Massachusetts receives top honor from FBI with highest hate crime rate

[edjr 5,564]

 

Welcome to "Title Town"! The list of championships and top honors this state holds is unparalleled, and today we add yet another.

The FBI has a report detailing hate crime statistics for all of 2016, breaking it all down by state, population, and reported incidents. Massachusetts tops the list with 5.9 hate crimes per 100,000 people. Washington state came in a close second with 5.3 per 100k and Kentucky rounds out the top 3 with 4.7. An honorable mention has been delivered to the "Green Mountain State" (Vermont) with a seventh place finish as well.

It's glaringly obvious that this has long been a problem here in the Commonwealth, but it should also be made clear that hate crimes have risen nationally, so this is not just an "us" problem. Also states like Alabama and Mississippi didn't have as much information contributed to the FBI for the report, so these results don't seem extremely concrete. With that said, this should be a reminder to all citizens around this great state that we have some work to do. This report has proved the stereotype correct, and change indeed should start at the top. Governor Charlie Baker restored a task force to combat hate crimes.

Baker hopes curb the 129 incidents reported by local agencies. Out of the total number reported, 23 percent of the crimes included a religious bias, and 18 percent were related to sexual orientation. NPR also reported the specifics regarding the national rise of hate crimes.

"The number of hate crimes reported last year rose by 4.6 percent compared to the previous year, according to data released Monday by the FBI. The total tally of hate crimes in 2016 was 6,121, compared to 5,850 in 2015. More than half of those incidents were motivated by the victim's race."

 

 

 

 

http://www.wrko.com/blogs/howie-carr-show/massachusetts-receives-top-honor-fbi-highest-hate-crime-rate

 

 

 

Howie

[Hardcore troubadour 12,649]

Unparalleled?

[jerryskids 5,206]

Did edjr re-open his bar?

[NorthernVike 2,080]

Way to do your part ed.

[Mungwater 588]

Yeah, I'd be willing to bet that Alabama and Mississippi don't have much information to add to the report is because it found the backend of dumpster

[BunnysBastatrds 1,916]

Yeah, I'd be willing to bet that Alabama and Mississippi don't have much information to add to the report is because it found the backend of dumpster

Or both Alabama and Mississippi are predomimatly black.. And black on white hate crimes go unnoticed or ignored here.

 

Haven't been down here in a while have you? You're stereotyping is old and antiquated. Your ignorance is laughable but predictable. You're just as clueless as most.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Or both Alabama and Mississippi are predomimatly black.. And black on white hate crimes go unnoticed or ignored here.

 

Haven't been down here in a while have you? You're stereotyping is old and antiquated. Your ignorance is laughable but predictable. You're just as clueless as most.

Yeah, in Memphis, there aint too many white folk cruising down to the hood to do hate crimes. Tends to roll the other way.

[dain11279 928]

Did edjr re-open his bar?

 

 

Wasn't aware slap fights counted as "crime"