California hate crime rate drops, but more suspects identified

Tuesday, July 2, 2019
The number of hate crimes and victims in the state of California dropped last year - but the number of suspects is up.

The state attorney general reports hate crimes in 2018 dropped by about two dozen reports, to 1,066.
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And there were 80 more suspects identified than in 2017.

California defines hate crimes as targeting victims for their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender or a disability.
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Across the nation officials estimate more than half of all hate crimes are not reported to police.
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