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Mark Wahlberg’s history of racially motivated attacks has resurfaced after the actor was accused of hypocrisy for sharing a post supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.
[13] [14] In August 1986, civil action was filed against Wahlberg for violating the civil rights of his victims, and Wahlberg and his friends were issued a civil rights injunction which served as a warning that they would be jailed if they committed another hate crime.
Despite being one of Hollywood’s most bankable actors—and proud Catholics—the Boogie Nights actor has a well-documented history of committing hate crimes against Black and Asian people,...
On April 8, 1988, up-and-coming Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg approached a middle-aged Vietnamese man on the street, and, using a five-foot wooden pole, struck him in the head until he was knocked unconscious, all while calling him “ Vietnam fucking shit ”.
Mark Wahlberg has been accused of hypocrisy after a post about George Floyd caused the resurfacing of his history of hate crimes. The Hollywood actor was responsible for a number of...
Wahlberg and two other white youths were issued a civil rights injunction: essentially a stern warning that if they committed another hate crime, they would be sent to jail. In 1988, Wahlberg, then 16, attacked two Vietnamese men while trying to steal beer near his Dorchester home.
Mark Wahlberg's hate crimes resurface as fans defend star following George Floyd tribute. He was issued a civil rights citation while also serving 45 days in prison over a separate attack.
BOSTON (AP) — A former state prosecutor who secured a civil rights injunction against a young Mark Wahlberg after he hurled rocks and racial epithets at black schoolchildren says he shouldn't be pardoned for attacks on two Asian men two years later.
Mark Wahlberg reflected on his previous life of voilence and attacking an Asian man while high on drugs, admitting he’s worked hard to turn his life around.
BOSTON (AP) — Victims of one of Mark Wahlberg’s racially motivated attacks as a teenage delinquent in segregated Boston in the 1980s are divided over whether he should be granted a pardon for...