A 36-year old black man was allegedly hit, kicked, and choked outside the Viking Lounge at 6318 Martin Way in Lacey, Washington, on this date in 2007 and the attack was investigated as a hate crime as all three white male suspects allegedly yelled racial slurs at the victim at the time of the alleged attack. Three Army Rangers from Fort Lewis (Washington) were arrested. They are: Specialist Samuel Crino, 21 (1st Platoon, C Company); Sergeant Paul Pace, 21 (1st Platoon, C Company); and Paul's brother, Specialist David Pace, 20 (1st Platoon, B Company). The Army said that the trio had recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. The soldiers belong to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, out of Fort Benning, Georgia, and they have been charged with second-degree assault and malicious harassment, the latter charge being treated as a hate crime. If convicted, they could get up to ten years in prison and a $20,000 fine for the second-degree assault charge, and up to five years in prison for the malicious harassment charge.

In Omaha, Nebraska, on this date in 2008, vulgarities and a swastika were scrawled on the home of Don Ray near 50th and "U" Street in the south section of the city. Mr. Ray's garage door, house and cars were all targeted. Police investigated the crime as a possible hate crime.

In San Jose, California, on this date in 2009, near the intersection of Saratoga and Latimer Avenues, a white man from San Jose, Scott Pontzious, 28, assaulted a 53-year-old Latino man by beating and kicking him after Pontzious became outraged that the man was talking in Spanish on his mobile telephone. Pontzious was arrested by police a short time later on a battery charge and a hate crime charge. However, contrary to their own written policy of aggressively prosecuting hate crimes, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office did not originally charge Pontzious with a hate crime. Instead, he was charged originally with misdemeanor battery. Pontzious, however, was later charged with misdemeanor battery as a hate crime and misdemeanor battery by the D.A.'s office. On February 4, 2009, Scott Pontzious pleaded No Contest to the hate crime battery charge. He was to be sentenced on February 26, 2009, but we have no information about what sentence the court imposed on him.

In the pre-dawn hours in Shreveport, Louisiana on this date in 2011 at The Sandbar Lounge, a bar located at 415 Spring Street, a gay white man, John Skaggs, 52, was brutally beaten with a billiards pool stick solely because of his sexual orientation by a white man with previous felony convictions, William David Payne, 32, of Shreveport. Payne was charged with second-degree attempted murder as a hate crime for the unprovoked attack. Mr. Skaggs—who was beaten to unconsciousness and who also suffered serious facial injuries to his eye socket and jawbone area—was hospitalized in serious condition after the attack which was caught on video surveillance tape; and, he will require eye surgery. Mr. Skaggs suffered over a dozen facial fractures and he had metal plates mounted in his face. Shreveport Police Department Sergeant Jim Taliaferro reported that witnesses said that prior to the attack William Payne had been making physically threatening statements about attacking Mr. Skaggs because of his sexual orientation. On October 20, 2011, William D. Payne pled guilty to aggravated battery and committing a hate crime in the Caddo District Court. Payne could have received up to 25 years in prison, and prosecutors said they intended to ask Judge Emanuel to impose an enhanced sentence because of Payne's previous felony convictions. On October 24, 2011, Payne was sentenced by Judge Ramona Emanuel to 18 years for aggravated assault and five years for the hate crime for a total of 23 years in prison. The sentences are to be served consecutively. At his sentencing William Payne, 32, said he was high and drunk the night he attacked Mr. Skaggs, and Payne apologized to the court for his actions.