FBI Reports Upsurge In Hate Crimes

Incidents Rose 8% In 2006; Race Continues To Account For More Than Half Of Reported Cases

(CBS/AP)  Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by almost 8 percent, the FBI reported Monday, as racial prejudice continued to account for more than half the reported instances.

Police across the nation reported 7,722 criminal incidents in 2006 targeting victims or property as a result of prejudice against a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin or physical or mental disability.

That was up 7.8 percent from the 7,163 incidents reported in 2005.

More than half of the victims were targeted because of their race, said CBS News correspondent Stephanie Lambidakis, and almost 60 percent of all known offenders are white.

Heidi Beirick of the Southern Poverty Law Center says the numbers are probably higher than that.

"It's unfortunate that the numbers went up by almost 8 percent, but the truth is the FBI Hate Crimes statistics severely undercounts the number of hate crimes that we have in the United States every year," she told CBS News.

That's because only 12,600 of the nation's more than 17,000 local, county, state and federal police agencies - roughly three-quarters - participated in the hate crime reporting program in 2006.

Consequently, the FBI figures did not contain highly publicized incidents in late 2006 at Jena, a small town in Louisiana, which involved hanging nooses reminiscent of those used in the lynching of black people in an earlier time and beatings of white students by black youngsters in retaliation, because neither Jena nor LaSalle Parish (the county where the town is) were among the agencies reporting.

The report's release comes just days after thousands of civil rights advocates literally surrounded the Justice Department building, claiming that lax federal prosecution has fuelled an outbreak of noose-hanging incidents around the country.

The Jena case began in August 2006 after a black student sat under a tree known as a gathering spot for white students. Three white students later hung nooses from the tree. They were suspended by the school but not prosecuted. Six black teenagers, however, were charged by LaSalle Parish prosecutor Reed Walters with attempted second-degree murder of a white student who was beaten unconscious in December 2006. The charges have since been reduced to aggravated second-degree assault, but civil rights protesters have complained that no charges were filed against the white students who hung the nooses.

"The FBI report confirms what we have been saying for many months about the severe increase in hate crimes," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, a leading civil rights leader. "What is not reported, however, is the lack of prosecution and serious investigation by the Justice Department to counter this increase in hate crimes." Sharpton urged Attorney General Michael Mukasey to meet with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights leaders to discuss the matter.

Mukasey is pledging aggressive hate crime investigations, but concedes there are limits in bringing charges in some hate crime cases, reports Lambidakis.

The department said it investigated the Jena incident but decided not to prosecute because the federal government does not typically bring hate crime charges against juveniles.

The FBI report does not break out the number of noose incidents, but the two most frequent hate crimes in 2006 were property damage or vandalism (2,911 offenses), and intimidation (2,046 offenses). There were 860 aggravated assaults and 1,447 simple assaults, three murders, six rapes and 41 incidents of arson. Other offenses included robbery, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft.

The 7,722 criminal hate crime incidents involved 9,080 specific criminal offenses, including 5,449 against individuals, 3,593 against property, and 38 classified as against society at large. An incident can involve attacks on both people and property.

As has happened since the FBI began collecting hate crime data in 1991, the most frequent motivation was racial bias, accounting for 51.8 percent of the incidents in 2006. That was down slightly from the 54.7 percent in 2005.

Also in 2006, religious prejudice was blamed for 18.9 percent of the incidents; sexual orientation prejudice for 15.5 percent; and ethnic or national origin for 12.7 percent.

Of the 7,330 offenders identified by police, 58.6 percent were white, 20.6 percent were black, 12.9 percent were of unknown racial background and other races accounted for the remainder.

The greatest percentage of incidents, 31 percent, occurred near residences or homes. Another 18 percent occurred on highways or streets, 12.2 percent at colleges or schools, 6.1 percent in parking lots or garages, 3.9 percent at churches, synagogues or temples. The remainder occurred at other specific locations, multiple locations or unknown locations.

