Hate Crimes
While the motive is unknown, the timing and location of the incident, which is being investigated as a hate crime, are “extremely disturbing.”
“We offer our sincerest condolences to the friends and families of the victims killed in the attacks in Halle, Germany, and wish the injured a speedy recovery,” said the U.S. State Department.
“I call on the German authorities to continue taking determined action against anti-Semitism,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a gunman kills two people on the Jewish holiday.
Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. The graffiti has since been removed.
If convicted of murder, John Earnest, 20, could face the death penalty, though prosecutors haven’t said what sentence they would seek.
If convicted of murder, John Earnest, 20, could face the death penalty, though prosecutors haven’t said what sentence they would seek.
“Hate Beyond Borders: The Internationalization of White Supremacy” chronicles how American white supremacists are coordinating with foreign counterparts to export their message and activities by meeting online and in person, and recruiting new followers.
Izmir Ali Koch, 34, was sentenced in July to two-and-a-half years behind bars for assaulting what he assumed as a Jewish man outside the Mirage Mediterranean Restaurant in Cincinnati on Feb. 4, 2017.
Robert Bowers has pleaded not guilty to more than 50 criminal charges in the case, including federal hate-crime charges.
Police have yet to say if Carlints St. Louis, 30, will be charged with a hate crime, as they have yet to determine a motive for the shooting.
He has been charged with posting a video on social media firing a semi-automatic rifle as the background features screams and sirens.
Weapons, ammunition, bulletproof armor and white-supremacist propaganda were found during an FBI raid on the suspect’s home after he posted a threatening video online.
