Show-Me EPIC Hate Crime Spike

Sorry for being META . . .

But it's always kind of entertaining that talk about hate crimes often seems to get people really mad. It's just one of those things that helps TKC keep cool whilst discussing high pressure topics.

Meanwhile . . . Check the data and evidence which reveals that we are NOT, in fact, living in a post-racial society . . .

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program released its 2021 hate crime statistics this week. Nationwide, police reported that bias against ancestry, ethnicity, race, gender, gender identity, religion, and sexual orientation led to 7,762 criminal incidents and 8,673 offenses.

In Missouri, 194 hate crime incidents were reported in 2021, compared to 115 incidents the year prior, a nearly 69% jump.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

FBI: 2021 data shows hate crimes up 69% in Missouri

MISSOURI - FBI analysis shows that the number of hate crimes reported to police in Missouri skyrocketed from 2020 to 2021. The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program released its 2021 hate crime statistics this week. Nationwide, police reported that bias against ancestry, ethnicity, race, gender, gender identity, religion, and sexual orientation led to 7,762 criminal incidents and 8,673 offenses.

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