Lack of full participation by the more than 17,000 police agencies around the nation somewhat undermines year-to-year comparisons.

For instance, in 2004, 12,711 agencies reported 7,649 incidents. In 2005, only 12,417 agencies reported and incidents dropped 6 percent to 7,163. But in 2006, agencies reporting rose to 12,620 and incidents climbed 7.8 percent to 7,722.


For more information visit FBI Hate Crime Statistics

[cheddarboy82]

get real, isnt every crime towards someone cause you hate them. And the hate crimes towards white people are never recorded cause only incidents towards blacks count or jesse jackson and al sharpton would have coniptions. Who steals a car because they dont like there race. I think you steal a car cause you want a ride. what a dumb article

[feelfree1]

Re: "Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by almost 8 percent, the FBI reported Monday, as racial prejudice continued to account for more than half the reported instances."

The Bush regime has obviously made some big gains in their campaign of hatred and intolerance.

Mission Accomplished!!!

[mrbrill]

I''m very sorry you cannot read, cheddarboy82. As the article states "18.9 percent of the incidents; sexual orientation prejudice for 15.5 percent" which means they had nothing to do with race. In addition, almost 95% of the offenses had to do with vandalism, intimidation, assaults, or other forms of violence. It''s too bad that however many incidents of motor vehicle theft invalidates the rest of the information in the article for you... but that''s typical for people like you.

[pepperp1]

Well sure when you have a political party and reckless elected officials who preach hate wrap themselves in the faux flag and bible and constantly push divisive issues to drive a wedge in our communities turning people on their neighbor on State Rights, Abortion Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Immigrants Rights that%u2019s going to happen. Any suit should include a reckless endangerment civil and or criminal action against some of these hateful Political, Pundit and Religious leaders perpetuating this civil un rest, transcripts available on line..

[afmca]

I am just surprised the Bush adminsitration didn''t get the Gestapo at Homeland Security to classify this report. It seems like any report that sheds additional light on just how far in the gutter the Repub hate machine has brought us gets classified or substantially changed by Bush political operatives. I wonder how they will spin this. Of course, the Repub base may be doing high-5s at the moments. But one thing cheddarboy82 proves is that the bigoted, hateful, intolerant Bush base will never be convinced of Bush / Cheney''s negative impact.

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by afmca at 03:26 PM : Nov 19, 2007
+ report abuse


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whatever your delussions are telling you..the fact remains that IT IS NOT.

you live and prefer to live in the "if" world.

[cheddarboy82]

all these articles are for is to favor blacks and make whites look bad. Come on now, how many stories of nooses being hung do we have to hear about. people hate eachother in america, it''s the way it is. you people are morons for not seeing it that way. Whites are a majority, not minority. Of course more will be done by whites ratio wise it''s common sense. ok so any time vandalisation happens involving a white and black its cause of race ? so the black kids who threw 2 eggs at my car friday night must hate white people right ?assaults ? nooses are hilarious...to be considered a crime, what a joke. just look at the cover of the story, a noose and jena six. what about a picture of that white trucker in L.a. getting his *** beaten for being white. why isnt that on the front. *** this story

[hillaryin08]

Hey Liberals

When Hillary railroads Obamma will that be considered a hate crime?

No, when a Democrat does it not a hate crime. Take a look at Robert "sheets" Bird

[denn034]

It would seem that I was wrong about there not being an increase in racism. This increase is downright disgusting. Sharpton is right, a new civil rights movement is needed.

[cheddarboy82]

racism will always exist...cant make laws againts not liking people

[nightliter]

In other words, blacks commit hate crimes at a rate twice that of their numbers of the overall population.

Not to mention that close to 90% of ALL interracial crimes are commited by blacks against whites... however the FBI does not consider all "interracial" crimes to be "hate crimes". How convenient.
This should not be taken as an attack on blacks, rather an admonishment of those (White Liberals) who are so quick to unleash their knee-jerk hatred of their own kind.

