The Chicago Commission on Human Relations' first annual hate crime and hate incident report, hate crimes in the city have spiked in the past few years.
ByThe Chicago Commission on Human Relations' first annual hate crime and hate incident report, hate crimes in the city have spiked in the past few years.The Chicago Commission on Human Relations' first annual hate crime and hate incident report, hate crimes in the city have spike in the past few years.
Recently, the war between Hamas and Israel has driven a sharp increase and antisemitism and Islamophobic hate incidents. So far this year, there have been 50 anti-Jewish hate crimes compared to 19 anti-Black and 18 anti-gay crimes. Silverstien, the city council's only Jewish alderperson, said her community has been begging Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration to take antisemitism seriously.
Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez has been accused of posting some of those inflammatory posts. She is an ally of Mayor Johnson's, and chair of the Human Relations Committee. In a statement, Johnson said the city stands united against hate in all forms.
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