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1934 - Bouquet Canyon Reservoir, replacement for ill-fated St. Francis Dam & reservoir, begins to fill with water [story]
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Hate Crime Report 2015The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations has released its annual account of hate crimes reported throughout Los Angeles County in 2015.

After trending downwards for seven years hate crimes rose 24 percent from 390 to 483, the largest number reported since 2011. By comparison, during this same year the CA Attorney General’s office reported a much smaller state-wide increase in hate crime of 10 percent during the same year.

There were increases across the board in crimes motivated by race, sexual orientation, religion, and gender/gender identity. As in past years, the largest number of hate crimes targeted African Americans who represent only about 8.3 percent of County residents but were 58 percent of victims of racial hate crime. A significant factor driving the over-representation of black hate crime victims are racially-motivated attacks by street gangs, mostly those with ties to the prison-based Mexican Mafia gang.

Hilda Solis, Chair of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, said, “This is troubling news that confirms the need to protect our residents of this County who deserve to live free of prejudice, discrimination, harassment and violence.” She added, “Under my leadership, our Board of Supervisors took action to address Islamophobia earlier this year, and I will continue to make it a priority for the County of Los Angeles.”

Hate crimes targeting many other groups rose in 2015. Anti-Latino crimes jumped 69 percent. There were also increases in bigoted attacks on Jews, gay men, lesbians, Muslims, Asian Americans, Armenians, and transgender women. Anti-Muslim and Middle Eastern crimes spiked in November and December after the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino.

Consistent with previous years, transgender women experienced the highest rate of violence. All 18 of these crimes were of a violent nature. 84 percent of crimes targeting gay men and lesbians were violent, the highest percentage since 2003. By comparison, 68 percent of racial crimes and only 21 percent of religious crimes were of a violent nature. The overall rate of violence rose slightly from 62 percent to 63 percent and there were three attempted murders.

“We are extremely concerned that reported hate crimes increased dramatically in 2015,” said Robin Toma, LACCHR Executive Director. “The disturbing rise in bias-motivated crime indicates that despite the gains made by historically marginalized communities, bigoted attacks are still a daily occurrence and that is unacceptable.”

“The over-representation of African Americans as victims of racial hate crimes, the high rates of violence experienced by LGBT victims and the spike in anti-Muslim and Middle Eastern hate crimes at the end of 2015 are reminders that our work is far from over,” said Commission President Isabelle Gunning.

Hate crimes occurred throughout the variety of regions of Los Angeles County, but the largest number of hate crimes took place in the San Fernando Valley, followed by the Metro region that stretches from West Hollywood to Boyle Heights. The highest rate of hate crimes occurred in the Metro region, followed by the western part of the county that includes a number of affluent cities. The western region was the site of a large number of anti-Jewish vandalisms.

L.A. County Sheriff’s Executive Officer Neal Tyler added, “Since taking office, Sheriff Jim McDonnell has made outreach to all communities a priority, in part to ensure that trust is continuously fortified between Sheriff’s personnel and the people who are targeted victims of hate. Sheriff McDonnell remains passionate about combatting hate and all forms of bigotry. He is well aware that hate crimes victimize each of us in the same way terrorism threatens our peace of mind, even for those not specifically targeted. The LASD will continue our outreach efforts, our trust building, our investigative and enforcement activities, and our hate crime prevention undertakings, such as educating our youth through our ‘SHARE Tolerance’ program.”

To view the complete report including hate crime maps, graphs and tables, visit www.css.lacounty.gov or www.lahumanrelations.org.

 

 

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3 Comments

  1. This is shameful. I’m not surprised considering what’s happening in this election. Expect them to continue rising if Trump gets elected. SMH. :'(

  2. Harvey says:

    Blaming Trump for possible future events?

    That’s true liberal thinking right there.

    Thanks for that display of mental prowess.

  3. Carol says:

    Tracy, you are shameful with your biased rhetoric! Shame on you! I have some advice for you…you have a nasty tongue, keep it in your mouth!

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