Hate crimes in the US rise to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also record the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in the early 1990s, according to an FBI report.
There were 51 hate crime murders in 2019, which includes 22 people who were killed in a shooting that targeted Mexicans at a Walmart in the border city of El Paso, Texas.
There were 7,314 hate crimes last year, up from 7,120 the year before — and approaching the 7,783 of 2008. The FBI’s annual report defines hate crimes as those motivated by bias based on a person’s race, religion, or sexual orientation, among other categories.
El Paso Walmart shooting suspect Patrick Crusius pleads not guilty during his arraignment in El Paso, Texas, October 10, 2019. (Briana Sanchez / El Paso Times via AP, Pool, File)
The data also shows there was a nearly seven percent increase in religion-based hate crimes, with 953 reports of crimes targeting Jews and Jewish institutions last year, up from 835 the year before.
— AP
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