Department of Civil Rights: City of Madison, Wisconsin

IS THIS A HATE CRIME?

A lesbian couple have a dead animal left on their front porch with a note saying "You're next queers!"

An African American man is beaten by two men who shout racial remarks as they beat him.

A heterosexual man is followed by several persons as he leaves a restaurant. As they attack him, they call him a “fag.”

A synagogue is defaced with Nazi graffiti and anti-Semitic slogans.