A new report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says the frequency of hate crimes across the United States saw a record increase throughout 2021, especially those motivated by bias against Black people.
The bureau said on Monday that more than 10,000 instances of hate crimes were reported during that year, reflecting a 11.6-percent overall increase.
The percentage reflected a 31% increase from 8,263 cases the previous year, while the year-on-year increase in hate crimes was the largest in more than three decades, the report said, adding that 64.5% of victims in 2021 were targeted because of their race, ethnicity or ancestry bias.
Based on the report, racist incidents targeting Black people comprised the largest number of the incidents, namely some 2,233 cases.
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A separate analysis showed that anti-Black crimes were followed in frequency by crimes committed against white people (some 948 cases), the Jewish people (817 cases), and Asian people (746 cases).
The agency also recorded 152 hate crimes targeting Muslims, with a total of 190 victims, which added up to about one in every 20,000 Muslims.
The FBI's new analysis marks the first time the bureau has been confidently reporting national hate crimes trends since it transitioned to a new data collection system.
Of course, uniform crime data released by the FBI in October 2022 contained gaps, because only 52% of US law enforcement agencies reported full 12-month information related to 2021.
Muslims continue to be the target of Islamophobia, decades after the 9/11 attacks.
"Of the 8,327 hate crime offenses classified as crimes against persons in the updated 2021 dataset, 43.2 percent were intimidation, 35.5 percent were simple assault, and 20.1 percent were aggravated assault,” the agency said in a news release.
FBI officials said they typically track the 130 most populous cities across 16 states to identify statistically significant trends. Of those, 96 cities were able to provide data for the new report.
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.
Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), says the report confirms that hate crimes in the US reached "record high levels" in 2021.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/03/13/699823/United-States-FBI-hate-crimes-2021
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warns the enemies that any act of aggression against the Islamic Republic will not go unanswered.
In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC issued a “stern warning” to the enemies after US forces launched strikes against the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
Following the US military attack on a point on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport with aerial projectiles, the IRGC carried out new strikes targeting the US air base from which the attack originated in the wee hours of Thursday, it added.
“This response is a serious warning to the enemy that they should know the act of aggression will not go unanswered,” the IRGC emphasized.
The elite military force warned of a “more decisive” response if the enemy repeated any act of aggression.
It also said the responsibility for the consequences of any IRGC response lies with the aggressor.
The statement comes after the IRGC Navy on Thursday forced an American tanker to turn back. The tanker ...
Volker Turk has warned that efforts to advance reparatory justice are facing resistance in “certain quarters,” and urged countries to back Africa’s push.
Reparatory justice for historical crimes, including colonialism, enslavement, and the trade in enslaved Africans, is crucial to dismantling systemic racism, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said.
Speaking at the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent on Tuesday, Turk linked present-day discrimination against people from the continent to the enduring legacy of colonialism and enslavement.
”Racism and dehumanizing rhetoric continue to permeate public institutions, communities, and online platforms,” he said, according to the UN Press Service. Turk noted that “digital technologies, including AI, are reproducing and amplifying existing biases against people of African descent.”
The remarks come weeks after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest...
The US VP had to defend President Trump’s Gaza policy at a rally on a Georgia college campus.
US Vice President J.D. Vance was forced to defend Washington’s policy in Gaza after he was booed and heckled at a key MAGA event on Wednesday.
Co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a conservative student group that has long been seen as a strong support base of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement but is now showing apparent cracks.
Less than 15 minutes into a TPUSA event at the University of Georgia on Wednesday, Vance was interrupted by hecklers over US policy in Gaza, with one audience member shouting, “Jesus Christ does not support genocide!” As he attempted to respond, others shouted, “You’re killing children!” and “You’re bombing children!”
Vance replied by referring to Trump’s achievements as president, including securing a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, something he said the previous administration of Joe Biden failed to do.
“I ...
