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ADL Statement on LAPD Hate Crimes Report

  • January 24, 2020

ADL applauds LAPD for getting statistics about hate crimes in the City of LA for 2019 out so quickly. We are saddened but not shocked by the 60% rise in anti-Jewish crimes. This reflects the uptick in anti-Semitic incidents ADL is tracking across the country. ADL education programs are part of the solution. LAPD statistics also reflect a rise in hate crimes targeting the African American community, transgender people and the Muslim community. Hateful rhetoric has become a cultural norm and it has real-time consequences. We can only fight this by standing together.