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THE UNLIKELIHOOD OF RACE CRIME SEEN IN FBI STATISTICS
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The number of hate crimes per capita in the USA is so low that itbegs the question, "Why is there the belief that hate crimes are frequentwhen actually they are very rare?" The Associate Press ran an articletoday on FBI statistics for hate crimes, demonstrating that only 4,831 hatecrimes were reported having allegedly occured by whites against blacks inthe entire nation. Some of these complaints may have been frivolous. Thearticle does not examine the status of the complain nor its outcome.
If we take the entire number of 4,831 hate crimes as the "real"number, we can see that out of 180 million white Americans coming up toa black person on the street, only 1 out of 37,250 persons would be guiltyof attempting a hate crime. Of course, the hate crime may have occured onlyonce in the 365 day year or 37,250*365=13,596,000 persons. In other words,a black person would have to pass 13,596,000 white persons before beingthe victim of a hate crime on any given day.
The blacks are guilty of committing 1,226 hate crimes against whites. Ofthe 30,000,000 blacks in America, this is about one hate crime committedper 24,469 persons or per year one could pass 8,931,000 blacks before becomingthe victim of a hate crime. This is slightly fewer persons than for whites,but nonetheless it is still a very minute hazard.
The question then, is why do we find so many NEWS stories about hate crimes?Perhaps the answer is found in politics and propaganda. There must be personsin the United States, such as groups who receive money for civil rights,human rights, and crime watches who can fund-raise better when people believethat prejudice and hate crimes are predominate.
When we remember the church burning fiasco in which it took six months forthe FBI to find a single KKK associate to pin a fire upon and hundreds ofblack teenagers and ministers setting fires to their churches, we beginto see the desperation in this type of anti-white hatred and viciousness,because that is what white-baiting-hatred-stories like these are all about.Never forget also that President Clinton's 1996 DNC Acceptance Speech containeda lie about whites having placed swastikas on the doors of black soldiersat Fort Bragg's 82nd Airbourne facilities. Mr. Clinton knew full well thata black man had painted those swastikas on those doors in order to implicatewhite men unfairly, yet the NEWS media nationwide failed to mention thismistake. Had this mistake been made by a Republican, it would have beenon page one.
The press wants the public to believe in the fiction of white racial violence,when, as a matter of fact, there is slightly more likelihood that a blackhate crime against whites is performed per capita than vice versa. In addition,the number of hate crimes is miniscule. The likelihood of one happeningto anyone is less than the likelihood of winning the lottery.
So, where's the hate? What's the fuss?
WASHINGTON - More than three out of every five hate crimes in 1995were motivated by race, and blacks were the targets in three out of fiveof the racial attacks, the FBI reported Monday.
There were 20 hate crime murders during the year. The FBI did not categorizethe murders by motive.
Citing preliminary data, the FBI said 7,947 hate crimes were reported during1995, but emphasized that its figures were incomplete. The bureau said the1995 data could not be compared with previous year's totals because thenumber of police agencies reporting had grown substantially.
Reporting is voluntary, and 9,500 police agencies in 45 states and the Districtof Columbia supplied data for 1995. Those agencies serve 75% of the U.S.population.
Race was the motivation in 4,831 of the crimes, or 60.8%. Of the raciallymotivated crimes, 2,988 incidents were directed at blacks, or 61.9%. Whiteswere targets of 1,226 of the racially motivated hate crimes, 25.4%.
Religious bias was the second most frequent motivation, with Jews the mostfrequent target. Religious bias was behind 1,277 incidents, or 16.1% ofthe hate crime totals. Of the religion-motivated attacks, Jews were targetsin 1,058 instances, or 82.9%.
Sexual orientation motivated 1,019 crimes, or 12.8% of the total. Attackson male homosexuals accounted for 735, or 72.1%, of these crimes.
Ethnicity and national origin were behind 814 crimes, 10.2% of the total.Hispanics were targets of 516, or 63.4%, of these crimes.
As in the past, hate crimes against people far outnumbered crimes againstproperty, accounting for 72% of the total hate crimes.
Intimidation was the most frequently reported hate crime, accounting for41% of the total. Destruction and vandalism of property accounted for 23%of the offenses; assault, for 18%; aggravated assault, 13%.
In 1994, with reports from 7,200 police agencies that covered 58% of theU.S. population, the FBI reported a total of 5,852 hate crimes, including13 murders.