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In 2006, 2,105 law enforcement

agencies reported 7,722 hate crime

incidents involving 9,080 offenses.

There were 7,720 single-bias

incidents that involved 9,076

offenses, 9,642 victims and

7,324 offenders

•52.2 percent were motivated by racial bias. •66.2 percent were motivated by anti-black bias•21.3 percent were motivated by anti-white bias.•6.1 percent were driven by bias against groups of individuals consisting of more than one race (anti-multiple races, group).•4.9 percent resulted from anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias•1.5 percent were motivated by anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native bias

•15.6 percent were motivated by sexual-orientation bias. •62.3 percent were classified as anti-male homosexual biased.•20.7 percent were classified as anti-homosexual biased•13.6 percent were classified as anti-female homosexual biased.•2.0 percent were classified as anti-heterosexual biased. •1.5 percent were classified as anti-bisexual biased.

•13.6 percent were motivated by ethnicity or national origin bias.•62.4 percent were anti-Hispanic biased.•37.6 percent were anti-other ethnicity/national origin biased

•17.6 percent resulted from religious bias. •64.3 percent were anti-Jewish•12.0 percent were anti-Islamic•5.1 percent were anti-Catholic.•3.9 percent were anti-Protestant

Of the 9,080 reported hate crime offenses in 2006:

•32.1 percent were destruction/damage/vandalism.

•27.6 percent were intimidation.

•19.1 percent were simple assault.

•13.0 percent were aggravated assault.

•The remaining 8.2 percent of hate crimes were comprised of additional crimes against persons, property, and society

•60.0 percent were crimes against persons. •39.6 percent were crimes against property.

An analysis of available race data for the

7,330 known hate crime offenders revealed that:

•58.6 percent were white.

•20.6 percent were black.

•5.7 percent were groups made up of individuals of various races (multiple races, group).

•1.1 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander.

•1.0 percent of known offenders were American Indian/Alaskan Native.

•12.9 percent were unknown.

Crimes against persons Of the 5,770 known hate crime offenders who committed crimes against persons in 2006:

•36.7 percent committed simple assault.

•35.0 percent intimidated their victims

•27.8 percent committed aggravated assault.

•0.2 percent murdered or raped their victims.

•0.3 percent committed other types of offenses, which are collected only in the National Incident-Based Reporting System.

Crimes against property

A total of 1,912 known hate crime offenders committed crimes against property in 2006. Of these offenders:

•63.4 percent committed destruction/damage/vandalism.

•16.3 percent committed robbery.

•9.5 percent committed larceny-theft.

•5.9 percent committed burglary.

•1.6 percent committed arson.

•0.9 percent committed motor vehicle theft.

•2.5 percent committed other types of bias-motivated offenses.

Our history is tainted with violence and hatred, which we cannot change. We must however learn and grow from the atrocities of the past as to not repeat them nor tolerate them reoccurring.