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FBI Says Hate Crimes Increase by Almost 8%

By Altman & Altman

The FBI says that the number of hate crimes committed in the United States grew by almost 8%, with racism being the reason for more than 50% of the incidents. In 2006, police in the US reported 7,722 crimes occurred because of prejudice against someone due to their sexual orientation, race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, or disability. There were 7,163 hate crimes reported the year prior. 12,600 out of over 17,000 federal, state, county, and local police agencies provided information to the FBI study. Here is a breakdown of the different hate crimes included in the report: ? 5,549 of the hate crime incidents targeted individuals ? 38 was aimed at society in general ? 3,593 incidents involved the destruction of property ? 2,911 incidents involved vandalism or property damage ? 2,046 offenses involved intimidation ? 1,447 simple assaults ? 860 aggravated assaults ? 41 arsons ? 3 murders ? 6 rapes ? More than half the 7,330 offenders were Caucasian ? 20% of them were Black ? 12...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on December 05, 2007 (boomark / email).