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The work of a Swedish online social justice group is being touted as the reason for the country seeing over 450 hate crime prosecutions in 2018.

Conservative commentator and Turning Point USA communications director Candace Owens testified at a House congressional hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism on Tuesday, saying, “there is no skin color in patriotism” and that black people are “not owned by the left.”

Congressman Bobby Rush has chimed in on the Smollett case to exclaim that the city’s police union is “the sworn enemy of black people.”

Ratings for the Fox TV series Empire have just barely improved this week since hitting an all-time low last week after its star, Jussie Smollett, was cleared of felony charges for allegedly faking a hate crime against himself.

The stunning end to Jussie Smollett’s case may be something typically Chicagoan: namely, a favor to a political patron.

Chicago Police Department superintendent Eddie Johnson is reportedly furious that charges against Hollywood actor Jussie Smollett were dropped by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Tuesday.

British police reportedly held an investigation into a Catholic mother after she used the “wrong pronoun” for a transgender person, and she will face a recorded interview with police to determine whether she committed a “hate crime.”

Jussie Smollett’s defense attorney Mark Geragos appeared on CNN Friday and declared on air that Smollett is the victim of a “media gangbang.”

A South Carolina mayor proclaimed herself a victim of racism after finding her car defaced, but police had a more logical explanation.

The two brothers who allegedly helped orchestrate the hoax hate crime attack against Empire actor Jussie Smollett claim they have “tremendous regret” over their involvement in the incident.

“Empire” star Terrence Howard showed support for his fellow co-star Jussie Smollett against claims that he orchestrated a fake hate crime against himself, declaring that the man he knows could never “even conceive of something so unconscious and ugly.”

Actress Gabby Sidibe has deleted a tweet backing her disgraced Empire co-star, Jussie Smollett, as further details emerge over how and why he allegedly orchestrated a fake hate crime incident against himself. 

Democratic presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) says that the fact that Hollywood actor Jussie Smollet’s “hate crime” story turned out to be a hoax should not distract from the larger truth of rising hate crimes.

The ADL said the attack on Jussie Smollet reflected bigotry in America. The ADL has not responded since Smollett’s arrest.

The department launched an urgent investigation into Jussie Smollett’s allegations in January, including a search through footage from surveillance cameras from an entire neighborhood over several weeks.

If a fair and thorough investigation establishes that Jussie Smollett faked the attack he claimed was perpetrated by white men wearing MAGA hats, then he should be charged with a hate crime. Fake hate crimes are hate crimes.

Rapper Snoop Dogg took to social media to mocked actor Jussie Smollett following reports that the Empire star orchestrated a hate crime against himself last month.

If you think the media and Hollywood hate crimes against Trump supporters are bad now, wait until the 2020 presidential campaign gets going.

The American media is not only garbage, it is a broken institution, forever broken; and yes, the media are the enemy of the people.

Celebrity activist Alyssa Milano is apparently having a hard time believing that Jussie Smollett would actually fake a hate crime attack, wondering who “could be that hurtful.”

Jussie Smollett told Robin Roberts he directed police to a security camera he hoped had filmed the “attack.” It was facing the wrong way.

Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has deleted her tweet of sympathy for the Empire actor Jussie Smollett, who police in Chicago reportedly believe orchestrated a hoax hate crime attack against himself.

According to a new report, Chicago police are investigating the possibility that actor Jussie Smollett worked with two men to stage an attack against him last month.

Actor Jussie Smollett said in a new interview that he is angry at people who don’t “want to see the truth” about an alleged racial attack that he claims to be a victimized of.

A source speaking to TMZ, however, says Smollett did not refuse to turn over his phone records and “is in the process of gathering them.”

Newly-announced presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) called on the House of Representatives this week to pass legislation that would designate lynching a federal hate crime — re-upping the bill, which passed the Senate in December, in response to an alleged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett.

After poring through hundreds of hours of surveillance video, police found footage of two people who were in the vicinity of the attack around the time it allegedly occurred.

NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson issued a statement Tuesday afternoon specifically blaming Trump’s “racist and xenophobic rhetoric” for the alleged attack on Jussie Smollett.

Official crime figures have revealed a 14 percent jump in the number of homicides recorded in England and Wales, with knife offences hitting the highest level in eight years.

Finland’s prime minister has used a New Year’s address to demand citizens refrain from “disseminating hate speech” in the wake of investigations into a foreign rape gang preying on young girls.

The Metropolitan Police Force which serves London is abandoning around one-third of all crime reports after a single phone call under the mayoralty of Sadiq Khan.

A security specialist has said that stealing lead from church roofs should be treated as an anti-Christian hate crime because thieves know it will disrupt religious services.

A former regional chief prosecutor has said that London’s Metropolitan police were “pushing the envelope” after arresting six people for setting alight and filming the burning effigy of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster.

The NYPD said Monday afternoon that two men suspected of defacing Brooklyn homes with anti-Semitic drawings have been arrested.  

A trio of Chicago residents notified police of anti-semitic chalk markings discovered on their properties since Friday, according to reports. One resident from the city’s Uptown neighborhood told law enforcement that they witnessed a man on Friday afternoon defacing a pillar outside his home located in the 800 block

The NYPD is investigating a clique of vandals after a metal pipe was thrown through a window of a New York City synagogue, authorities say.