Hate of the Day August 29, 2007

Some recent racism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism related headlines:

A human rights agency noted that racist crime has been on the rise in at least 8 EU member countries over the past six years. Germany’s data collection chief speaks in depth. Cyprus didn’t produce a report simply because “there’s no racism” in Cyprus.

Racist Columbus cop Susan L. Purtee has been re-assigned to a non-enforcement position since her YouTube rants (which I wrote about previously) have caused such a stir among those who viewed them. (An official condemnation was released by the Council for American-Islamic Relations.)

Oklahoma State University is being named in an anti-white discrimination lawsuit. A former OSU wrestler claimed he received unfair treatment in a sexual assault investigation because he is white.

A judge in California cited among his reasons for sentencing two suspects the fact that the defendants were white. While the requested sentence was 14 years in jail for the suspects, the judge allegedly said, “Both defendants are white; 12 years if they plead to all counts.”

50% of East Germans aged 14-25 said they could see the “good sides” of the Nazi party.

A Ku Klux Klan splinter group leader who taught another man how to use a pipe bomb at a white-supremacist gathering was resentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison Tuesday. David Wayne Hull had been sentenced in February 2005 to 12 years in prison. Hull’s attorney, Chris Eyster, said he was pleased with the shorter sentence and called it “a victory of sorts.”

A white supremacist gang was among those who benefitted from a recent identity theft scheme in California.

May we see the end of hate, speedily in our days.