Documenting Hate

Hate isn’t new. But the 2016 presidential election – filled with harsh rhetoric about race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, trans status and religion – has generated troubling reports about a surge in hate crimes in America. Hate crimes and acts of bias are notoriously under-counted but Baltimore Brew is helping document them, though our reporting (archived here) and our partnership with ProPublica's "Documenting Hate" project.

Employee who posted racist, anti-Semitic tweets “no longer employed by City of Baltimore”

Crescenzo Gizzi’s “intentionally” offensive tweets could have been made on city time and, therefore, violated personnel policy, Inspector General Cumming finds.

For black Baltimore, BPD’s treatment of Anthony Derlunas stings

Reflections on the police department’s failure to charge the man who yelled “Heil Hitler” at the Hippodrome.

Uproar after Baltimore Dunkin’ Donuts posts racist sign

Customers were promised free coffee and pastry for reporting any staff “shouting in a language other than English.”

Jill Carter may remain at Civil Rights office while serving as state senator

Appointed to fill a senate vacancy, Carter announced that she will resign as director of Baltimore’s Civil Rights office. But she may return as deputy director. UPDATED with Carter remarks.

How racism made me a Dodgers fan

Houston Astros’ Yuli Gurriel pulled back his eyes and uttered a slur. Then Baseball Commissioner Manfred whiffed.

Racially offensive costumes and captions at Baltimore private school parties surface

Boys Latin, Gilman School and Roland Park Country School have all issued statements.

Lutherville church’s Black Lives Matter sign vandalized a sixth time

“It scares me,” says the church administrator, noting that the incidents have escalated.

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Heavy rain sent more than 600,000 gallons of sewage into the Jones Falls

More human waste polluted Baltimore’s waterways, thanks to torrential rains last week and the city’s failing sewer system.

The Documenting Hate project: Tell us your story

As partners in a project with ProPublica aimed at better tracking hate crimes, Baltimore Brew is inviting people to report them here.

Anti-immigrant incident at Johns Hopkins Hospital prompts reminder of “core values”

“Go back to your country,” patient told by visitor, according to administrators, who note rise in intolerant behavior.

Lutherville church’s Black Lives Matter sign vandalized again

For the fourth time, someone has damaged a sign outside the building.

To whoever tore down our church’s Black Lives Matter banner

A member of a Towson congregation describes what led to their decision – and wonders what led the vandal to his.

Vandals’ homophobic slur remade as badge of honor

Vigil at City Hall commemorates transgender murder victims