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This page includes documents and information related to hate crimes motivated by racism, homophobia, and transphobia.

As far-right violence against marginalized communities continues to escalate, our team will be here to archive any police reports, court cases, and other evidence at risk of being altered, removed, or covered up.

Racial hate crimes

Yolna Lubrin — Orlando, FL

Found September 28, 2023. Ruled suicide by police. Family disputes the ruling and demands further investigation.

Dennoriss Richardson — Colbert County, AL

Found September 2024. State autopsy said suicide. Private autopsy inconclusive. FBI reviewing case.

Lennon Lacy — Bladenboro, NC

Found August 29, 2014. Ruled suicide. Family suspected lynching. FBI investigated, closed case in June 2016 with no homicide evidence.

Robert Fuller — Palmdale, CA

Found June 10, 2020 hanging outside City Hall. Ruled suicide July 9, 2020. Family disputed, case reviewed by FBI/DOJ.

Malcolm Harsch — Victorville, CA

Found May 31, 2020, near an encampment of unhoused people. Authorities ruled suicide. Family disputed cause of death.

Earl D. Smith — Albany, NY

Found June 11, 2025, hanging from a tree downtown. Ruled suicide. Family and community demanding full investigation.

Jayvon Givan

Found hanging in the woods of Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 4, 2025. Originally from Kansas City. Authorities ruled suicide.

Homophobic hate crimes

Transphobic hate crimes

Trans men targeted, abused, and tortured by Manuel Reyes, a former ICE employee at South Louisiana Detention Center in Bansile, designed to imprison women

Hate crimes against unhoused people

Corey Zukatis 36 — Vicksburg, MS

Found September 17, 2025, hanging from a tree. Under investigation.