FBI Hate Crime Statistics Report Finds Higher Percentages Of Anti-Latino Hate Crimes In 2010

The FBI's annual Hate Crime Statistics report released today reported that 66.6% of victims of ethnically motivated hate crimes in 2010 were "targeted because of an anti-Hispanic bias" -- the highest percentage of such victims in at least the past decade. The remaining 33.4% of victims were targeted because of all other ethnic or nationality biases combined.

Although ethnically motivated hate crimes have fallen in general from their peak in 2007, the percentage of such crimes committed against Latinos in 2010 has risen, according to the new report. In total there were 747 victims of "anti-Hispanic" ethnically motivated incidents. In 2003, in contrast, 44.9% of crimes based on ethnic bias or country of origin were committed against Latinos, with 595 victims. Racial groups, including African-Americans, are not included in ethnic/nationality group categorization in the FBI's report.

Overall, the FBI concluded that hate crimes across the country "remain steady" with previous years' findings. Researchers also warn that while interpreting such data, one must take into account population density and crime reporting tendencies.

In the past decade, the Latino population has grown substantially in almost every state in the nation, increasing their numbers in 2,962 of America's 3,142 counties. It should also be noted, that anti-Latino hate crimes are not isolated to those committed by non-Latinos. Crimes between Latino ethnic groups would also be included in FBI findings.

Although preliminary findings of a National Institute of Justice study also suggest that anti-Latino hate crimes rose disproportionally to other hate crimes between 2004 and 2008, some believe that such crimes remain underreported.

Mark Potok, a spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center, said in prior an interview with The Huffington Post that, "one thing to understand is that Latinos, and in particular undocumented immigrants, are among the least likely to report hate crimes because they fear deportation."

WATCH: Ethnically-motivated murder of Juan Varela in Arizona in 2010.

Comments

[Richard Cappetto]

09:22 AM on 03/28/2012

Of the 6,008 known offenders, 58.6 percent were white and 18.4 percent were black. For 12.0 percent, the race was unknown, and the remaining known offenders were of other races. They must divide hispanics onto black and white.

[Richard Cappetto]

09:20 AM on 03/28/2012

I read the FBI stats, I would say to anyone reading this article to go read the stats for yourself and then your know how the press is lying to you.

[dbrett480]

07:11 PM on 11/17/2011

How weird. The Huffington Post has another article that says black are the most targeted with 70%. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/fbi-hate-crimes-target-bl_n_1095465.html

[bloodbath666]

12:21 AM on 11/17/2011

Hispanics should arm themselfs.Please if you believe in God And Country please arm yourselfs with the best weapons that money can buy. And anytime someone threatens you because you are hispanic. Use your God given right to protect yourself. Do it to protect your familes. If you live in America use your Contitutional right to bear arms.

[Michael Kogut]

09:25 PM on 11/16/2011

All the posters on here seem to be trying to turn this article into something it's not. Crimes against ALL Latinos, not just illegals, have risen. You people and your selectiveness.

[Henry Torres]

04:50 PM on 11/16/2011

I am US citizen born and raised from Hispanic decent and some of these comments scare me.

[hrpmap]

12:11 PM on 11/16/2011

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[sonnym941]

04:37 PM on 11/15/2011

If they know that 66.6% of hate crimes were committed against Hispanics and they know how many hate crimes were committed in totality.............surely there must be some data of who were the perpetrators of the hate crimes against hispanics.................but they're not saying. Selective journalism............?

[Jack Freeman 01]

09:45 PM on 11/15/2011

Actually the total number of hate crimes is about 8,000 and this article is only speaking of a sub category of only 1,122 of those crimes.
Overall Hispanic victims make up less than 10% of the total number of victims of hate crimes.
The 66% figure is only for nationality motivated crimes.

This also begs the question why there are no Hispanic categories anywhere else in the Uniform Crime Report.
For example they place Hispanics in the "White" category when reporting offenders. While Spaniards are certainly white most Mexicans are not and are a mixture of white and Amerindian peoples.

So we know now, with certainty, that they have Hispanic specific data, but they're intentionally fudging the numbers.
Why?

[sonnym941]

11:42 AM on 11/16/2011

I believe that there is another category of "victims" that the govt wants to publicize more than the Hispanics..................get the drift. The Obama administration is no friend of the Hispanics...........and that is very clear!

[Jack Freeman 01]

09:48 PM on 11/15/2011

If anyone doubts my statements you can find the Uniform Crime Report here.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2010/tables/table-1-incidents-offenses-victims-and-known-offenders-by-bias-motivation-2010.xls

That's the table that the 66% figure is taken from. The 66% figure is from the subcategory labled ethnicity/nationality.

Here is the known offenders race with no Hispanic categories.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2010/tables/table-3-offenses-known-offenders-race-by-offense-type-2010.xls

[Iplayeasy]

04:27 PM on 11/15/2011

Is it a crime to hate statistics that dont tell the whole story but are designed to be used to support a specific cause? Would that make it a hate crime? Maybe the stat is not so much racially motivated as it is nationality motivated. No one I know is angry at hispanics for being hispanic, but the majority of America is tired of being invaded by people of other nations ignoring U.S. laws and regulations. If someone compiled a statistic showing what percentage of those involved in the statistic were here illegally, Im sure the numbers would be just as high, and much less shocking. Perhaps the motivation for this "hate" is toward law breakers and invaders instead of ethnicity by both hispanics and others in the U.S. If I was hispanic I would be furious that these people made me a target by simply being an hispanic U.S. citizen. Reduce the population of illegal immigrants and this statistic would practically disappear.

