The total number of hate crimes in the
10 largest cities in America jumped in 2017, marking four straight years
for an uptick in such incidents.
The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism
at California State University found a 12.5 percent increase in
incidents reported by police last year in Chicago, Dallas, Houston,
Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego and San
Jose, California.
The number of hate crimes reported in those cities totaled
1,038, up from 923 in 2016, according to the May study. In New York,
nearly half of hate crimes last year were committed against Jewish
people. In Los Angeles, gay men were targeted most. And in Boston the
largest demographic hit by hate crimes were African Americans.
Brian Levin, co-author of the report, attributed the recent
increases to greater "incivility" in national politics, citing
policies such as President Donald Trump's travel
ban from several majority-Muslim countries.
National events can also spur these types of crimes,
according to Heidi Beirich, director of the intelligence project at the
Southern Poverty Law Center. After the September 11, 2001 terror attacks,
crimes against Muslim people were rampant, Beirich said. The FBI
reported 8,063 hate crimes in 2000 and 9,730 in 2001.
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