Murders of Hattie Mae Cohens and Brian Mock

On September 26, 1992, Hattie Mae Cohens and Brian Mock were killed by a firebomb attack at their apartment in Salem, Oregon.

As Cohens was a lesbian, and Mock was gay, the attack was seen by the Salem LGBTQ community as motivated by homophobia which had been encouraged by advocates of Ballot Measure 9. Some also saw the attack as racially motivated, as Cohens and other residents of the apartment building were African American. Four white supremacist skinheads, aged 19 to 22, were arrested in connection with the killings, and charged with murder, aggravated murder, assault, arson, and intimidation; during the trial, one pled guilty to aggravated murder, one was acquitted of all charges, and two were found guilty of murder, assault, arson, and racial intimidation.