April 26, 2004: Swastikas sprayed-painted on Jeep\nAn IU student experienced feelings of anger, shock and disbelief as he learned exactly what it felt like to become the target of a hate crime. \nSometime between 7:30 and 10 p.m. Monday, his car was vandalized -- covered in red spray-painted swastikas and the word "Jew" splashed on the side.\n"My first thought was 'who would do such a thing?'" he said. "After thinking about what it actually symbolized and how I really felt, I was just pissed and angry that someone would be this distasteful and inhumane in their hatred. It's just sickening."\nThe student said he cannot understand the reasoning behind the hate. \n"You know it doesn't surprise me. There are some sick, sick individuals out there who need some serious help," he said.
Sept. 13, 2001: Muslim student attacked after Sept. 11\nWhile walking to class one afternoon, a Muslim student was physically assaulted and verbally harassed by a white student. \nNurakmal Yunos, a Muslim-Malaysian taking classes at IU, was greeting a friend in Arabic when she was forcefully slapped on her back by a white male. \nAccording to Yunos, the aggressor asked if "she was going to the mosque for one of those killing-spree classes?" He went on to say, "well you should just go home bitch, we don't want you here. You are nothing but Muslim trash."\nWhile she was physically fine, she still felt threatened that others would judge her based on her appearance. "I just kept quiet because I didn't want to start anything," Yunos said. "I thought if I shut up it would just go away." \nYunos stressed that other international students on campus should be aware that this could happen to them as well.\n"We as Muslims in no way contribute to any act of violence," Yunos said.
July 4, 1999: Man shot outside Korean United Methodist Church \nThe 26-year-old victim, Won-Joon Yoon, was standing in front of the Korean United Methodist Church on Third Street with a friend, waiting for Sunday service to start when the lone gunman, Benjamin Smith, fired from his car.\nYoon was killed as part of Smith's hate filled-rampage through Illinois and Indiana that also took the life of former Northwestern University basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong. Nine other people were attacked and the spree ended with Smith taking his own life after a massive two-state manhunt.\nBarbara McKinney, director of Bloomington's Human Rights Commission, insists the shooting was so unusual that its effect on the severity of hate crimes is actually very difficult to judge.\n"The numbers go up and down," she said of hate crimes since the murder. "So I wouldn't want to try and draw any connection between this and any other incident"
