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LGBTQ Americans are 9 times more likely to be victimized by a hate crime

In our recent analysis of the National Crime Victimization Survey, we found that the odds of being a violent hate crime victim for LGBTQ people was nine times greater than it was for cisgender and straight people from 2017 to 2019.

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Man arrested for defacing menorah with Nazi symbols on first night of Hanukkah in Beverly Hills

Eric Brian King, 47, of Dallas, Texas, was arrested on charges of hate crimes and felony vandalism

The Independent UK

New York residents have mixed feelings about yet another statewide anti-bias program

The new unit is a broader effort by Gov. Kathy Hochul to address hate crimes and violence across the state in response to Buffalo's deadly mass shooting that killed 10 Black people.

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Antisemitic hate crimes appear up in major cities this year

Antisemitic hate crimes are trending higher this year in certain major cities, and could surpass 2021 numbers.

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Hard hitting anti-sectarianism campaign hits the streets of Dumbarton

Nil by Mouth has launched the ‘Writing on the Wall’ campaign which will run across high streets in the west of Scotland with the aim of encouraging people to report incidents they see, and to push for those convicted of hate crimes to be forced to scrub walls clean of…

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As hate crimes continue to rise, LAPD chief blames social media, Kanye West

LOS ANGELES — Hate crime reports across Los Angeles are up 13% over last year’s record-setting levels, according to LAPD Chief Michel Moore, who said he believes inflammatory rhetoric on social media was contributing to the increase.

Los Angeles Times

FBI report shows high hate crime levels, but data missing

Hate crimes in the U.S. remained relatively high last year after a surge not seen in nearly two decades, according to a new FBI report that experts say is actually an undercount because thousands of police departments didn’t report their data

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FBI's latest hate crimes report missing crucial data from California, New York and Florida

The FBI on Monday released its 2021 tally of hate crimes, but the report falls dramatically short of offering an accurate national snapshot: It excludes data from a swath of law enforcement agencies — including Los Angeles and New York.

Los Angeles Times

Top cop's olive branch to gay-hate inquiry

NSW Police says no offence was intended when the inquiry into historic gay-hate crimes was told significant police resources had been diverted to the probe.

AAP

Northumbria Police report rise in hate crime as more than 3,300 victims targeted in last 12 months

The North East police force has seen a 5% increase in hate crimes from last year, with 2,000 reports of race related abuse and a 156% rise in gender related crimes

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Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting suspect charged with 305 counts including murder and hate crimes

The counts against the shooting suspect include 48 hate crime charges, one for each person known to have been in the club at the time.

Chicago Sun-Times

Club Q shooting suspect charged with 305 counts, including murder, hate crimes, assault

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Prosecutors charged the suspect in last month’s mass shooting at an LGBTQ bar in Colorado Springs with 305 criminal counts Tuesday, including first-degree murder, bias-motivated crimes, assault and attempted murder.

The Denver Post

Garland: Justice Dept.'s civil rights work is key priority

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says the early work of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division meant confronting white supremacists who were intimidating Black voters, and the division's work remains urgent 65 years later amid a surge of hate crimes

The Independent UK

NSW gay hate inquiry told everyday policing did not adequately respond to bias crimes

A former member of a disbanded specialist unit complained to a colleague that NSW Police resisted attempts to integrate a hate crimes response into policing, an inquiry has heard.

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Antisemitic hate crimes in NYC are on the rise, NYPD figures show

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Antisemitic hate crimes in NYC are on the rise, NYPD figures show

NEW YORK — Antisemitic hate crimes in New York City more than doubled last month from a year ago, New York Police Department data show — a troubling trend that unfolded against a backdrop of high-profile figures making headlines for remarks targeting Jewish people.

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Judge blasts ‘offensive’ NSW Police claim at gay hate probe

NSW Police assertions that a dozen homicide investigations and reviews are stalled due to a gay-hate crimes inquiry are "offensive" and "misguided",

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Buffalo shooter pleads guilty to domestic terrorism motivated by hate

Payton Gendron, 19, faces a mandatory life sentence.

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Anita Chabria: California takes the lead on hate. That's a good thing. Someone has to

How do you stop hate crimes? How do you even know where to begin?

Tribune News Service

Community response to Club Q shooting could help Colorado Springs shed 30-year-old anti-gay image

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Last weekend's tragedy at Club Q, when an attacker killed two bartenders and three customers and shot 17 others inside the nightclub before two patrons intervened, in several ways united what some view as a divided community.

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NSW gay hate inquiry told of violence, brutality during first week of public hearings

Sydney activist Garry Wotherspoon told an inquiry into LGBT hate crimes of how he was bashed in 1970 for being gay. It was among the many harrowing stories that paint a strikingly different picture of the harbour city than what most people experience today.

The Guardian - US

Will the Colorado gay club shooting be prosecuted as a hate crime?

LGBTQ Coloradans have no doubt of the motive for the deadly attack, but bias-crime legislation in the state is complicated

AAP

Abusing lesbians in '80s seen as fair game

Lesbian women who turned down the advances of men faced violence and abuse amid a wave of gay hate in Sydney in the '80s and '90s, an inquiry has been told.

The Conversation

Suspect in the Colorado LGBTQ shootings faces hate crimes charges – what exactly are they?

The 22-year-old suspected shooter at a gay night club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who allegedly killed five and injured dozens faces five counts of murder and hate crimes charges.

The Conversation

US LGBT nightclub shooting shows why Australia must reform hate crime laws

News of yet another deadly shooting at a United States LGBTIQ+ nightclub has again brought hate crime to the forefront of public conversation.

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