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Anti-Gay, Anti-Latino Murder Trial in Brooklyn; Assailants “Didn’t Like the...
José Sucuzhañay Brooklyn, New York – After a year and a half, a murdered Ecuadoran immigrant mistaken as gay may get some justice. José Sucuzhañay, 31, a native of Ecuador with a real estate brokerage...
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Slain Ecuadoran’s Supporters Denounce One Brooklyn Verdict; Await Another
Hakim Scott listens to closing arguments in his trial for the murder of José Sucuzhañay (Ward photo for the Daily News) Brooklyn, NY – Hakim Scott, 26, killer of Ecuadoran Immigrant José Sucuzhañay,...
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Outrageous Verdict in the Sucuzhañay Hate Murder Case; Con Escapes Life Sentence
Keith Phoenix (l) and Hakim Scott (r) - NYPD mugshots Brooklyn, NY – Testimony in Brooklyn’s Supreme Court corroborated Romel Sucuzhañay’s contention, that two young men attacked him and his brother,...
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Ball Bat Attackers Immune from Hate Crimes Charges?: Authorities Backpedal on...
Big Stick Combat photo Dallas, TX – What does a midnight assault on two Dallas gay men Friday have in common with a December 2008 fatal attack on two Latinos mistaken as gay in Brooklyn, New York? Two...
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Hate Crime Murder Trial Resumes in Brooklyn
Keith Phoenix: "So I killed a man? Does that make me a bad person?" Brooklyn, NY – Keith Phoenix, alleged murderer of Ecuadoran immigrant José Sucuzhañay, is in a Brooklyn court again after a mistrial....
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Ball Bat Killer Guilty of Murder As A Hate Crime in Brooklyn
Keith Phoenix Found Guilty Brooklyn, NY – Just seven hours after the jury was sequestered on Monday, José Sucuzhañay’s prime attacker, Keith Phoenix, was found guilty of second-degree murder as a hate...
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New Yorker Murders Boy Toddler “For Acting Like a Girl”
Pedro Jones, alleged infant killer, heads to court Shinnecock Indian Reservation, outside Riverside, Long Island – A 20-year-old Southampton man is accused of killing his girlfriend’s toddler on...
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Second Sentence in NY Hate Crime Murder: Phoenix Gets 37 Years to Life
Keith Phoenix (l) in court Brooklyn, NY – Keith Phoenix won’t be on the street again for a long time: 37 years to life, for the brutal hate murder of José Suchuzhañay in December 2008. Phoenix wielded...
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Indiana Teenager Bullied To Death
Billy Lucas, Bullied to Death in Indiana Greensburg, Indiana – Fifteen-year-old Billy Lucas, pushed beyond the limit by bullies at Greensburg High School, committed suicide on September 9. His mother...
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Potential Anti-Lesbian Hate Crime at East Carolina University
Bryan Berg, ECU Hate Crime Suspect Greenville, North Carolina – Two women from off-campus were assaulted Friday outside an East Carolina University dormitory by two men yelling anti-lesbian epithets....
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Anti-Gay Murder, Texas Style: Pearland Teen Bludgeoned to Death, Then Burned
Joshua Wilkerson, 18, bludgeoned to death and partially burned Pearland, Texas – Joshua Wilkerson, 18, missing for 24 hours after leaving a Pearland school, was found deceased, his body partially...
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Murderer Gets Life in Prison for Anti-Gay Hate Crime Killing
New Port Richey, Florida – After days of deliberation, a Pasco County jury has found John Allen Ditullo, 24, guilty of the March 2006 murder of teenager Kristofer King, whom he thought to be gay....
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Courageous Mother & Pioneer Anti-Hate Crime Activist Dies
Carolyn Wagner (1953-2011), Human Rights Champion Tulsa, Oklahoma – Pioneer activist, Carolyn Wagner, co-founder of Families United Against Hate (FUAH), passed away January 18 after a protracted battle...
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6 New York Teens Charged with Murder as Hate Crime
Anthony Collao, 18, fatally mistaken as gay, (l), pictured with his girlfriend, Wendy Vargas New York City – Six teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the fatal March...
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Marine Murder Anti-Gay Hate Crime, Prosecutor Says
LCpl Philip Bushong, 23, mistakenly assumed to be gay, stabbed to death for hugging a friend. Washington, D.C. – Yelling anti-gay slurs, a U.S. Marine stabbed another Marine to death after seeing him...
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Anti-Gay Sect Leader Pleads Guilty for Murdering 4-Year-Old Boy and Adult Woman
Jadon Higganbothan, 4, (l) shot for allegedly being gay, and Antoinette McKoy, 28, (r) murdered for being unable to bear children. Durham, North Carolina – The leader of an anti-gay sect has pleaded...
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Teen Blinded In Anti-Gay Middle School Attack
Kardin Ulysse, 14, blinded in anti-gay bullying attack at a Bergen Beach middle school (New York Daily News photo). Brooklyn, New York – A 14-year-old student was blinded in one eye in a brutal...
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Teen Son Whipped With Electrical Cord By Mother for Homosexual Behavior; Mom...
North Texas teen whipped with power cord for same-sex acts by his own mother. Forest Hill, Texas – A Tarrant County mother faces charges of abuse for using an electrical cord to whip her 15-year-old...
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Florida Woman Brutally Raped for Being “Dyke” and “Lesbian”
Orlando, Florida – A rape victim says she was violated by three men under a downtown Orlando overpass on Sunday. The woman who remains unidentified for her own protection, told police that her...
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Savage Anti-Gay Attack Targets Straight Man in Brooklyn
David Jimenez, a non-gay victim of anti-gay hate, was brutally beaten on September 25 while walking his dogs (Brooklyn Paper image – Stefano Giovannini). Brooklyn, New York – A straight resident of the...
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