Attorney Rollins announced the creation of the “End Hate Now” hotline – 1-83-END-H8-NOW (1-83) – for reporting hate-based incidents or potential criminal activity. We urge members of our community to report incidents like this to us because hate-based violence has no place in our society and will not be tolerated.” “Hate crimes are not only an attack on the victim, but they also instill fear and threaten and intimidate an entire community which is why the FBI worked so closely with the Quincy Police Department to bring Mr. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division. No one should ever be targeted or threatened because of their race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or immigration status said Joseph R. Sullivan did to this victim with his hateful, repulsive, and violent behavior. “There is no way to undo the alleged damage that Mr. Sullivan is reprehensible and we intend to hold him accountable.” The alleged hate-filled and violent behavior of Mr. “Our thoughts are with the victim and their family at this time. I have established a standalone Criminal Civil Rights Unit and a hotline dedicated to the investigation and potential prosecution of civil rights violations,” said United States Attorney Rachael S. Confronting hate crimes is a priority of my administration. As this case demonstrates, we will aggressively prosecute hate crimes and other civil-rights offenses committed because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any individual or group. “Hate has no place here in Massachusetts. 2, 2022, Sullivan used his vehicle to willfully cause bodily injury to a victim because of that victim’s actual and perceived race and national origin. John Sullivan, 77, was charged with one count of violating the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act.Īccording to the indictment, on Dec. BOSTON – A Quincy man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly committing a hate crime.
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