2019 Hate Crime Report: Worst of Both Worlds
(Washington, D.C.) – Newly released FBI hate crime statistics for 2019 paint a distressing picture of a crisis in growing bias-motivated crime paired with declining transparency from police, the co-founder of the Matthew Shepard Foundation said Monday. “In many ways it’s the worst of both worlds,” said Judy Shepard. “Hate crimes continued their five-year rise…