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Bluenorthwest

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16. It can not be 'ruled out' but statistically there are far more hate crimes motivated by bias against

Reply to Man from Pickens (Reply #13)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 07:53 AM

Jun 2015

the victim's race than against the victim's religion, more than two and a half times more. Additionally, of crimes against religion, most are against Jewish and Muslim people, about 75% of such crimes are against those two groups, each of which has a relatively small us population.

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It can not be 'ruled out' but statistically there are far more hate crimes motivated by bias against Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #16

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