Hate crime statistics down in USA, but homophobia on the rise
October 29th, 2008 by Rosie
Homophobic hate crime increased by 6% in the USA, according to official FBI statistics.
The FBI reported more than 7,600 hate crimes incidents in 2007, down about 1% from 2006. But while there have been decreases in the number of recorded hate crime for crimes motivated by race and religion, those motivated by sexual orientation have risen.
The Associated Press reports that racial bias remains the most common motive, accounting for more than half of all reported hate crimes.
The report was based on data from 13,241 law enforcement agencies across the USA, covering about 85% of the population. By comparison, the broader crime report the FBI puts out every year draws data from about 17,000 law enforcement agencies.
The FBI report is purely statistical and does not assign a cause for the slight overall decrease or increase in anti-gay hate crimes.
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Speaking of hate crime(s):
George W. Bush had been a hate-crime criminal.
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
Bush was absolute evil.
George W. Bush is now sort of like a fugitive from justice.
Bush will go down in history in infamy.
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Andrew Yu-Jen Wang ∼ February 26th, 2009 5:40 am