racism

A Massachusetts woman was sentenced Tuesday to six months probation after a racist attack on a Melrose city councilor late last year. Joan DiTomaso, 68, was charged with assault and battery following the altercation with City Councilor Maya Jamaleddine at a Melrose gas station in December. Prosecutors say the encounter began when DiTomaso verbally assaulted Jamaleddine, calling her a “terrorist…

A judge sentenced 68-year-old Joan DiTomaso to six months probation after she assaulted Muslim Melrose City Councilor Maya Jamaleddine, calling her a “terrorist Arab.”

The Vikings’ running back revealed the racially abusive messages he received from fans after losing a fumble on Thursday Night Football against the Eagles.

A white 14-year-old accused of trying to drown a Black youth in a racist attack on a Cape Cod pond was released to the custody of his father at a Monday court appearance. John Sheeran was indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon over the July 19 incident at Goose Pond…

An electronic construction sign in South Boston was flashing the words “KKK Meeting Today,” over the holiday weekend, sparking an investigation by police in the city. According to a police report, the sign was spotted around D and Cypher Streets in Southie before 8 a.m. on Monday. Authorities who responded were able to turn the sign off. It wasn’t...

A white 14-year-old is accused of trying to drown a Black juvenile on a Cape Cod pond because of his race.

A pair of youths were seen pushing another into the water of a Cape Cod pond in July, according to court documents in an attempted murder case being brought against one of the children. John Sheeran, 14, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon over the July 19 incident…

The town of Chatham, Massachusetts, is reckoning with the alleged attempted murder of a child, who is Black, at a local pond in what authorities say was a racially motivated incident. Both Chatham’s select board and the Monomoy Regional School District released statements Friday saying their communities stand for diversity and inclusion after a grand jury indicted a 14-year-old...

A 14-year-old was charged with attempted murder in what investigators say was a racially motivated attempt to drown a Black teen who couldn’t swim, allegedly invoking the name of George Floyd.

A 14-year-old white boy has been indicted after allegedly trying to drown a Black juvenile in what authorities say was a murder attempt motivated by race. The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office says the charges were brought against the teen, whose name was not released but who is “known to the court,” in an attack that happened July 19…

Jerrald Gallion planned to spend the weekend with his 4-year-old daughter but the devoted father was instead one of three Black people gunned down at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida.

A Massachusetts art museum has been sued by a former curator who says she was subjected to racism, derision and criticism based on her South Asian descent. The former associate curator of the arts of Asia and the Islamic world at the Worcester Art Museum says in the suit that she was subjected to a hostile and offensive work environment...

Country artist Jason Aldean was accused of sharing racist messaging in the lyrics and music video for “Try That In A Small Town.” He responded to the “meritless” claims on social media.

The Justice Department says a new Mississippi law discriminates against residents of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson.

The highest court in Massachusetts has vacated sex trafficking convictions against a Black Muslim man whose court-appointed attorney had a history of posting racist and anti-Muslim vitriol on social media. Attorney Richard Doyle had a conflict of interest that deprived the defendant of his right to effective assistance of counsel, “a right upon which our entire system of criminal justice…

Authorities say someone left a dead raccoon and a sign with “intimidating language” outside an Oregon city mayor’s law office.

The video shows a man use racial slurs against a Black man, threaten to kill him and others and step on his foot; Millyan Phillips said, “And then after that he told me he was going to shoot me in the back of the head with shotgun”

The owner of a popular Cape Cod bar and restaurant is being investigated after video of a disturbing confrontation surfaced. Barnstable police and the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday confirmed the investigation into the owner of Trader Ed’s over what they described in a news release as “a matter widely reported by media outlets and on...

Kevin-Prince Boateng set soccer on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination when he walked off the field to protest racial abuse by an opposing team’s fans a decade ago.

The woman is accused of assault and battery in connection with the confrontation with a Muslim city councilor last winter – but not of a hate crime