Invisible Hate

A 14-year-old girl wakes up in a snowbank, scared and confused. She remembers turning her head just in time to see a Jeep jump the curb and accelerate towards her. She's not the only one that the person in the Jeep was targeting. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials  Department Of Justice New York Times CNN The Washington Post The Gazette Des Moines Register - August 19, 2021  Des Moi...

An Afghan orphan is kidnapped by a US Marine against international laws and norms. Saadia and Asad investigate. HOW YOU CAN HELP: Make a donation to the International Rescue Committee, Red Cross Afghanistan campaign, or Save the Children, which assist people in humanitarian crises. Support the Afghan Adjustment Act, providing a pathway to lawful permanent status in U.S. for Afghan evacuees. SOURCE...

A young 15-year-old boy named Daniel Marsh creeps through the dark streets of his hometown of Davis, on the prowl. Marsh spots an open window, slices the screen, and enters the home of elderly couple Oliver Northrup and Claudia Maupin. Police found the couple the next evening, stabbed a collective total of 128 times. Saadia and Asad share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS: CBS News  Daily Mail The Epoch...

Just before midnight on August 10th, 2016, in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, 38-year-old Russell Courtier and his girlfriend pull into a 7-11 in her red Jeep Wrangler. Nineteen-year-old Larnell Bruce and a friend are already there, standing outside. For reasons unknown, an altercation begins. Shortly after, cameras capture Bruce sprinting down a nearby street, weaving from sidewalk to road as Court...

In early October 2021, a 34-year-old white man living in Orange County takes offense to new definitions and updates in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary. He then makes online threats to the company through the website. Saadia and Asad investigate. SOURCES DOJ, Mass Live, Mass Live, NBC, CBS, Affidavit, Mass Live, WWLP Audio Source: https://youtu.be/9ykThUut9ik Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt...

In June 2021, three generations of the Afzaal family went on a stroll after dinner only to be senselessly murdered by a 21-year-old driver in a pickup truck. We investigate the story and how this senseless act of violence happened. SOURCES NPR, CBC, CTV, BBC, MacLean's, Al Jazeera Interview with Sheriff Billy Rowles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsjRAsh7bbY&t=85s BBC news report: https://www.yo...

In Jun 1998, James Byrd Jr. caught a ride with three white men. Instead of taking him home, the three men took Byrd to a remote county road out of town to beat him. They then chained him by his ankles to their pickup truck before dragging him for about three miles, killing him. Saadia and Asad discuss the murder and its implications on America. SOURCE MATERIALS: Encyclopedia Britannica, True Crime...

On July 18, 2015, police in Riverton, Wyoming respond to a shooting. A man has just walked into an alcohol detox facility called the Center of Hope and shot two patients asleep in their bed. Both patients are members of the Northern Arapaho native tribe—one dies, and the other hangs onto his life despite a critical headshot wound. Saadia and Asad discuss the case. SOURCE MATERIALS: https://people....

A 34 year old man is beaten, sexually assaulted and left to die in his own home after a night out on the town in Knoxville, Tennessee. Saadia and Asad explain what happened. SOURCE MATERIALS: Salon Sleuths Podcast, Wake Up with KC, Victim Impact Statement, Towleroad, Mysterious Radio HOW TO HELP: Check out new episodes of Surviving Abuse (https://ashleighbarrie.my.canva.site/sap-home, https://podc...

Four Muslim men were killed ambush style between November 2021 and August 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Were the murders religiously motivated? Saadia and Asad discuss. SOURCE MATERIALS: CNN affiliate KOAT, AP, KRQE News, NYT, City of Albuquerque website, Albuquerque Journal, Rio Grande Sun HOW TO HELP: The Flying Star Cafe is collecting money for Aftab Hussein’s Family. Hosted by Saadia Khan a...

In September 1987, a 30-year-old British Indian man named Navroze Mody lies in a coma in Hoboken, New Jersey. He’s just been beaten, kicked, and hit with a brick by a large group of teenage boys. Four days after passing through the hospital doors, he dies. Saadia and Asad report on the story. SOURCE MATERIALS: Court record, NYT, Parsi Khabar, India Today, Wikipedia, NYT, University of CA Press, Fi...

