The number of hate crimes in the U.S. jumped again in 2021, continuing an alarming rise, according to FBI data.
The hate crime numbers now include those and other large departments, and the total is the highest level in decades, said Brian Levin, the director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University-San Bernardino.
“We are in a unique and disturbing era where hate crimes overall stay elevated for longer punctuated by broken records,” he said.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter. Most of the victims, 64.5% were targeted due to their race, ethnicity or ancestry. Another 16% were targeted over their sexual orientation, and 14% of cases involved religious bias, according to the FBI report.
The suspect accused of killing five people at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was charged Tuesday with 305 criminal counts, including hate crimes and murder. Intimidation and assault made up the largest portion of cases and 18 murders were also reported to be hate crimes.
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