David Martinez pleaded not guilty to all charges at the arraignment overseen by a district court judge from a courthouse in TierraAmarilla.

    "Assistant District Attorney Tony Long indicated that his office will pursue sentence enhancements based on the use of a firearm and try to prove that the shooting was motivated by bias against a particular social group.

    "Martinez was arrested on Sept. 28 after chaos erupted and a single shot was fired at an outdoor gathering in Española over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de #Oñate, who is both revered and reviled for his role in establishing early settlements along the Upper Rio Grande starting in 1598.

    "The shooting severely wounded #JacobJohns, of Spokane, Washington, a well-traveled #activist for #environmental causes and an advocate for #NativeAmericanRights who is of #Hopi and Akimel #Oodham tribal descent.

    "He had joined other advocates for Native American rights as they celebrated with song, prayer and speeches the county's decision not to install the statue that day.

    "Under state law, a hate-crime sentence enhancement could extend prison time by up to a year. The firearm-related enhancements could add up to eight years in prison.

    "Initial felony charges against Martinez carry possible sentences of up to 16 years and six months in prison, along with possible fines and parole, Long told the court. A misdemeanor charge of reckless driving could add up to 90 days in prison.

    "State District Court Judge Jason Lidyard scheduled a jury trial for May 2024. He has ordered that Martinez remain in jail pending trial."

    azcentral.com/story/news/natio

    #ClimateActivist #ClimateJustice #IndigenousActivists #NewMexico #MAGA #HateCrimes

  14. Prosecutors add #HateCrime allegations in shooting over Spanish #conquistador statue

    AP, November 3, 2023

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — "State prosecutors added hate-crime allegations Thursday to charges of attempted murder against a New Mexico man accused in the shooting of a #NativeAmerican #activist amid confrontations about aborted plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador in public, at a court hearing Thursday in northern New Mexico.

    "Defendant Ryan David Martinez pleaded not guilty to all charges at the arraignment overseen by a district court judge from a courthouse in TierraAmarilla.

    "Assistant District Attorney Tony Long indicated that his office will pursue sentence enhancements based on the use of a firearm and try to prove that the shooting was motivated by bias against a particular social group.

    "Martinez was arrested on Sept. 28 after chaos erupted and a single shot was fired at an outdoor gathering in Española over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de #Oñate, who is both revered and reviled for his role in establishing early settlements along the Upper Rio Grande starting in 1598.

    "The shooting severely wounded #JacobJohns, of Spokane, Washington, a well-traveled #activist for #environmental causes and an advocate for #NativeAmericanRights who is of #Hopi and Akimel #Oodham tribal descent.

    "He had joined other advocates for Native American rights as they celebrated with song, prayer and speeches the county's decision not to install the statue that day.

    "Under state law, a hate-crime sentence enhancement could extend prison time by up to a year. The firearm-related enhancements could add up to eight years in prison.

    "Initial felony charges against Martinez carry possible sentences of up to 16 years and six months in prison, along with possible fines and parole, Long told the court. A misdemeanor charge of reckless driving could add up to 90 days in prison.

    "State District Court Judge Jason Lidyard scheduled a jury trial for May 2024. He has ordered that Martinez remain in jail pending trial."

    azcentral.com/story/news/natio

    #ClimateActivist #ClimateJustice #IndigenousActivists #NewMexico #MAGA #HateCrimes

  15. Prosecutors add #HateCrime allegations in shooting over Spanish #conquistador statue

    AP, November 3, 2023

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — "State prosecutors added hate-crime allegations Thursday to charges of attempted murder against a New Mexico man accused in the shooting of a #NativeAmerican #activist amid confrontations about aborted plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador in public, at a court hearing Thursday in northern New Mexico.

    "Defendant Ryan David Martinez pleaded not guilty to all charges at the arraignment overseen by a district court judge from a courthouse in TierraAmarilla.

    "Assistant District Attorney Tony Long indicated that his office will pursue sentence enhancements based on the use of a firearm and try to prove that the shooting was motivated by bias against a particular social group.

    "Martinez was arrested on Sept. 28 after chaos erupted and a single shot was fired at an outdoor gathering in Española over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de #Oñate, who is both revered and reviled for his role in establishing early settlements along the Upper Rio Grande starting in 1598.

    "The shooting severely wounded #JacobJohns, of Spokane, Washington, a well-traveled #activist for #environmental causes and an advocate for #NativeAmericanRights who is of #Hopi and Akimel #Oodham tribal descent.

    "He had joined other advocates for Native American rights as they celebrated with song, prayer and speeches the county's decision not to install the statue that day.

    "Under state law, a hate-crime sentence enhancement could extend prison time by up to a year. The firearm-related enhancements could add up to eight years in prison.

    "Initial felony charges against Martinez carry possible sentences of up to 16 years and six months in prison, along with possible fines and parole, Long told the court. A misdemeanor charge of reckless driving could add up to 90 days in prison.

    "State District Court Judge Jason Lidyard scheduled a jury trial for May 2024. He has ordered that Martinez remain in jail pending trial."

    azcentral.com/story/news/natio

    #ClimateActivist #ClimateJustice #IndigenousActivists #NewMexico #MAGA #HateCrimes

  16. Prosecutors add #HateCrime allegations in shooting over Spanish #conquistador statue

    AP, November 3, 2023

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — "State prosecutors added hate-crime allegations Thursday to charges of attempted murder against a New Mexico man accused in the shooting of a #NativeAmerican #activist amid confrontations about aborted plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador in public, at a court hearing Thursday in northern New Mexico.

    "Defendant Ryan David Martinez pleaded not guilty to all charges at the arraignment overseen by a district court judge from a courthouse in TierraAmarilla.

