Been seeing a LOT of data from TPS on the rise of hate crimes and who is experiencing them.

One of the factors that is continually overlooked is: WHO is more likely to report them.

I reported one in 2016, and only because it reached the level that several people insisted that it needed to be reported. Mostly, I chalk shit up to Just Another Asshole and move on.

Even this past summer when I had white paint thrown at me, I wasn't going to bother, and frankly, the cops I was surrounded by weren't going to ask — or even make eye contact lest report-writing ensue — so... until they arrested the wrong people, this was absolutely not going on the books.

As it stands, "hate" is not among the charges.

Do you know who DOES have hate charges pending? NINE of the eleven people arrested for postering and painting an inanimate object.

Because rich PALE people are extraordinarily comfortable having long chats with cops and insisting that they feel personally threatened and that maybe some doors need to be kicked in at 5am to appease that fear.

Darker people just fear or loathe the cops.

#Indigo11 #FuckThePolice #FuckRacism #LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics #FreePalestine

Edit: adding #PaintGate for aggregation purposes.