Fullerton Observer, June 5, 2011 By Rusty Kennedy, Executive Director OC Human Relations Everyday of his 40 years in Fullerton he has faced the judging eyes of people who could not see beyond his turban and beard. And what they saw in the turban was all too often, terrorist. Even in retirement when he went to offer his services to
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Orange County Register, Jan 18, 2011 Hateful graffiti and racist slurs have been spray-painted at two Catholic churches and several buildings around Orange County. The messages threatened Catholics and ethnic groups including Mexicans, Asians and African-Americans…click here to read more
Read more →Orange County Register, November 10, 2010 The 24-year-old singer-songwriter, an award-winning fixture on the local nightclub circuit, strums a few chords on his acoustic guitar in his Corona del Mar home, the tune a work in progress. Hopped up on pain medication, his broken nose covered in a bandage and his left eye red and sunken in its shattered socket,
Read more →Orange County Register, September 22, 2010 African Americans are the most frequent targets of hate crimes while Jewish and Muslim communities experienced the most dramatic increases in hate crimes in 2009, according to a report released by the Orange County Human Relations Commission. The report also found that hate crimes against Latinos were down in 2009 after a two-year upward
Read more →The Orange County Register, January 4, 2010 The Council on American-Islamic Relations denounced two incidents of what it called “anti-Islam hate” after a Quran was found burned in a mosque parking lot and a Muslim component of a holiday display was defaced in Mission Viejo, both on New Year’s Day…click here to read more
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The Los Angeles Examiner, October 9, 2009 “I was racially beaten,” Ryan Honeycutt said, as he recounted his horrific beating during Orange County’s 2nd annual conference on hate crime, organized by OC Human Relations, and held October 9 at Coastline Community College in Garden Grove…click here to read more
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CBS/KTLA June 4, 2009 A Southern California mosque has been vandalized with racial slurs and spray painted threats. Police Sgt. Tom Bruce said an officer spottedthe slurs and expletives painted on the Islamic Center of Cypress on the 5000 block of Ball Road,at 4 a.m. Thursday and the graffiti was still wet to the touch….click here to read more
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The Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2009 The annual Orange County Human Relations Commission report lists 79 reported hate crimes in 2008, compared with 80 the prior year. Vandalism and assault were the leading types of incidents, according to the report. There were 101 reported hate crimes in 2006….click here to read more
Read more →The Orange County Register, May 27, 2009 Representatives from the police department, the Orange County Human Relations Commission and the Anti-Defamation League will meet with residents at Little Cottonwood Park to discuss racially-charged crimes and how residents can keep their neighborhoods safe. The meeting comes on the heels of an April incident that initially was dubbed a hate crime, said
Read more →The OC Register, April 17, 2008 The number of hate crimes reported in Orange County last year dropped sharply according to a report by OC Human Relations Commission. However, the report found that African-Americans, who make up less than 2% of Orange County’s population, continue to be targeted more than any other group… click here to read more
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