NEWS ITEM: Reported hate crimes increased by 7% across the US in 2015, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime report. Incidents targeting Muslims saw a particularly sharp increase, with 257 reported bias crimes last year compared with 154 in 14. The Southern Poverty Law Center reported 701 incidents of harassments since Trump’s win, with most occurring in the first three days after the election. Of those, 206 incidents were anti-immigrant and 51 were anti-Muslim.*
EDITORIAL: Huh! Strange. Wonder what was different about the last year. Weird………….
BILL
*Source: 11/29/16 Los Angeles Times
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