Hate Crime

Homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic vandalism was recently discovered on both a home and a synagogue in Taunton, police said Wednesday.

Dartmouth Police are looking for the public’s help in the investigation into a hate crime Saturday at the Burgo Basketball facility on Slocum Road.

A Brockton man who allegedly entered onto a Taunton couple's property and violently assaulted one of them in an alleged hate crime was deemed dangerous.

A man who allegedly entered a Taunton couple's property and violently assaulted one of them in an alleged hate crime was ordered held without bail.

We should all be relieved that the whole NASCAR noose scandal was a misunderstanding. There was no hate crime or campaign of intimidation and that is important.

Injustice for all.

Jussie Smollett is crushing his own communities with his actions.

Fairhaven Police say an incident where a racial slur and possible threat were spray-painted onto a fence is no longer being investigated as a hate crime.

State lawmakers filed a bill in the house this week that would make it a hate crime to assault a police officer. Dartmouth Police Chief Robert Szala supports the legislation. Szala tells WBSM News he learned the hard way as an officer years ago that the penalty for hitting a cop is quite minor...

A bill being filed on Beacon Hill could make make it a hate crime to target police officers.