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Gerald Pitts Gets Life, Uriah Taylor Faces 2024 Hate-Crime Trial

8/7/2026

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A judge sentenced Gerald Pitts, 67, to life plus seven years parole for March 2023 hate-crime attack on an L.A. Metro bus that injured Santos Tejas Gonzalez.
Uriah Taylor, 28, will stand trial this year for a 2023 Santa Monica hate-crime rampage after a mental-health diversion was denied.
L.A. County logged 1,355 hate crimes in 2024, a 1 % drop from 2023, with 345 anti-Black, 143 anti-Latino and 135 antisemitic offenses.

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A judge sentenced Gerald Pitts, 67, to life plus seven years parole for March 2023 hate-crime attack on an L.A. Metro bus that injured Santos Tejas Gonzalez.
Uriah Taylor, 28, will stand trial this year for a 2023 Santa Monica hate-crime rampage after a mental-health diversion was denied.
L.A. County logged 1,355 hate crimes in 2024, a 1 % drop from 2023, with 345 anti-Black, 143 anti-Latino and 135 antisemitic offenses.