[poopusbuttus]

I POOP ON ALL LIBERALS FACES!!! IS THAT A HATE CRIME?

[jowand]

I am just surprised the Bush adminsitration didn''''t get the Gestapo at Homeland Security to classify this report. It seems like any report that sheds additional light on just how far in the gutter the Repub hate machine has brought us gets classified or substantially changed by Bush political operatives. I wonder how they will spin this. Of course, the Repub base may be doing high-5s at the moments. But one thing cheddarboy82 proves is that the bigoted, hateful, intolerant Bush base will never be convinced of Bush / Cheney''''s negative impact.
Posted by afmca at 03:26 PM : Nov 19, 2007

[jowand]

Got nothing to do with Bush, you need to get over the 00 and 04 elections you can''t think rationaly.

[tbweb]

The traditional voices of reason are no longer out there, hate is allowed to run amok, have a life of its own, with illegal immigrants stressing out resources, services and adding fuel to an already intense fire! Adding to their frustration, haters can''t even communicate with their new targets because the haters can''t speak Spanish! In addition, every Muslim is now viewed as a terrorist, car bomber or possibly a suicide bomber and even natives from India are feared with that wrap around their heads, people are in a panic, a frenzy and just need to relax and calm down, ones imagination should not be allowed to take over and run wild! Don''t hype up the hate, hate doesn''t need any help! Peace.

[nightliter]

Further to the point, the Politically-Corrected White Media NEVER tells about hate crimes that are NOT perpetrated by non-whites, nor do they tell about "hate crime hoaxes".

That would disturb the "story" they''re trying to "tell"...

[jowand]

DID THE FBI CALL THIS A HATE CRIME 4 BLACKS KILL A WHITE COUPLE? : According to news reports, Christian and Newsom had gone on a date at a local restaurant on Saturday, January 6, 2007, but did not return home. During their night out, the couple was "hijacked, bound and blindfolded and taken back to Lemaricus Devall ''Slim'' Davidson''s rented house on Chipman Street."[5]

Christian''s parents found her abandoned Toyota 4-Runner two blocks away from the Chipman Street house on Monday, with the help of her mobile phone provider. An envelope recovered from the vehicle yielded fingerprint evidence that led police to Lemaricus Davidson and 2316 Chipman Street. When police went to the address on Tuesday, January 9, they found the home unoccupied and Christian''s body in a trash can in the kitchen. Christian had been strangled to death.[6] According to the grand jury presentment, Christian had also been raped vaginally, orally, and anally.[2] One of the suspects, Vanessa Coleman, later told police that "she witnessed Christian''s mouth being cleaned with a bottle of some type of cleaner," in an attempt to remove DNA evidence.[7] Coleman also said that she had seen "clothes that were stained with blood and smelled of gas being put in the washing machine at the house."[7] Newsom was shot three times, "his body wrapped in a blanket, set afire and dumped alongside nearby railroad tracks." [6][8] He had also been anally raped.[2] WIKIPEDIA

[nightliter]

I mis-spoke, I meant to say the PC White Media never reports of "hate" crime committed by non-whites.

If I am wrong, when did the PC White Media report of a hate crime committed by a non-white against a white?

[toolmangler-2009]

The Hate crimes ''jumped'' AFTER Sharpton and company made a big deal about them. hate has been around as long as man has, (Cain & Able) so whats new? Copy cats have been here nearly that long also. If you yell "FIRE" everybody starts looking around, where? where?, Same thing with Hate crimes (nooses). How long would they be hung if people (especially the Media and Activist groups) ignored them. "Get a brain and use it people"!!!

