Hate crime reports increased 17 percent last year from 2016, the F.B.I. said on Tuesday, rising for the third consecutive year as heated racial rhetoric and actions have come to dominate the news.
Of the more than 7,100 hate crimes reported last year, nearly three out of five were motivated by race and ethnicity, according to the annual report. Religion and sexual orientation were the other two primary motivators.
In addition to the tense political climate, the increase also points to a growing awareness among various law enforcement agencies of the importance of identifying and reporting hate crimes to the F.B.I.
Reporting hate crimes to the F.B.I. is currently voluntary. Last year, roughly a thousand more agencies submitted data than those that did the previous year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/...ml?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
So who were the majority victims of these crimes?
Black people accounted for nearly half of hate crime victims last year, according to the F.B.I. Of those targeted based on religion, 58 percent were Jewish.
Of the more than 7,100 hate crimes reported last year, nearly three out of five were motivated by race and ethnicity, according to the annual report. Religion and sexual orientation were the other two primary motivators.
In addition to the tense political climate, the increase also points to a growing awareness among various law enforcement agencies of the importance of identifying and reporting hate crimes to the F.B.I.
Reporting hate crimes to the F.B.I. is currently voluntary. Last year, roughly a thousand more agencies submitted data than those that did the previous year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/...ml?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
So who were the majority victims of these crimes?
Black people accounted for nearly half of hate crime victims last year, according to the F.B.I. Of those targeted based on religion, 58 percent were Jewish.
