Ben GreenbergJan 24, 2023

> #Police departments in #NewYork and #LosAngeles – the nation's two largest agencies – top the list of the approximately 7,000 police forces that don't report #HateCrimes to the federal government, according to a #DepartmentOfJustice report released Wednesday.

> The lack of reporting has given an "incomplete picture" of hate crimes in the country, the U.S. associate attorney general said this week. 🧵(1/3)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-reporting-hate-crimes-says-justice-department-report/

Justice Department report says police aren't fully reporting hate crimes to the federal government: "An incomplete picture"

About 7,000 police agencies aren't sending hate crime data to the federal government.

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> In Dec. 2022, the #FBI released a report showing there were 7,262 #HateCrime incidents and 9,024 victims in 2021. Much of the violence has targeted the #BlackCommunity – almost 60% of the reported bias crimes – while other reports include crimes against people based on their #SexualOrientation, #gender and #religion. But many police forces are not reporting hate crimes to the #NationalIncidentBasedReportingSystem ( #NIBRS). (2/3)
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Show threadBen GreenbergJan 24, 2023
> "The problem is especially acute for #HateCrimes because many agencies that are #NIBRS-compliant are not submitting hate crime data. As a result, the 2021 #HateCrimeStatistics released late last year provided an incomplete picture of hate crime trends in this country," said Associate Attorney General #VanitaGupta in remarks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Wednesday. (3/3)