    "Assistant District Attorney Tony Long indicated that his office will pursue sentence enhancements based on the use of a firearm and try to prove that the shooting was motivated by bias against a particular social group.

    "Martinez was arrested on Sept. 28 after chaos erupted and a single shot was fired at an outdoor gathering in Española over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de #Oñate, who is both revered and reviled for his role in establishing early settlements along the Upper Rio Grande starting in 1598.

    "The shooting severely wounded #JacobJohns, of Spokane, Washington, a well-traveled #activist for #environmental causes and an advocate for #NativeAmericanRights who is of #Hopi and Akimel #Oodham tribal descent.

    "He had joined other advocates for Native American rights as they celebrated with song, prayer and speeches the county's decision not to install the statue that day.

    "Under state law, a hate-crime sentence enhancement could extend prison time by up to a year. The firearm-related enhancements could add up to eight years in prison.

    "Initial felony charges against Martinez carry possible sentences of up to 16 years and six months in prison, along with possible fines and parole, Long told the court. A misdemeanor charge of reckless driving could add up to 90 days in prison.

    "State District Court Judge Jason Lidyard scheduled a jury trial for May 2024. He has ordered that Martinez remain in jail pending trial."

    azcentral.com/story/news/natio

    #ClimateActivist #ClimateJustice #IndigenousActivists #NewMexico #MAGA #HateCrimes

  17. Prosecutors add #HateCrime allegations in shooting over Spanish #conquistador statue

    AP, November 3, 2023

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — "State prosecutors added hate-crime allegations Thursday to charges of attempted murder against a New Mexico man accused in the shooting of a #NativeAmerican #activist amid confrontations about aborted plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador in public, at a court hearing Thursday in northern New Mexico.

    "Defendant Ryan David Martinez pleaded not guilty to all charges at the arraignment overseen by a district court judge from a courthouse in TierraAmarilla.

    "Assistant District Attorney Tony Long indicated that his office will pursue sentence enhancements based on the use of a firearm and try to prove that the shooting was motivated by bias against a particular social group.

    "Martinez was arrested on Sept. 28 after chaos erupted and a single shot was fired at an outdoor gathering in Española over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de #Oñate, who is both revered and reviled for his role in establishing early settlements along the Upper Rio Grande starting in 1598.

    "The shooting severely wounded #JacobJohns, of Spokane, Washington, a well-traveled #activist for #environmental causes and an advocate for #NativeAmericanRights who is of #Hopi and Akimel #Oodham tribal descent.

    "He had joined other advocates for Native American rights as they celebrated with song, prayer and speeches the county's decision not to install the statue that day.

    "Under state law, a hate-crime sentence enhancement could extend prison time by up to a year. The firearm-related enhancements could add up to eight years in prison.

    "Initial felony charges against Martinez carry possible sentences of up to 16 years and six months in prison, along with possible fines and parole, Long told the court. A misdemeanor charge of reckless driving could add up to 90 days in prison.

    "State District Court Judge Jason Lidyard scheduled a jury trial for May 2024. He has ordered that Martinez remain in jail pending trial."

    azcentral.com/story/news/natio

    #ClimateActivist #ClimateJustice #IndigenousActivists #NewMexico #MAGA #HateCrimes

  18. Can't catch a break these days, eh? 👀

    "Police have charged a man after a car was used to ram the gates of a #synagogue in #Brisbane.

    Officers say the man was driving a Toyota Hilux utility when he knocked down the gates of the property in Margaret Street in Brisbane’s #CBD shortly after 7pm on Friday.

    The driver fled the scene before being taken into custody a short time later.

    No one was injured during the incident.

    A 32-year-old #Sunnybank man was expected to appear before the Brisbane magistrates court on Saturday. He has been charged with wilful damage, serious vilification or #hatecrime, dangerous operation of a vehicle, and drug possession offences."

    theguardian.com/australia-news

  19. #LakotasForPalestine Attacked in #HateCrime in #RapidCity

    #Lakota Statement, via #CensoredNews, July 24, 2024

    RAPID CITY, South Dakota – "On Saturday, July 20th, we traveled to Mni Luzahan to support the International #Indigenous Youth Council for a peaceful rally for #Palestine.

    "The rally was co-sponsored by ally group #SD4Pal. Within 5 minutes of our arrival, this worker began heckling us from the lawn of City Hall, where she was working.

    "Wearing a neon t-shirt with a USIC logo, she carried a large power spray paint gun and wielded another large metal tool that she was carelessly swinging around near our youth and elders. My comrade Boyd Andrew Catt began filming her, as did I.

    "She continued to spew slurs at our youth and elders. Andy and I followed her to document anything that she might do to our group. She turned around and began indiscriminately spraying paint in Andy's face!

    "Our youth were just walking on the sidewalk nearby and were scared that they were going to be sprayed next with the chemicals.

    "The aggressor played victim for the cops of course.

    "Although my comrade was covered in orange spray paint, the cop said he didn't see it happen so what could he do?!
    He then informed me that I could make a citizen's arrest, to which I did.

    "#SaraStarkowski was cuffed and arrested. Her initial charges are Destruction of Private Property and Disorderly Conduct (Class II misdemeanor). The goal is to elevate this charge to ASSAULT!

    "Starkowski was on the clock when chose to incite violence on our #IndigenousYouth and #IndigenousElders that day. She is employed by #USIC, an Indiana-based utility line locating company who prides itself on 'safety as a core value'.

    "We hope that her employer USIC, Rapid City Mayor #JasonSalamun and Pennington County Prosecutor's office will take swift action on this type of malicious behavior against innocent citizens that are exercising their right to free assembly.

    "This small inconvenience is the least we can suffer for all of the suffering happening in Palestine."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07

    #FreePalestine #GazaStrip #SolidarityWithPalestine #RightToProtest #InternationalIndigenousYouthCouncil