Sikh community leaders say they’ve seen another uptick since the 2016 presidential election and the Trump administration’s proposed immigration and travel bans. Many cities either did not report hate crimes or reported zero hate crimes, according to the FBI report. March 2017: Two Sikh men are attacked in separate shootings, one in Washington and another in South Carolina. When then-President George W. Bush called for tolerance after 9/11, anti-Muslim hate crimes dropped dramatically across the country, he said. The average for anti-Muslim hate crimes at the time was about 13 per month, he said, but there were 15 anti-Muslim crimes within five days after Trump’s speech.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 11, 2017 17:48 UTC