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We were deeply saddened by the tragic mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs,Texas. These are the days for us to unite and stand against any kind of evil crime. These are the days for us not to let hopelessness win.
The youngest victim of the Texas Church shooting was 18 months old. As many as 14 children and a pregnant woman lay lifeless. Those dead inside the church ranged from 18 months to 77 years of age.
Our hearts break for them and their families.Just like it still does for Las Vegas. And Orlando. We pray for peace and healing for the congregation of First Baptist Church and the entire Sutherland Springs community.
We encourage everybody to offer their prayers, good wishes and support to all of those who have been affected.
Source: The Root
A fire at a Jordanian restaurant in Wichita, Kan., could now be investigated as a hate crime after graffiti was discovered in the back of the restaurant with the warning, “Go Back.”
Owners Ranya Taha and Bashar Mahanwe woke up to a phone call at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday alerting them to a two-alarm fire at their business, Petra Mediterranean Restaurant. As the Wichita Eagle reports, the fire gutted the restaurant, laying to waste a year of the family’s hard work.
Source: USA Today
A University of Hartford student faces a hate crime charge after she admitted to covertly harassing her black roommate, according to police.
Hartford Police are requesting that Brianna R. Brochu, 18, be charged with intimidation based on bigotry or bias, after she bragged on social media about rubbing bodily fluids on her roommate’s backpack and tainting her toothbrush and food, the Hartford Courant reported.
Source: The Inquirer
The former chief of a small South Jersey police department was released from federal custody on $500,000 bail to await trial on bias and civil rights charges that have rocked his Bordentown Township community, though local civil rights officials said Thursday they had not received any complaints about him.
We are shocked and saddened by the outpouring of hate that led to violence terrorist attack in Manhattan which resulted in the deaths of eight innocent civilians and left 11 others injured. We strongly condemn this despicable and senseless act of violence.
Every single act of terrorism any attack on the sanctity of human life is an attack against humanity. This attack was not only against New Yorkers but against universal human values that we all share. It is more important than ever to stand in solidarity against violence, hate, and terror.
We send our sincere heart-felt condolences to the victims’ families, loved ones and to all people who call New York home.
There is a lot of talk in the news about hate these days. Some people use the word to replace dislike, like when someone says “I hate my hair today” or “I hate peas”. You don’t really hate your hair or peas, you dislike them.
Some people think it is the opposite of love and that you have had to love someone a lot in order to hate them. Some people hate like it’s an occupation, like it’s a normal thing to do. Like if they don’t hate something they won’t know how to exist. There is fear and anger underneath hate. Hate is not the opposite of love. The opposite of any emotion is apathy, a lack of any feeling. Hate and love cannot co-exist.
Racism is dividing the US rapidly, like a dark plague of hate. Even those who dreams of a world of unity and love are feeling the effects on this emotionless, train wreck of this form of hate.