[gunownerdan]

"As we have seen, the first public expression of disenchantment with nonviolence arose around the question of "self-defense." In a sense this is a false issue, for the right to defend one''s home and one''s person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The principle of self-defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi..."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Self Defense
A-HUMAN-RIGHT.com

[spaspy]

Statistics are only numbers and represent a small percentage of the reality they presume to reflect. Racism is always going to be around as long as we remain tolerant of just about everything. We, as a society, tolerate way too much from all races!!! As far as I am concerned, trash is trash and low-life scum will always be low-life scum, no matter the color of their skin. We all just need to mind our own business and get along. Why is that so hard to do? Just live your life for those around you that you love because life is too short. Accept those you don''t care for because they have a right to live too. And if, by chance, the ones you don''t care for come to you for help, advice, or just for a smile or kind word...give it to them. You''ll be a better person for it.

[gunownerdan]

Criminals prefer easy, defenseless victims.
They always have and they always will.

[marcodele]

Hate crimes are up because of HateTV, hate-radio, and the fizzling of the neocon movement. And it doesn''t help to have Revs. Jackson and Sharpton searching for racial fires upon which to pour their fuel and advance their so called careers.

Racism is rampant on all sides of the ethnic spectrum because we have few leaders willing to address it logically. It doesn''t help that immigration laws have failed or gone unenforced and Americans have a new resentment towards a new race.

Racism exists, and things are definitely getting worse. Not one so called leader in Washington has addressed this problem.

[hawksprings]

This is pretty statistically insignificant if you compare the increase against all crimes committed in the US, or compare the increase against the total population of 300,000,000 people living in the US. (Not to mention the how many million illegal aliens that we''ll never be able to count now that Hillary and Spitzer are against drivers licenses for them.)

Besides, crime is crime, and it should be punished to the full extent of the law.
Is a white person any deader than they would be if a white person killed them instead of a black person?

Does a murderer deserve a harsher punishment if he killed someone outside of his race than someone within his race?

Political Correctness and Liberalism lead to twisted, even more racist thinking.

[gunownerdan]

Some of the first gun control laws in America were used by the south to disarm freed slaves who had guns to feed themselves and to protect themselves from lynch mobs and the KKK.
Learn about the racist roots of gun control in America:
www.blackmanwithagun.com

[rohink-2009]

I guess CBS isn''t "Green". They sure do keep stoking the fires of hate, paranoia, fear and victimhood.

[nightliter]

Hawksprings - remember that the concept of "Political Correctness" was used most often by Marxist-Leninists who madated that those not "politically correct" were to go to the gulag.

Remember also that Hitler was a liberal. Shocking to those brought up in our "Politically-Correct Government Schools"...

[dogsoul]

"More than half of the victims were targeted because of their race, said CBS News correspondent Stephanie Lambidakis, and almost 60 percent of all known offenders are white. "

I don''t buy this for a SECOND! This is absolute cr*p and everybody knows it... funny, when you make UP stats that say white people are the ones committing most of the crimes in this country and oh yeah.... half of them are targeting the poor minorities specifically because of their race - it''s perfect fine - but tell the TRUTH - ie that the VAST majority of the crimes ARE committed by minorities and you''ll get censored asap...

Funny also how this story gets slapped up there just as they tore down the one listing the 10 most dangerous cities that just happened to have 1 thing in common with eachother... Detroit, of course topped the list...

This is such b.s. - HALF the crimes committed are hate crimes, and more than half of THOSE are white people committing crimes against non-whites.... puh-lease...

[myidoncbs]

gunownerdan, lying again, said: "Some of the first gun control laws in America were used by the south to disarm freed slaves who had guns to feed themselves and to protect themselves from lynch mobs and the KKK."

This is ANOTHER LIE SPREAD BY THE NRA.

If you knew ANYTHING about the history of our country, dan, you''d know that the Founding Fathers were definitely in favor of gun regulation. Your first clue should have come in the phrase "A well regulated militia" in that amendment you so famously misunderstand. The south''s attempt to disarm freed slaves came much later in time. Besides, at the time you refer to, the south was well on its way to severing its ties with America, and they were summarily trounced for their evil ways.

