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Hate Crimes

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Capistrano Beach Church Rocked by Swastikas, Obscenities and Other Vandalism

    ​Sheriff's investigators are treating as a hate crime the application of swastikas to the walls of Palisades United Methodist Church in Capistrano Beach over the weekend. Using lipstick and black markings, the international sign of Nazism and other obscenities were painted onto a preschool wall be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    [UPDATED with Sentence:] Izad Chavoshan Tried to Burn Down Irvine Church Four Times Over Masturbation Teachings

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 19, 11:24 A.M.: Huntington Beach's Izad Chavoshan, who tried four times to burn down Orange County Church of Christ in Irvine because of its teachings against masturbation, was sentenced today to six years and four months in state prison.Not only did Chavoshan earn the ridicule of r ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 14, 2011

    TOMS-Foolery

    [Trendzilla] The hipster shoemaker is involved with the reprehensible Focus On the Family

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Pacific Justice Institute Dinner at Disney Resort to Draw Gay "Welcome"

    ​The Pacific Justice Institute, which has opposed protection for members of the LGBT community under hate crimes legislation and worked against same-sex marriage, is holding a fund-raising dinner at the gayest place in Orange County.No, not OC GOP headquarters, silly. The Disney Resort district!Ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Local Muslims Begin New Year With Hate Crimes Against Them

    CAIR-LAAnti-Muslim vandalization, Mission Viejo-style​UPDATE: See bottom for details of town hall tonight addressing hate crimes directed at local Muslims.This is no way to start the new year fresh: local Muslims are dealing with two incidents of anti-Islam hate targeting their community.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Orange County Skinhead Murdered in Monrovia--Why?

    Anyone care to tell us what the N and S tattoos on Gentile stand for?​Last week was a tough one for Orange County's tight-knit, methed-up skinhead community. On Friday, of course, three members of the Candy-Ass Gang pleaded guilty to attempted murder with hate crime enhancements. Last Tuesday, 22- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Did a Candy-Ass Gang Member Plan to Murder a Mexican Months Before Their Slater Slum Smackdown?

    Hicks: The Stupidest Skinhead​If you believe the friends of the Candy-Ass Gang--the trio of pendejos (Brian Charles Hanson, Bret Macdonald Hicks, and Michael Aaron Powell) and one pendeja (wannabe chola Erin Lee Brooks) who prosecutors say drove into Huntington Beach's Slater Slum neighborhood wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Skeith De Wine Turns Hate Crime Into "Positive" Art

    Santa Ana artist Skeith De Wine says he was "the victim of a gay bashing hate crime" in September 2008 that left him with severe dental damage, a nose broken in two places and a fractured skull and jaw. Before the incident, he'd made many pieces inspired by hate against gays. That's how you'd assume ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 5, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Santa Ana artist Skeith De Wine says he was "the victim of a gay bashing hate crime" in September 2008 that left him with severe dental damage, a nose broken in two places and a fractured skull and jaw. Before the incident, he'd made many pieces inspired by hate against gays. That's how you'd assume ... More >>

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    The Year in Cyberspace

    Santa Ana artist Skeith De Wine says he was "the victim of a gay bashing hate crime" in September 2008 that left him with severe dental damage, a nose broken in two places and a fractured skull and jaw. Before the incident, he'd made many pieces inspired by hate against gays. That's how you'd assume ... More >>

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