Hate crimes rose the day after Trump was elected, FBI data show

[DonViejo]

By Aaron Williams March 23 at 6:00 AM

Reported hate crimes with racial or ethnic bias jumped the day after President Trump won the 2016 election, from 10 to 27, according to an analysis of FBI hate crime statistics by The Washington Post. There were more reported hate crimes on Nov. 9 than any other day in 2016, and the daily number of such incidents exceeded the level on Election Day for the next 10 days.

FBI data collected since the early 1990s show that reports of hate crimes typically spike during election years, according to a study by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University at San Bernardino. There was a 21 percent increase in reported hate crimes the day after Barack Obama won his first election in 2008, though hate crime reports remained relatively flat for the rest of the year.

It’s unclear why election years bring an increase in reported hate crimes, particularly in the days following the election of our last two presidents. It could be that people frustrated or energized by the election results take out those emotions on people who are different than them. Or, given that hate crimes are notoriously underreported, the election could embolden victims to report the crimes against them.



New York City police have one of the largest hate crime units in the country, but incident reports from the department offer few clues about what drives the election-year trend. On Nov. 1, 2016, police filed a report about a 63-year-old African American woman in the Queens borough of New York who found anti-black statements written on her door as she was coming home. And on Nov. 18 of that year, a report was filed alleging two African American men approached a white woman and man in Manhattan and yelled anti-white statements, before striking the 61-year-old man with a skateboard. It’s unclear whether these incidents were influenced by the election.

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[CrispyQ]

1. Emboldened.

I think it started with Palin & election 2008 & her nasty, racist remarks during that campaign. That's when the racists felt it was okay again, to spew their filth. That was the beginning of the tea party. Born in racism. How can they deny it? Then they had eight years of wallowing in the hate & here we are.

[lunasun]

3. These are the congress i have in my cross hairs. Yes she was a big part of devolution USA

Proud in your face threats . Pictures with big bad guns
Normalized
USA has raised a generation on this racism and hate now and people expect it will just die out with some old nazis No
Usually I am optimistic or think too much the glass is half full kinda person but they have rapidly gotten uglier . Don't know who can't see it after 2016, even though some reports in the links were random I agree....
It's not a united front YET

[lunasun]

2. Duh of course they think they got the power now to hurt and kill at will

[Gothmog]

4. Right wingers are far more dangerous than other so-called terrorist threats

[qwlauren35]

5. Two Events, Different Reasons.

I think what spiked the Obama presidency was anger, and what spiked the Trump presidency was jubilee.

It has angered me to no end that the Obama presidency sparked the Tea Party, but the Trump presidency has not sparked an equivalent. But maybe I am not counting the women. We shall see if they are able to make a difference in November, and grab an overwhelming number of seats in the same way that the Tea Party did.

Are the men backing them?