ATLANTA — The number of hate crimes reported to police increased by about 6.7 percent last year, led largely by a 67 percent surge in crimes against Muslims, according to FBI statistics released Monday. Civil rights groups had been raising concerns about an anti-Muslim backlash in the U.S. even before the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, late in the year.
Fbi: Hate Crimes Against Muslims Up By 67 Percent In 2015
CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Associated Press, The Columbian
Mon, 11/14/2016 - 10:47am
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