Mapping Abhor Crimes

The FBI has released its Hate Crime Statistics for 2016. The information shows that the number of loathe crimes has risen for the instant twelvemonth running. As inwards previous years the highest number of loathe crimes are race based crimes, amongst to a greater extent than than one-half of those crimes aimed at African-Americans. Alarmingly the number of religious based crimes against Muslims increased yesteryear xix per centum inwards simply 1 year.

The Anti-Defamation League has updated its Hate Crime Map amongst the FBI's 2016 data. If y'all guide the 'Hate Crime Data' tab on the map y'all tin sentiment which cities (with a population over 100,000) convey reported loathe crimes for whatever twelvemonth since 2004. The blueish dots request those cities which convey reported loathe crimes for the selected year.


Earlier this twelvemonth the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) likewise reported a huge increment inwards loathe crimes against Muslims inwards the United States. They reported that the number of anti-Muslim loathe groups inwards America grew from 34 to 101.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center the overall rising of loathe groups is a straight number of the 'incendiary rhetoric' used yesteryear Donald Trump. In its annual census of extremist groups the SPLC claims that "Trump’s run for component electrified the radical right, which saw inwards him a champion of the thought that America is fundamentally a white man’s country".

The SPLC's interactive Hate Map tracks the growing number of loathe groups operating inwards the United States. The map uses colored markers to request the category of each loathe grouping shown on the map. If y'all guide a marking on the map y'all tin click-through to larn to a greater extent than most what this type of loathe grouping believes as well as how they operate.