Hate crimes up 11.6% in United States in 2021: FBI
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- 14 Mar 2023
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There was an 11.6% surge in hate crimes in the U.S. in 2021 compared to 2020, according to a report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monday.
The FBI in the new report said reported hate crime incidents rose to 9,065 in 2021 from 8,120 in 2020.
The bureau said 64.5% of victims in 2021 were targeted because of their race, ethnicity or ancestry bias while 15.9% were targeted because of sexual-orientation bias and 14.1% were targeted because of religious bias.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has made enforcement against hate crimes a top priority for the Justice Department.
In 2021, he expanded the funding and other resources to states and municipalities to help track and investigate hate crimes and ordered prosecutors to step up both criminal and civil investigations into such incidents.
"We are continuing to work with state and local law enforcement agencies across the country to increase the reporting of hate crime statistics to the FBI," said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, the No. 3 official at the department.
"Hate crimes and the devastation they cause communities to have no place in this country. The Justice Department is committed to every tool and resource at our disposal to combat bias-motivated violence in all its forms,” Gupta said. Read More…
