California Attorney General Rob Bonta and community leaders gathered to discuss the state’s latest report on hate crimes, and ongoing efforts to combat rising hate and extremism.
Hate crimes have risen in California, according to a new state Department of Justice report.
said. Officials define hate crimes as a criminal offense against a person or property, motivated by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity.Hate crimes against Black communities increased 27.1%, from 513 in 2021 to 652 in 2022.Anti-Asian hate crimes fell from 247 in 2021, to 140 in 2022; a decrease of 43.3%.Anti-transgender hate crimes increased from 38 in 2021, to 59 in 2022.
For example, when police come across a hate crime, they should first ensure the safety of the victim and document all evidence of what happened, according to the bulletin. “[Hate] seems to be so many places, so pervasive, from national political leaders to sometimes our own neighbors,” Bonta said. “Racist, xenophobic, homophobic, destructive language is being brandished about all too freely to alienate, discriminate and inflict lasting physical and emotional harm… the hate crime data report shows us statistically what we already know; that we who work in our communities know to be true from our lived experience; that hate crimes are up.
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