The Latest Breaking News from Hate Crimes

Increase of 11% in recorded incidents may be due to comments in media and by politicians, says Home Office report

“I know trans people who’ve been living a quiet life for years with no issue and have gone swimming recently and been beaten up in the locker room,” transwoman tells Maira Butt, as hate crimes surge by 11%

Indian-Americans condemn hateful comments, hostile environment against Hindus in Canada; urge Ottawa to not mix freedom of expression with freedom for terror and endorse hate crimes. Indian-Americans demand action from Canadian PM Trudeau, US President Biden and US Congress to protect Canadian Indians, Hindus and students from threats.

Statistics show hate crimes in Chicago are at a nearly 30-year high. The proposed “Chi vs. Hate” ordinance will allow the city to report and track non-criminal hate incidents that are often precursors to hate crimes.

The El Paso Democrat gathered fellow lawmakers who have had hate-motivated mass shootings in their districts to back the bill.

The ordinance Ald. Debra Silverstein plans to introduce would create the category of a noncriminal “hate incident,” which Chicagoans could report either by calling the city’s 311 nonemergency number or by using the 311 app.

The motivations of a shooter who recently targeted and killed Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, have revived concerns about the threat of hate violence and domestic terrorism

Responding to a series of shooting, many involving minors, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones has proposed banning AR-15s, AK-47s, and similar weapons from city streets. Jones has also called for banning celebratory gunfire and banning people convicted of insurrection and hate crimes from possessing firearms in the city.

The 84% jump in hate crimes in Chicago last year compared to the previous year was higher than the rest of the 10 largest U.S. cities by population, according to a report that analyzed hate crime trends in major U.S. cities.