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 is to be sentenced on February 26, 2009.