Tag: Hate crime
Derek A. Fulfer, Transmitting Threats in Interstate Commerce, Colorado 2025
⏱ 2 min read Derek A. Fulfer, a 31-year-old Casper man, made a string of antisemitic threats against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) offices in Colorado and Texas on March 5, 2025. The threats, which included explicit violence against people of Jewish faith, were made in four rapid-fire phone calls. When no one picked up, Fulfer…
Derrick Bernard, Making False Report of a Hate Crime, Colorado 2023
⏱ 4 min read Derrick Bernard, a 36-year-old from Colorado Springs, burned a cross in front of a Black political candidate’s campaign sign defaced with a racial slur on April 23, 2023, just over three weeks before the Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election. The cross burning was a deliberate attempt to intimidate and threaten the…
Muhammed Koc, Hate Crime, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read Six Pittsburgh-area men, including Muhammed Koc, Omar Alshmari, Abraham Choudhry, Emirhan Arslan, Ali Alkhaleel, and Adeel Piracha, were charged with hate crime and obstruction of justice for a late-night attack on a Jewish male in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh on September 27, 2024. The incident began with the group making…
Timothy Holmes, Synagogue Threat, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read A chilling threat to shoot up a Jewish synagogue in Chicago was made by Timothy Holmes, 31, on March 3, 2026, when he posted on X, a social media platform. The post was in response to a message from the Israeli government’s official X account regarding the death of Ayatollah Sayyid…
Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, Racially Motivated Assault, Hawaii 2014
Learn about the recent case in Hawaii where two Maui men were sentenced for a racially motivated attack on a white man. The article emphasizes the importance of combating racially motivated violence and holding perpetrators accountable.
Jonathan Felkel, Interference with Federally Protected Activity, South Carolina 2025
A quiet suburban street in Richland County, South Carolina, became the stage for a chilling act of racial intimidation last July. Jonathan Felkel, 34, confessed in federal court today to deliberately targeting his Black neighbor, identified only as J.M., with a firearm and a torrent of racist abuse. The incident, far from a spontaneous outburst,…
Jonathan Felkel, Racist Threat and Gunfire, South Carolina 2025
A quiet suburban neighborhood in South Carolina became the stage for a chilling act of racial intimidation last summer, and the man responsible has now admitted his guilt. Jonathan Felkel, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court today to a hate-fueled display of aggression targeting his Black neighbor, identified only as J.M. The incident, which unfolded…
Cody Gaspard, Assault on a Federal Employee, Louisiana 2023
Denham Springs, LA – Cody Gaspard, 27, will have plenty of time to reflect on his actions after a federal jury convicted him of savagely attacking a United States Postal Service worker in Livingston Parish. The incident, fueled by racial hatred and escalating violence, isn’t just an assault – it’s a stark reminder of the…
Jonathan Felkel, Terrorizing with Gun, South Carolina 2025
⏱ 3 min read Jonathan Felkel, 34, of Columbia, South Carolina, is looking at a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to terrorizing his Black neighbor, identified only as J.M., on July 17, 2025. Felkel allegedly pulled a firearm and screamed a racial slur – “You better run, boy!” – at J.M. as the man…
