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Eugene

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Thu Jul 1, 2021, 02:24 AM Jul 2021

California hate crime up 31% in 2020, led by anti-Black bias

Source: Associated Press

California hate crime up 31% in 2020, led by anti-Black bias

By DON THOMPSON
June 30, 2021

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hate crime in California surged 31% in 2020, fueled mainly by a big jump in crimes targeting Black people during a year that saw the worst racial strife in decades, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the state’s attorney general.

Overall hate crimes increased from 1,015 to 1,330 last year, while the number of victims increased 23%, from 1,247 to 1,536. Black people account for 6.5% of the state’s population of nearly 40 million people but were victims in 30% of all hate crimes — 456 overall, up 87% from the previous year.

“What we see from these reports is what we have seen and felt all year — we are in the midst of a racial justice reckoning in this country. It’s multi-faceted, and it cannot be solved overnight.” Attorney General Rob Bonta said.

California saw some of the largest protests following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. And it also saw a surge in attacks on people of Asian descent following the emergence of the coronavirus in China.

Last year’s hate crime reports were the most since 2008, when there were 1,397. That in turn was topped several times in prior years, including 2001, when there were 2,261 hate crimes reported.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/california-hate-crimes-race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-pandemic-a11dd9bca4c5ab589f0e41bff137fb97

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California hate crime up 31% in 2020, led by anti-Black bias (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2021 OP
Please take into account that California probably has the strongest laws requiring that police keep Martin68 Jul 2021 #1

Martin68

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1. Please take into account that California probably has the strongest laws requiring that police keep
Thu Jul 1, 2021, 10:54 PM
Jul 2021

records of the race of every person involved in a crime or public safety event. Most of the abuse is happening in states where there are has been no attempt to keep records that might validate the need for hate crime laws. There are a number of red states that have the diversity that suggests the necessity for such laws, but no process in place to capture the frequency and details of hate crimes per se.

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