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CSUSB professor comments on latest hate crime report for LA CountyKPCCNov. 16, 2017
Hate crimes in Los Angeles County tied to white nationalist ideology spiked 67 percent last year, rising from 63 to 105 incidents, according to a new report released Nov. 16 by the county Commission on Human Relations. Most of the crimes involved vandalism, including swastikas and hate symbols in graffiti but other incidents involved acts of intimidation and violence.
Criminologist Brian Levin, director of Cal State San Bernardino's Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, said the current political climate has played a role.
“There has been a growth in white nationalism and public displays of white nationalism,' Levin said. 'We have had more mega-rallies in the United States of 100 or more white nationalists in the last two years than we have seen in the previous 10 or 20. So white nationalists are more emboldened.”
Read the complete article at “Reports of white supremacist hate crimes on rise in LA County.”
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