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.
Not exact matches
This could deter
people from
reporting crimes and gives carte blanche to perpetrators of
hate crime who could target
people that will be reluctant to
report it.»
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.
The
report — Living in a Different World — highlights the under -
reporting of disability
hate crime and has called for further steps to be taken to improve disabled
people's confidence in the police.
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.
If
people are afraid of anti-gay violence, it's because they're reading headlines to the effect that anti-gay
hate crimes have doubled (which may, of course, reflect increased
reporting rather than increasing
crime — is it likely that as public attitudes toward gays and lesbians become more tolerant,
reporting would increase?)
It will allow
people to
report these
crimes to the appropriate agencies and organizations and aid individuals who are victims of
hate crimes.