The law lets prosecutors pursue hate crime charges when a crime involves defacing properties owned by local governments or organizations
Edwards said he told NYPD the attackers voiced anti-LGBTQ remarks- NYPD source said nothing in the case notes indicate anti-gay comment
LGBTQ+ individuals continue to be targeted for violence in our society, no matter how far they've come in the fight for acceptance & equality
Smollett was convicted on five felony charges that he faked a hate crime and was responsible for orchestrating it
“A plea bargain from first-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter is a miscarriage of justice"
Defendant allegedly threatened bombings and mass shooting that would make the 2016 Orlando Pulse Nightclub Attack “Look Like a Cakewalk”
McGrath spent two weeks in the hospital and underwent multiple surgeries due to injuries that doctors told him were caused by a blunt object
Smollett is facing six counts of disorderly conduct, a class 4 felony which carries a potential sentence of up to three years in prison
"These killings are symptomatic of a wider pattern of physical & sexual assaults, verbal harassment, and intimidation of transgender people"
It has been nearly three years since she has last been seen, yet there are still no substantial leads in the search for Dameron