Report: Hate crime laws lack uniformity across the US (AP News, Aaron Morrison) A new report analyzes biases in hate crime laws and hate crime-related data collection across the US. According to the report, in at least 13 states, law enforcement-recorded hate crimes listed Black offenders at a rate roughly 1.6 to 3.6 times greater …
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