[runningralph]

In the Jena case the white boy that was beaten unconcious was not one the boys charged with hanging ropes in a tree. He just happened to be the wrong color in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was attacked and beaten senseless by six black boys. The beating took place long after the rope hanging incident and in a different place.
By itself hanging a rope in a tree is not a crime. Only when such an act is done in connection with an actual crime is it considered a crime itself.
Assault , however, is a crime. To let perpetrators get away with crimes due to political expediancies will ultimately cause the rule of law to collapse.
Louisiana has a very high incarceration rate. This is due to a high crime rate. Many feel the high crime rate is due to poverty. I submit the high poverty rate is caused by the high crime rate.

[nightliter]

Neoconism - you prove my (earlier) points.
I invite you to keep posting. You have been taught so well to hate whites, and you parrot your talking-points excellently.

No doubt you are a VERY well-trained WhiteBoy.

[dogsoul]

"Does a murderer deserve a harsher punishment if he killed someone outside of his race than someone within his race?"

answer: only if that murderer is white

[michaelt302]

Nonsense. No such thing as a "hate crime". This term was just made up out of thin air by rabble rousers like Sharpton, and by middle-class people who suffer from "WGS"(White Guilt Syndrome). In each case there was either a crime, or there wasn%u2019t, and there was NO NEED WHATSOEVER to add another layer of bullsh*it to the legal system with this "hate crime" title. Oh, and anyone else besides me notice that blacks are NEVER accused of "hate crimes" ? Never. You see, only white people are capable of hate and racism. Yep, black people are never racists, and they never hate anyone. How convenient.

[likeablunchs]

'' .. i acquired such piles of such stuff, that my co-workets became so envious that they entered a state of such diminished capacity as to reduce their ability to produce goods and services, thereby reducing my ability to acquire piles of stuff .. so i compiled, with their assistance, 244,140,625 catalogs of stuff they could shop for with free catalog dollars (1 shopping ''mall'' / catalog for each 625 folk) .. and so i re-enabled them to do more business with the outside world and the inside world as well .. ''

[gunownerdan]

MyIDonCBS,
You say I''m lying, but then you don''t tell us how I''m lying(hint, it''s not a lie, some of the first gun control laws in the U.S. really were used to disarm freed slaves).
"A well regulated militia" are armed civilians who can properly use their firearms. Nothing more, nothing less.
a-human-right.com

[nightliter]

Back to Basics:

The FBI does not consider interracial crime to be "hate crimes".

The Politically-Corrected White Media does not report that nearly 90% of all interracial crimes are committed by blacks against whites.

The Politically-Corrected White Media NEVER reports about hate crimes committed by non-whites against a white.

If they have, when?

[gunownerdan]

MyIDonCBS,
You say our founding father were in favor of gun control, but that''s the actualy lie. I can find quote after quote from our founding fathers supporting the right to bear arms, and not one calling for gun regulation. If you know of any, do me a favor and post it!
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
-- Thomas Jefferson, quoting criminologist Cesare Beccaria

[myidoncbs]

gunowner says, "it''s not a lie, some of the first gun control laws in the U.S. really were used to disarm freed slaves."

I gave you reasons why it''s a lie:

1. The south was in the process of leaving the US when that happened, so it''s unfair to say that those were some of the "first gun control laws in the US".

2. The Founding Fathers were in favor of gun regulation (another word for control) and guns WERE REGULATED by various towns and communities from the start of this nation. So, the South''s laws were NOT some of the "first gun control laws in the US". They came much LATER.

The NRA wants you to believe the lie because they want to sell more guns to black people, and you do believe it, but it''s still a LIE. Don''t compound your error by falsely claiming, "you don''t tell us how I''m lying".

Your definition of "A well regulated militia" is also false. Someone must do the "regulating" or it isn''t "regulated". Militia members were required to keep their arms in good condition, store ammo, and attend regular meetings and practice sessions. They had a "chain of command". They simply WERE NOT a bunch of individuals who owned guns so they could feel more "manly".

[michaelt302]

You know I hate? Stories like this one, that''s what. Go ahead and charge me.

