Hate crimes reported in the United States increased nearly 12% in 2021 from the previous year, according to newly updated data from the FBI.
Monday by the Department of Justice."The Justice Department is committed to every tool and resource at our disposal to combat bias-motivated violence in all its forms.", the FBI released its initial 2021 statistics for hate crimes but said that several law enforcement agencies did not submit reports for hate crimes to the new National Incident-Based Reporting System .
Thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country, including some of the biggest such as New York and Los Angeles, delayed the transition to the new reporting system, which caused the flaw in the initial 2021 data statistics, according to anIn 2021, for the first time, the FBI accepted reported hate crime data solely from the new NIBRS system — resulting in significant gaps in reporting.
As more law enforcement agencies transition to the new NIBRS system, the Department of Justice said, it would be able to"provide a richer and more complete picture of hate crimes nationwide."Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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