WASHINGTON — In the politically charged atmosphere of 2016, hate crimes are getting increasing attention and seem to be happening more frequently. A breakdown of the numbers in D.C. and Maryland’s largest counties show, in fact, there is an uptick in crimes motivated by hate.
So far this year in the nation’s capital, there have been 70 hate-based crimes, a 6 percent increase from the year before.
“I’m not sure the uptick in reporting is a sign of a significant problem. Whenever you have hate crimes, of course it’s a problem. It could be the fact that those in the community are sensitive to it,” said Interim D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham in an interview with WTOP.
If D.C. police officers are able to prove hate was a motive in the crime, it enhances the charges against a suspect.
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4 comments:
are these real hate crimes or the hate crimes where some claims to have been assaulted physically or verbally by someone that is a trump supporter?
12:16 how about a Trump supporter assaulted by a Hillary supporter which is more likely since that is an absolutely solid blue county.
A lot of this is lawyer /suing related or people acting like aholes to one another.Real hate crimes involve violent acts I volving racial motives, not someone's "interpretation" of being treated differently by store owners or the public or getting into fights and claiming after the fact it was racial, not just them being stupid.
Gangs and Illegals. Just like in Salisbury.
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