The FBI report released on Monday said the majority of the hate crimes were motivated by bias against Black people, followed by crimes targeting victims for ethnicity, sexuality and religion
Hate crimes in the United States surged 11.6 per cent in 2021, with the largest number motivated by bias against Black people, followed by crimes targeting victims for ethnicity, sexuality and religion, the FBI said in a report released on Monday.The bureau said 64.5 per cent of hate crime victims in 2021 were targeted because of their race, ethnicity or ancestry bias, while 15.9 per cent were targeted because of sexual-orientation and 14.1 per cent due to religion.
Some 948 of the reported crimes were motivated by anti-white bias, while there were 543 incidents targeting gay males and another 415 incidents involving members of the broader LGBTQ community. In 2021, he expanded 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.
The FBI’s new analysis marks the first time the bureau has been able to confidently report national hate crimes trends since it transitioned to a new data collection system. The nation’s two largest cities – New York and Los Angeles – are now included in the hate crimes analysis reported on Monday, while Chicago was able to provide two quarters worth of data for the report.
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