hate crime

Police say the man then threw rocks telling the two men to leave the neighborhood.

The first Yakima Hate Crimes Forum is set for next Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Henry Beauchamp Community Center, 1211 S. Seventh Street. Six people will be on a panel for the discussion including representatives from local police and the Yakama Nation.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Washington man accused of threatening his roommates with a knife is facing charges of a hate crime and assault. The Bellingham Herald reports 18-year-old Andre Marcel Siftsoff was arrested on charges of first-degree assault, third degree malicious mischief, felony harassment and malicious harassment, which is a hate crime...

KENT  (AP) — Police in suburban Seattle and the FBI are asking for the public's help in the shooting of a Sikh man who says the gunman told him to go back to his country. Authorities said Thursday that they're offering a $6,000 reward and have set up a phone line for tips: 253-856-5808...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Senate has passed a measure that would make crimes and threats against police officers a hate crime. Senate Bill 5280 passed the chamber on a 35-14 vote and now heads to the House, where a companion bill did not receive a hearing there...

SEATTLE (AP) — Religious leaders are calling for a federal hate-crime investigation after a Muslim student at the University of Washington reported being struck in the face with a glass bottle this month. Arsalan Bukhari, executive director of the Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says the student, 19-year-old freshman Nasro Hassan, was walking on campus Nov... Read

BURIEN (AP) — Authorities are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti and fires set outside a home just south of Seattle in Burien. The Seattle Times reports deputies got a report of an explosion and fire at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday. King County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cindi West says deputies found two vehicles on fire as well as a nearby shed...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Police say a man who told police he was part of a white supremacist group stabbed an interracial couple outside a bar in Olympia in a case that has garnered national media attention. Daniel B. Rowe is jailed on $500,000 bail on investigation for assault and malicious harassment...

The leader of the Tea Party in Central Washington believes he's been the victim of a hate crime. Kirk Groenig says on February 21st his vehicle tires were slashed and the words t-bag and racist spray painted on side of the car while it was parked at his Ellensburg home. Gro...