Oklahoma

An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison for vandalizing and setting fire to a donut shop frequented by LGBTQI+ patrons. The man placed an anti-LGBTQI+ flyer on the building, broke the glass door with a baseball bat, and threw a Molotov cocktail inside.

The man has a prior arrest for setting fire to a restaurant that publicly supported LGBTQI+ people, but a witness failed to appear in court and the case was dismissed. He also has a history of causing disturbances and leaving anti-LGBTQI+ flyers at other businesses in the Tulsa area.

Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/pr/arsonist-sentenced-throwing-molotov-cocktail-donut-shop

Two Oklahoma men pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 6 and 10 years in prison, respectively, for a racially motivated attack in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The two men must also pay the victim restitution, money to cover medical or other expenses, amounting to $113,644.40.

On Jan. 18, 2022, a grand jury charged the defendants with physically assaulting a Black man because of his race, as well as his white friend, in the parking lot of the Brickhouse Saloon in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/second-oklahoma-man-sentenced-federal-prison-role-racially-motivated-hate-crime

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/oklahoma-man-sentenced-racially-motivated-hate-crime-against-black-man

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-oklahoma-men-plead-guilty-racially-motivated-hate-crime