Police received a call about 12:50 p.m. Tuesday about the images in the 23400 block of Park Sorrento, said Maria Lucero, a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Weintraub said the city was cooperating with authorities. AdvertisementAccording to an annual report by the Los Angeles County Commission of Human Relations, the number of hate crimes targeted in L.A. County increased in 2018 despite a slight dip in the overall number of hate crimes reported statewide. “In the past decade, in hate crimes overall, the two worst months nationally were November 2016 and October 2018,” said Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino. Last year was the worst for hate crimes overall in the three largest U.S> cities — New York, L.A. and Chicago — since 2001, he added.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2020 21:33 UTC