Hate Crime

The recent execution of a 49-year-old man in Texas drew a line under a grisly crime that provided a template for hate...

Hate crimes have reached a record high, according to a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The report states that...

The law comes about one year after a devastating attack on Dallas police officers in which five officers were killed Beginning September...

Another fatal shooting of a police officer in San Antonio has highlighted violence against law enforcement officers in Texas. Last week, Texas...

Many states also have their own specific hate crime laws In May 2017, Texas lawmakers in the state senate passed a bill...

The scope of hate crimes in Texas will expand if a bill to make all attacks on first responders hate crimes becomes...

Texas is the next state to look at a controversial “bathroom bill,” – a measure that ran into trouble when it was...

Certain types of speech can be classified as “hate speech,” and they often fall into a gray area between protected speech and...

Hate crimes are not always easy to define. In some cases, it’s easy to recognize an offense as a hate crime. For...