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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Proposed rewrite of Chicago’s hate crime ordinance would create additional category of ‘hate incidents’

Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th) is shown at a February 2022 news conference at Congregation B’nei Ruven after hate crime charges were filed against a man accused of spray-painting swastikas on a synagogue and on the grounds of a Jewish high school on the North Side, (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Chicago hate crimes have spiked to levels not seen in decades.

Imagine how many complaints there might be if Chicago started tracking “hate incidents,” which can be a precursor to hate crimes.

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