Exclusive: New Report Offers Proof Of US Hate Crime Rise In The Trump Era

[TomCADem]

Source: Huffington Post

The number of hate crimes rose across the United States in 2016, marking the first time in over a decade that the country has experienced consecutive annual increases in crimes targeting people based on their race, religion, sexuality, disability or national origin.

Data collected by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, and provided exclusively to HuffPost, shows hate crimes rose about 5 percent from 2015 to 2016.

The study, authored by Professor Brian Levin, is seen as a reliable predictor of official FBI hate crime statistics, released each year in November. Levin’s 2016 findings amount to the most comprehensive hate crime data to date for the divisive election year, and back up alarming anecdotal evidence of emboldened bigotry in America.

According to Levin, the study found “nearly identical” increases in hate crimes across two separate data sets.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hate-crime-rise-2016-united-states-trump_us_59becac8e4b086432b07fed8

[Midnight Writer]

1. Interesting article. Hate crimes up in blue states and down in red. Wonder why?

Could it be a reporting discrepancy; that is, are hate crimes more likely to be reported in blue states? Or is there an actual increase in places like NYC and LA that are thought of as liberal cities. Are haters in blue states feeling empowered or emboldened for some reason?