The Fortuna Police Department is investigating allegations of a hate crime after a trans man reported being harassed and threatened at the Dollar General last week. According to Lt. Matt Eberhardt, the man came into the police department around noon on July 7 and reported that the evening prior, around 7 p.m., he had been […]
hate crime
Posted inNews
Anti-Semitic Flyers Left in Arcata Neighborhood
An Arcata neighborhood was hit July 4 with anti-Semitic flyers bearing the names and faces of prominent Biden administration officials and national media executives, some of whom were depicted with a blue Star of David on their forehead. At least three different flyers were distributed in the Sunset neighborhood near Lincoln and Eastern avenues, not […]
Posted inNews
T-S: Protestors Gather in Eureka to Support Transgender Teen Assaulted by Neighbor
Around noon Monday, a group of roughly 30 people showed up at the Humboldt County courthouse wielding signs in support of Fortuna transgender teen Cora Woodard, the Times-Standard reported. Woodard, a 16-year-old who is transitioning from male to female and who uses theu/them pronouns, told the T-S they were attacked by a neighbor on June […]
Posted inNews
Could Racially Motivated 911 Calls Become Hate Crimes?
Barbecuing at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Selling water without a permit. Both instances in which a Black person was doing something deemed criminal by a white person. Both instances in which a white person called the police. Now, as racial tensions continue to flare as the nation protests the death of George Floyd and others, […]
Posted inNews
EPD Seeks Suspect in Possible Hate Crime
The Eureka Police Department is investigating an assault at Starbucks on Tuesday evening as a possible hate crime. According to EPD spokesperson Brittany Powell, officers were dispatched to Starbucks at about 6:40 p.m. for a report of a fight between a man and two women. When they arrived, they found the suspect had fled the […]
Posted inNews
HSU Prez Calls for Unity, Understanding in Wake of Reported Racial Assault
Humboldt State University President Lisa Rossbacher sent a campus wide email today denouncing a racially motivated assault against two students that reportedly occurred last Friday night in downtown Arcata. Rossbacher’s letter states that two black female students were in the downtown area when two unidentified white men in a truck threw a beer bottle at […]
Posted inNews
Racism Behind the Redwood Curtain Part II: Stars, Bars and the Backs of Cars
In Part I of this series we explored the hidden, often lonely world of Humboldt County’s online white supremacist community. But, of course, not all intolerance lurks online. We put the call out to the community to share their experiences with racism in Humboldt County, and gathered a lot of comments on one aspect in […]