The District logged 209 hate crimes in 2018, up from 179 in 2017, 107 in 2016, and 66 in 2015. [‘Savior of the white race’: Perpetrators of hate crimes see themselves as heroes, researchers say]“In the District, we’re somewhat of a national target, right? The police lieutenant said he believes the higher number of hate crimes overall is attributable, in part, to residents’ increased awareness, as hate crimes have been reported in the national news, that they can report such incidents to police. But both Palacio and the police lieutenant, as well as outside experts who study hate crimes, said they believe it is not just an increase in reporting — a larger volume of hate crimes simply seem to be occurring. James Nolan, a West Virginia University sociologist who studies hate crimes following a career in the police and the FBI, said he found this study’s results convincing, although hate crimes are difficult to track and often inconsistently categorized.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2019 00:16 UTC