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Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Berkeley hate crimes more then doubled from 2001 to 2002. A Police Spokeswoman gives the completely unconvincing explanation of 'We're just more attuned to them now.'
Although Alameda County's total number of hate crime incidents dropped from 63 in 2001 to 56 in 2002, Berkeley reported an increase from 11 to 29. And San Francisco saw its number of hate crime events rise from 168 to 184.This is more plausible if Berkeley was seeing a small increase as opposed to a small decrease statewide. It'd also be more plausible if general crime in Berkeley hadn't also risen much more then the state average, making it more likely this is part of a general increase in crimes. It'd certainly be more plausible if hate crime awareness hadn't also risen statewide. We all became more aware of hate crimes in the post September 11th period, and Berkeley had already been more aware then most. And yet Hate Crimes still dropped in Alameda-- heck, they dropped more then average in Alameda County, to make up for the big increase in Berkeley. It includes all of Oakland, San Leandro, and parts south, and yet this one town accounted for about half of total Hate Crime reports. Minimizing the importance of Hate Crimes minimizes the importance of a potential flash point for public anger over a rising crime rate. It's normal, after all, to expect more hate crimes when Berkeley is innundated with racist trash who also mug and vandalize. Tell me straightfaced that whoever spraypainted that swastika on the Afro-House left town without doing anything else illegal. Email This Post! |
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