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Interactive Map: California Hate Crimes Rise 17 Percent
California has 75 hate groups, the largest concentration of hate groups in the nation. A new report gives a breakdown of hate crimes reported in the state last year.
A report released by the California Department of Justice documents a 17.4 percent increase in the number of hate crime events reported in 2017. The survey shows an increase from 931 hate crime events in 2016, to 1,093 in 2017.
Other takeaways from the “Hate Crime in California” report:
Hate crime events involving a racial bias increased 16 percent — from 519 in 2016, to 602 in 2017.
- Anti-black or African-American bias events rose from 251 in 2016 to 302 in 2017, an increase of 20.3 percent.
- Anti-Hispanic or Latino bias events rose from 83 in 2016 to 126 in 2017, an increase of 51.8 percent.
Hate crime events involving religious bias increased 21.1 percent — from 171 in 2016, to 207 in 2017.
- Anti-Jewish bias events rose from 82 in 2016, to 104 in 2017, an increase of 26.8 percent.
- Anti-Islamic (Muslim) bias events rose from 37 in 2016, to 46 in 2017.
Hate crime events involving a sexual orientation bias increased 18.8 percent — from 207 in 2016, to 246 in 2017.
- Anti-gay (male) bias events rose from 152 in 2016 to 172 in 2017, an increase of 13.2 percent.
California has 75 hate groups, the largest concentration of hate groups in the nation. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups rose nationally from 917 in 2016, to 954 in 2017.
View our map below that shows the hate crime events for the last three years by county.
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Members of California white supremacist group arrested
Published by The L.A. Times
Four California men who allegedly shared white supremacist views and trained together on boxing and street-fighting techniques were arrested by federal authorities Tuesday on charges that they traveled to Virginia with the intent to incite a riot and commit violence at last year’s deadly far-right rallies in Charlottesville.
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Racially Charged Knife Attack A Hate Crime In Orange County: OCDA
Published by The Orange County Patch
A man was charged with a “racially motivated knife attack” the OCDA’s office said. This, the second hate crime charged in as many weeks.
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Turlock Police Investigating Hate Crime Against Mayor’s Campaign Signs
Published by CBS Sacramento
Turlock Police are investigating the incident involving spray painting f– on signs supporting Turlock Mayor Gary Soiseth as a hate crime.
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Hate Crimes on the Rise in Orange County
Published by NBC News
This year, Muslims were the most commonly targeted group for hate crimes.
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Pregnant Black Woman Victim Of Hate Crime In Fullerton: OCDA
Published by The Orange County Patch
She was just getting off the bus when a 42-year-old transient verbally attacked and threatened this pregnant African American woman, DA says
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California transit agency allows ad from Holocaust denial group
Published by The Gaurdian
Bart officials defend decision to approve advert from Institute for Historical Review, known for publishing antisemitic views.
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Amazon delivery driver dodges racial slurs — and an attacker’s hatchet, Calif. cops say
Published by The Sacramento Bee
A California man faces hate crime and assault charges after a road rage encounter escalated into a hatchet attack, according to police.
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Hate crimes suspected after 7 Buddhist temples vandalized in O.C.
Published by The Orange County Register
Investigators and civic leaders are looking into a rash of vandalism at seven Buddhist temples in Santa Ana and Garden Grove this month as potential hate crimes.
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2 arrested in possible hate crime attack on Sikh man
Published by NBC News
Police believe the teenagers, one the son of a California police chief, may have been trying to rob the victim.
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Sikh Man Attacked in Hate Crime: ‘My Turban Really Saved Me’
Published by The New York Times
Surjit Malhi, 50, was attacked last week by two men and was told to “go back to your country.”
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