[gunownerdan]

MyIDonCBS,
Starting in 1640(WAY before the civil war) Virginia actually had racist gun control laws.
Back then the word "regulated" meant functional or working. A well-regulated militia is a group of armed civilians who have practice or training in the proper use of their firearms. Many women today own guns for protection, for hunting, and for the fun of target practice. Do they own guns to feel more manly?

"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
--Thomas Jefferson, quoting Cesare Beccaria in "On Crimes and Punishment"(1764).

[gunownerdan]

"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed -- unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
-- James Madison

"To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them."
-- George Mason

a-human-right.com

[fitedafuture]

rascism is schism.

[myidoncbs]

gunownerdan, if you need more proof that I am right, read these comments by historian Saul Cornell:

http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/25.1/cornell.html

The essential point that you can''t seem to grasp is this: Owning weapons for military use is guaranteed; owning weapons for personal defense is NOT guaranteed. States began restricting personal ownership during the times of Andrew Jackson (early 1800s).

Again, I must point out that that is WELL BEFORE the time you claim to be "the first" such laws.

[gunownerdan]

"Arms in the hands of citizens [may] be used at individual discretion...in private self-defense."
- President John Adams
a-human-right.com

[seven_pesos]

i have a list of 147 republican pedophiles and homosexuals that have been busted since bush took office.

among them are ted haggard, jimmy swaggart, senator craig, and tom foley...

this is just a partial list.

does anybody care to see the whole list?

republicans and family value christians...

ha,ha,ha.

better keep an eye on your children when there''''s a republican christian around.

ha,ha,ha.

[pepperp1]

Well sure when you have a political party and reckless elected officials who preach hate wrap themselves in the faux flag and bible and constantly push divisive issues to drive a wedge in our communities turning people on their neighbor on State Rights, Abortion Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Immigrants Rights that is going to happen.

Any suit should include a reckless endangerment civil and or criminal action against some of these hateful Political, Pundit and Religious leaders perpetuating this civil un rest, transcripts available on line..


Hell they could use these blogs to pin down the wacko hate crowd on the right ya know they dont need a warrant any more.

[pariah3]

It''s odd how america and the makers of american foreign policy are under the control of various individuals who are apart of a group that has been involved with committing hate crimes against non whites since the order of death was founded. If this nation is truly for the people then it''s past time to remove any official who is involved with any organization which has at it''s core tenet the adherance to ariosophy that being the dedication to the supremacy of white culture or race such as is the case with skull & bones, certain "christian" organizations and movements such as british israelism or the southern baptist faith. The members of these and other groups place their beliefs before the wellbeing of the public and so should be removed from their positions in government since it is publicly known they will abuse their positions in order to protect their own from prosecution under the law by either rewriting the law or by blatantly ignoring the law.

[pariah3]

The war in Iraq and the presidents false flag war on terrorism demonstrate the hypocrisy of this nation''s "officials" in regards to the definition of a terrorist. When you honestly look at the actions of al qaeda''s terrorists such as when they cut off an american''s head or some similar inhumane act its the same evil that controls the kkk and other white supremacist groups who have raped women of every race including their own, taken the lives of children who were murdered because they were either the product of miscegnation or because the monsters who ended their young lives is so blinded by their faith in a false god that they viewed them as nothing but an animal.
It''s past time we pulled our troops back and geared up for war with the real terrorists who created Al Qaeda, The Klan, and the syndicates.

[seven_pesos]

i have a list of 38 republican politicians that have been busted for fraud, obstruction of justice, bribery, perjury, prostitution, etc. since bush took office.

among them are congressman cunningham, senator vitter, senator ted stevens, vice prez aide libby...

anybody care to see the whole list?

republicans and family value christians...

what a laugh!

[seven_pesos]

republicans and family value christians...

do you trust them with the power?

do you trust them with your children.

pedophiles and crooks...

bush loving republican creeps.

that''s the red states for you, folks!