San Francisco sheriff deputies monitor a rally in solidarity with Asian hate crime victims outside of the San Francisco Hall of Justice in San Francisco, California, the US, on March 22, 2021. Photo: VCG
Owing to deep-rooted racism and growing violence, hate crimes in the US have spiked in recent years. While giving federal and central governments endless headaches, this issue will continue corrupting the development and stability of the US society and bring pain to the country’s minorities due to the US’ inability to govern.
According to an unpublished report obtained by the Voice of America on Saturday, preliminary police data shows that hate crime incidences rose in at least six metropolitan areas in the US in 2022, recording “levels not seen since the 1990s.” This comes months before the FBI is set to release its annual hate crime report for 2022.
In New York City, for instance, police recorded 619 hate crime incidences in 2022, up 18 percent compared to 2021 and the highest number since 1992. Meanwhile, 643 hate crime victims were recorded in Los Angeles, up 13 percent from 2021 and the highest number since 2001.
People take part in a rally against racism and violence on Asian Americans at the Union Square in San Francisco, the United States, March 27, 2021. Photo:Xinhua
In recent years, hate crimes have intensified significantly in the US. In 2020, more than 7,700 criminal hate crime incidents were reported to the FBI, the highest number in 12 years. Under the country’s current deteriorating social and political condition, it would be no surprise if the number in 2022 exceeded that of two years ago.
Many domestic issues that the US has been facing can easily be magnified in metropolises, as there is a greater diversity – be it racial or ethnic – as well as disparities in these areas. Therefore, one can easily see how divided the US has become with an increasingly dysfunctional system more clearly through the surge of hate crimes in big cities.
On the one hand,…
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