Federal agencies are hardly the only ones to skip out
on reporting hate crimes.
Not exact matches
Representatives from two organizations that track
hate crimes, the Southern Povery Law Center and the Council
on American - Islamic Relations, told USA Today that they had seen a much larger number of people
reporting hate crimes than was typical since the general election.
Nearly half of all
hate crimes reported in Canada in 2015 targeted victims based
on race and religion
We encourage
reports to be made, we have a sophisticated CCTV system and work with the police to take prompt action
on all
hate crime.
And New York State Senator Brad Hoylman announced there would be a public forum
on June 14 at the Senate Hearing Room «to assess the efficacy of New York State's
Hate Crimes Law, how state and local government agencies are implementing and enforcing the Law, and whether amendments should be considered to expand the data collection, statistical
reporting, law enforcement training requirements and / or otherwise further the Law's goals.»
A
report of its ad hoc committee also called for the passing of
hate crime laws by South Africa and Nigeria as part of measures to contain the rising cases of xenophobic attacks
on Nigerians living in South Africa.
In statement, DiNapoli said the audit was spurred in part by a request from Manhattan Democratic Sen. Brad Hoylman, who issued a
report earlier in the year raising concerns
on whether law enforcement was giving proper identification to
hate crimes as is required by state law.
Back in 1999 we published our first
report on the issue of
hate crime.
The
report launched the police promise and urged the police to work in a joined - up way, to build partnerships with disabled people's organisations and provide specific training
on disability
hate crime.
Hate crime is
on the up, with senior officers suggesting that
reports of far - right extremism and terrorism across the UK have surged.
The committee has heard debate
on a number of innocuous proposals relating to everything from letting people to text their emergencies to 911 to regulations
on drones to
reporting of
hate crime and domestic violence statistics to crossing guard deployment.
I
hate to get heavy here, and ruin your buzz, but alarming figures released by The National
Crime Agency (NCA) show the number of people
reporting rape
on their first date with someone they met
on a dating website or app has risen by more than 450 % in five years.
On the very day I write this column, its
reported in the local newspaper that the FBI noted a 1600 percent increase in
hate crimes against Muslims in 2001 compared to 2000.
Despite 53 per cent saying their school provides the support they need to
report incidents of
hate crime or speech, 33 per cent said they haven't received any training
on how to deal with
hate crime or speech, but that they would like some.
Despite 53 % saying their school provides the support they need to
report incidents of
hate crime or speech, 33 % said they haven't received any training
on how to deal with
hate crime or speech, but that they would like some.
Of 300 contributors to online surveys and focus groups, 71 % identified themselves as Dalit (formerly known as Untouchables — the lowest castes, located outside and below the Hindu varna system), 58 % claimed to have suffered discrimination
on grounds of caste, 79 % believed they would not be understood by the police if they
reported a caste - related «
hate crime» and 85 % believed there was no legislation available to protect victims of caste discrimination.
«In light of the increased
reports of
hate crimes in this country in recent months, our goal is to provide clarity
on the law and available resources, and to appropriately set expectations for what help is available from those resources.»