Recent Examples on the WebThose numbers have continued to rise in the first month of 2024 as the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force has seen a 12% increase in bias crimes, according to police department statistics.—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024 Because of the victim’s profile, the police had designated the attack a bias crime.—Longreads, 4 Apr. 2024 Officials at the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, which is investigating the case, said the killing did not appear to be a bias crime or act of domestic terrorism.—Hannan Adely, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024 The total number of bias crimes investigated by the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force increased by 124% (from 45 to 101) in October, led by a 214% spike in anti-Jewish incidents (from 22 to 69), the NYPD said on Nov. 9.—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2023 The total number of bias crimes investigated by the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force increased by 124% (from 45 to 101) in October, led by a 214% spike in anti-Jewish incidents (from 22 to 69), the NYPD said Thursday.—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2023 On an annual basis, more than half of all religious bias crimes target Jews, despite the fact that Jews comprise a mere 2.4% of the total U.S. population.—James Linhardt, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023 Adrian Cummins, 25, was booked into Multnomah County jail on allegations of first-degree and second-degree assault, robbery and bias crimes in connection with the stabbing, police said.—oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023 State bias crime charges were dropped against a 23-year-old now accused in federal court of assaulting a foreign official in the June attack of a top Japanese diplomat in downtown Portland.—oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2023
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