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Hate Crime Numbers Swelling
by Hadiyah In’am Faizah Hajj
It seems that America has a demon living within. It is called hate and it is growing stronger as the years go by. In a country where Freedom and individual expression is lauded it seems odd that people would be suffering from persecution because of their difference but they are. As long ago as February, 2001 the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that 1,317 hate crimes had occurred in 12,122 “law enforcement agencies” in 48 states and Washington, D. C.
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights (CLGR), Philadelphia says that there is bias when reporting crimes that occur to people of their persuasion. They say that in Philadelphia in 1999 the city reported zero crimes to the gay community when the CLCR received 54 calls to their hotline from victims of such crimes. The group was so disturbed by the situation that they met with the then Police Commissioner John Timoney.
Read more at http://www.center4civilrights.org/Ahatecrimenos.htm
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