LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR) today released its annual account of hate crimes reported throughout Los Angeles County in 2016. The report’s significant findings include the following: There were 482 hate crimes reported, only one less than 2015, which saw a 24% increase from the previous year and…
Hate crimes against LGBT people went down slightly in 2015 by 7 percent in a comparison with hate crimes in 2014, according to San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman’s crime statistical report. Zimmerman expressed concern about another recent phenomenon – “pocket dials” of 911 – or as Third District Councilmember Todd Gloria characterized them as…
Today, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2014, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias-motivated incidents throughout the nation. Submitted by 15,494 law enforcement agencies, the data provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes; however, the UCR Program does not estimate offenses for the jurisdictions of agencies…
Hate crimes against LGBT people have risen slightly in 2014 and actually have tied in number of hate crime incidents with racial overtones, according to the San Diego police chief’s annual report on crime statistics. There were 17 documented victims in 2014 involving sexual orientation as opposed to 13 such incidents in 2013. For the…
Today, Nov. 20, communities across the country and around the world will mark Transgender Day of Remembrance. This day is an opportunity to remember those who have lost their lives to violence and injustice because of their gender identity or gender expression. The Obama Administration remains committed to preventing violence against all people, including all members…
This was originally posted on The White House blog “Using new tools and authorities, including the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, we’ve improved our ability to safeguard our civil rights and pursue justice for those who are victimized because of their gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. We will…
NEW YORK (CNN) — Police in New York are stepping up their presence in neighborhoods with large gay and lesbian communities after a string of recent attacks on residents based on their sexual orientation. “Hate crimes are down this year, almost 30%, but anti-gay hate crimes are up over 70%,” Commissioner Ray Kelly said Tuesday,…
Since the enactment of anti-gay ‘propaganda’ laws that have overwhelmingly passed in some of Russia’s largest cities, the LGBT community is seeing a discernible rise in violent crimes. Recently, a young gay man, Vladislav Tornovoi, was brutally attacked then killed after he admitted to his drinking buddies that he was gay. In Volgograd, the 23-year-old…
In the age of ubiquity, where pathologies of every stripe, human or otherwise, have been hyper-indexed, a certain degree of detachment is required in recognizing the barbaric acts of others. We may not understand how (or, more importantly, why) a mob of people, with the full participation of its citizenry, may close in on a…
(CNN) — Mystery surrounds the apparent killing of a mayoral candidate in Mississippi. This week, local news in Clarksdale was feverish with reports that Marco McMillian’s SUV had been found outside of town, but he was nowhere to be found. Inside the vehicle was a man who police say was the driver. Authorities found McMillian’s…
