Race-based hate crimes spike in D.C.

The Washington Times ^ | August 18, 2014 | Andrea Noble

[right-wing agnostic]

Race-based hate crimes jumped in the District last year even as most other types of bias crimes decreased, with analysts saying such incidents could be vastly underreported among minority groups uncomfortable coming forward to authorities.

D.C. police say that of the 18 race-based hate crimes in 2013, the majority of victims were white and the majority of suspects black. The number of incidents was up from the 13 race-based bias crimes reported in 2012.

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The disclosure comes as a wave of protests and unrest after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, has highlighted racial tension in the St. Louis suburb and prompted widespread calls for an evaluation of race relations between communities and their police departments.

The number of hate crimes reported in the District fell overall from 81 in 2012 to 70 in 2013.

Hate crimes decrease in nation's capitol, but racial... Hate crimes declined by more than ten percent in Washington, D.C. this year, but hate crimes based on race increased when compared to 2012.

The low level of reported race-based hate crimes, including the small number in which minorities were victims, could be a sign that minority victims are reluctant to report crimes, said David C. Friedman, director of the D.C. regional office of the Anti-Defamation League.

[Kickass Conservative]

Race Based = Black Based = No Flat Screen, no Peace.

[Mark17]

D.C. police say that of the 18 race-based hate crimes in 2013, the majority of victims were white and the majority of suspects black. The number of incidents was up from the 13 race-based bias crimes reported in 2012.

There must be some mistake. We have all been told repeatedly that blacks can't be racist, because they don't have the power, so this can't be right. /s

[Amagi]

I think we have our "post-racial" POTUS to thank for much of this.
Being a commie Obama was always going to be about divisiveness and, of course, lying.
"Post-racial" and "post-partisan" my ass.

[tanknetter]

The dirty little secret in this is that while the crimes are black on white, they’re (probably) black on gay.

There was a particularly viscious black on gay assault in Adams Morgan a while back. The incredibly powerful DC gay community was starting to mobilize, Mayor Gray quickly diffused the situation by holding a press conference announcing his support for gay marriage ...

[Mark17]

There was a particularly viscious black on gay assault in Adams Morgan a while back. The incredibly powerful DC gay community was starting to mobilize

Do you mean they were mobilizing with weapons or what? That would have been interesting to see.

[tanknetter]

Protest marches, etc. Basically create visuals that Dem leaders, who know they have a real powderhouse with all the competing interests in their coalition, want to avoid at all costs.

[Mark17]

Protest marches, etc. Basically create visuals that Dem leaders, who know they have a real powderhouse with all the competing interests in their coalition, want to avoid at all costs.

Even if it was a black on gay attack, the race hustlers, charlatans and other assorted scum bags, along with a compliant media, will blame Bush, or the tea party, or conservatives in general. F them.