“New FBI Hate Crime Statistics Confirm Need for Stronger Federal Response “

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An analysis of the statistics by Human Rights First shows that while the number of hate crimes remained steady from 2006 to 2007, the number of attacks targeting Hispanics and LGBT people rose. The FBI reports showed a 3.3 percent rise in anti-Hispanic hate crimes and a 5.5 percent rise in the number of hate crimes motivated by a sexual orientation bias. The analysis notes that sexual orientation bias crimes “continue to be characterized by a high level of violence” and that five of the nine reported hate crime killings were committed on the basis of sexual orientation bias. “There is also a higher proportion of personal assaults than in other categories of hate crime,” it says. “Over 47 percent of sexual orientation bias offenses were violent assaults, in comparison to 31 percent for all hate crimes.”

Website http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2008/10/27/new-fbi-hate-crime-statistics-confirm-need-for-stronger-federal-response/
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