On August 10, 1999, Buford Furrow Jr. drove from Washington state to the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, where he opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon at a Jewish Community Center, injuring five people, including four children. He then drove to a nearby synagogue, where he shot and killed a Filipino-American postal worker, before fleeing the scene. SOURCES: The Follow-Up Question podc...

Matthew Shepard was a young gay man who was brutally beaten, tortured, and left to die in Wyoming in October 1998. He was found tied to a fence and unconscious, and was taken to a hospital, where he remained in a coma for several days before he passed away due to his injuries. In Part 2, Saadia and Asad talk about the trial and Matthew's legacy. HOW TO HELP: Donate to: The Matthew Shepard Foundati...

Matthew Shepard was a young gay man who was brutally beaten, tortured, and left to die in Wyoming in October 1998. He was found tied to a fence and unconscious, and was taken to a hospital, where he remained in a coma for several days before he passed away due to his injuries. In Part 1, Saadia and Asad talk about the different theories about what happened to him the night he was murdered. HOW TO...

23-year-old African-American student Richard Collins III was waiting for an Uber ride at bus stop with two friends when he was approached by Sean Urbanski, who stabbed him in an unprovoked attack. Collins was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Saadia and Asad discuss the details of the case. HOW TO HELP: Donate to: Campaign Zero works to end police brutality in America throug...

In 1984, Charlie Howard, a young gay man from Bangor, Maine, was walking home when he was harassed by three young men with homophobic slurs. The situation escalated, and Howard was thrown off a bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream, where he drowned. Hear his story and how his death helped to bring attention to hate crimes and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. HOW TO HELP: Donate to groups...

In November 1988, Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian immigrant, was killed by a group of three white supremacist skinheads in Portland, Oregon. The three men, members of the racist group East Side White Pride, beat Seraw to death with a baseball bat. Saadia and Asad discuss the attack and how it was racially motivated. How to Help:  Donate to Portland United Against Hate: https://www.portlandunitedagain...

Kendrick Johnson was a high school student who was found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat at his school in Valdosta, Georgia in 2013. The official cause of death was ruled as accidental, but his family and supporters have claimed that he was murdered. Despite multiple investigations, no official evidence of foul play was found and the case remains unsolved. We take a deeper look. How to Help:  Chec...

Sandeep Dhaliwal was a sheriff's deputy in Harris County, Texas when he was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 27, 2019. He was the first member of the Sikh community to be hired as a deputy in the Harris County Sheriff's Office and was known for his work in community outreach. Saadia and Asad investigate his murder. How to Help:  Donate to the Harris County Sheriff Office Benevolenc...

In 2017, two people are killed and a third injured after confronting a white supremacist and white nationalist for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs at two black teenagers on the MAX Light Rail train in Portland, Oregon. Saadia and Asad share details about the case to determine if it was a hate crime. SOURCES: Wikipedia, NPR, the Guardian, Law & Crime, CNN, Essence, attn, Seattle Times, Okaypl...

A 22-year-old African American woman knocks on the door a house in a small town outside of Kansas, Missouri. She is wearing a tight metal collar with a padlock around her neck and appears severely malnourished. She says she had just escaped the basement dungeon of a neighbor named Timothy Haslett, Jr. and is pleading for help. Find out if you are "Press Worthy." One way to help: Support the Missou...

In the days after 9/11, Rais Bhuiyan was working at a convenience store in Dallas, Texas when someone walked in and asked him "Where are you from?" Before Rais could answer, he was shot in the face. Against all odds, Rais survives and is now trying to create a world without hate. Listen now to his remarkable story of recovery and forgiveness. Learn more about Rais's non-profit aimed to breaking th...

Three Muslim college students were killed in their apartment building in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2015. The police said it was because of a parking dispute. Family and friends said the victims were targeted because they were Muslim. Saadia and Asad break down the case to figure out if it was a hate crime. Learn more about the foundation honoring the legacy of the victims: Our Three Winners F...

All across America, thousands of hate crimes are committed every year, but only a small number of them get reported. An even smaller fraction are ever prosecuted. We’re here to figure out why. Invisible Hate is a podcast that sheds light on the worst true crimes that are motivated by things like race, religion, or sexual orientation and are usually perpetrated against minorities. In each episode,...