There was a rise of 11.6% in hate crimes in United State in 2021 compared to 2020, according to a report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monday.
FBI in the new Hate Reported said crime The number of accidents rose to 9,065 in 2021 of 8,120 in 2020.
the bureau 64.5% said of victims in 2021 has been targeted because of They are race, ethnicity, or race, while 15.9% were targeted because of it of Sexual orientation bias was targeted and 14.1% due to of religious bias.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has made Mandatory against Hate crimes are a top priority for Ministry of Justice.
In 2021, he’s expanding funding and other resources for states and municipalities help Track, investigate and order hate crimes prosecutors to step up both of them criminal Civil investigations into such incidents.
“We are continuing to work with State and local law enforcement agencies across the country to increase reporting of Dislikes crime “Insights for the FBI,” said Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, No. 3. official In the department.
Hate crimes and destruction they are cause communities do not place in this country. The Department of Justice is committed to every tool and resource at our disposal combat Prejudice-motivated violence in Gupta said.
Release on Monday of FBI new analysis indicates first the time bureau He was able to report with confidence on national trends in Hate crimes since moving to a new Data collection system.
Uniforms crime Data released by the FBI in October 2022 contained gaps, with only 52% of US law enforcement agencies reporting a full 12 Months of 2021 information.
For his supplementary report, FBI officials said they were able to include it retrospectively crime data from some of The largest cities in the country that have not yet done so made the switch to new Coordination of reports.
This means that some large cities such as Los Angeles and New York City are now included in his hatred crime which compares trends between 2020 and 2021. Meanwhile, Chicago managed to deliver two quarters worth of data for the report.
FBI officials said they typically track the 130 most populous cities across the 16 states to identify statistically significant trends. Outside of Of the 130 cities, 96 were able to provide the FBI with crime Brief data for the new Hate crime report.
Officials said the top five hate crime Categories mentioned for The year 2021 was anti-black, anti-white, anti-gay, anti-Jewish and anti-Asian.
