CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has been combing through the new report, which highlights a rise in antisemitism, incidents involving white supremacists, and attacks on LGBTQ+ businesses.
-- Hate in Illinois is on the rise, according to disturbing findings released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Indeed unfortunately, it is many groups that have been targeted. Hate crimes are being reported more frequently - even though it is believed that they're still very much underreported in Illinois., surveillance video captured a man smashing the front window of the Chicago Loop Synagogue on Clark Street. Nazi Stickers were placed on the doors.
Unfortunately since then, the Anti-Defamation League's latest report - covering January 2021 to May 2023 - shows these crimes now happen more frequently."There are about 300,000 Jews in Chicago," said Daniel Goldwin of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation.
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