Of course the FBI itself has warned against using its statistics as an indication of an "increase" in hate crime, because they have been expanding the number of participating agencies:Montegriffo wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 4:21 amWell, the House Judiciary Committee is concerned enough to look into the rising rates of reported hate crimes and investigate the possible link between the rise and divisive political rhetoric.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/ ... ism-in-u-s
"In 2015, 14,997 law enforcement agencies participated in the Hate Crime Statistics Program. Of these agencies, 1,742 reported 5,850 hate crime incidents involving 6,885 offenses."
"In 2016, 15,254 law enforcement agencies participated in the Hate Crime Statistics Program. Of these agencies, 1,776 reported 6,121 hate crime incidents involving 7,321 offenses."
"In 2017, 16,149 law enforcement agencies participated in the Hate Crime Statistics Program. Of these agencies, 2,040 reported 7,175 hate crime incidents involving 8,437 offenses."
One might easily conclude that more incidents are being reported because more agencies are now reporting the data - and that there is no proof that hate crime is "increasing" at all.
In fact, in 2015-2016 Trump was not even president (until Nov), so we could easily say that hate crime was increasing under Obama's "divisive political rhetoric" then?