[CrestedSparrow]

08:22 PM on 11/17/2011

Unless you are on the receiving end of the fall out from a racially devisive campaign. you do not know if anyone or how many people are angry at Hispanics; you are assuming that their anger is only directed to illegals but that is inaccurate and disingenous. The stigma created affects all Mexicans-citizens and noncitizens alike, and non-Mexicans are all too eager to remind us. I've had to stop their mindless stupidity in its tracks more than once. As an Hispanic, I can tell you that you haven't got a clue how Hispanics have and are being negatively impacted by this ethnic cleansing campaign. From my perspective, it is nothing short of racism in action, and you are grossly out of touch.

[redrage727]

04:12 PM on 11/15/2011

There is ONE very important issue you are all over looking. We are a Country of Laws. Like all other Countries. We HAVE Immigrtaion Laws & Pathways to American Citizenship and always have had. People want to ignore our Laws and actually complain that we HAVE Laws. Look at problems other Countries have with Illegals of ALL kinds. Ig you want a Country with no Laws or where the Laws are disrespected and ignored, welcome to it.
But there is NO defense for flaunting the breaking of all our Laws while bleeding taxpayers & the Gov't agencies dry to the bone. All the while, complaining about every thing you say you came here for.
If you don't like a Country with LAWS, change them or be quiet. You are free to move & go to some other second or third world country who have NO laws that they abide by. See what thay got them don't you? Why do you think they all flee to America? Look at what they left behind.
I am all for legal immigration. Enforce it or CHANGE the Law. It send the wrong message when you allow millions of people to ignore our laws & use our system of gov't ILLEGALLY, I don't care who they are. Make an effort to be law abiding. Change the LAW but do something for heavens sakes. Willful ignorance is not the answer.

[carolineeaton]

04:26 PM on 11/15/2011

Are you talking about the laws that allow policemen to beat up council members and journalists and peaceful vets?

[redrage727]

04:54 PM on 11/15/2011

The exact same. YES. Show all of us. Where and when and what action was taken? How many prosecuted, suspended or fired? The names? Circumstances? City? Give us the facts. If they did, they should be held accountable like everyone else who breaks a law that is intended to preserve and protect all of us and this country.
How many calls did you make if this happened? How many letters did you write? What did YOU do to change this or bring it to attention?
Do you think (IF this happened) that makes it OK to ignore the laws of this country? Is that it? They did this so we'll do that and it'll all be Ok?
If this occurred, we would never have heard the end of it. Was it self defense? Tell us more......A link, the media channel, newspaper article? What did you do today to help change any injustices other than talking about it?

[Sawyer50]

04:08 PM on 11/15/2011

How easy would it be for the government to make things safe and fare, so people's anger don't grow?
Do you think there's a reason that they don't? "Could it be political?" So as we've seen in the past, this article will just be ignored, and things will just get worst. So what's the answer?

[sonnym941]

04:41 PM on 11/15/2011

The reason is no money......they have spent it all.........no more to keep the sheeple in their homes and off the streets. Things will definitely get much worse.........when the money runs all the way out or becomes worthless from over-printing. So now, even though you may not like it, you know the answer

[weldnit]

09:59 PM on 11/15/2011

I love it when other people take the words right out of my mouth.

[Sawyer50]

10:10 PM on 11/16/2011

If you both believe what your saying then you better look up the word prepper.
It will do wonders for the mind.

[redrage727]

03:58 PM on 11/15/2011

Now they are in the process of allowing many of these illegals criminals OUT of jails & prisons so they can work and be issued U.S. Work Permits. Given a "second chance" at taxpayer expense and risk.
Study the issue and do some research. It is alarming what is occurring.
I would also like to point out that our gov't agencies state that these figures are very conservative.
The truth is, we HAVE Immigration Laws AND Pathways to Citizenship and NO one, no illegals, will follow these Laws and our government fails to enforce any of our Laws currently on the books.
Illegals don't like us, don't like this country and have no vested interest here and show no inclination towards any interest. They are here to take what they can get, what they feel they are "owed" and make no effort to assimilate into any other socity but their own close knit familes & friends.
So, politically correct or not, it is what it is. These facts are posted by the FBI and many, many other gov't agencies who track this data.

[jeloz1]

04:55 PM on 11/15/2011

Please remember that these are people....like me and you. They are not aliens from different planets. They want to do things legally, but the system does not permit it. It is only human to try to seek a place where one can work and obtain money to feed our family. The work is here, the laborers will take it when possible, but the laws are not conducive to be obeyed. The average wait for a person from Latin America seeking legal status in the US is 12-15 years....now you tell me, is that right? Would you take a test, pay the fees, and wait 15 years for your driver's license...hell no, you'd be driving around without it....similar idea, but instead these people are not looking for hand-me-downs, the majority are here to work their butts off to make a buck to FEED their family.

[redrage727]

06:19 PM on 11/15/2011

I can't disagree with what you said. BUT..the Law is the Law and until then, we must all obey it or become a lawless nation and what would that serve? We would be like the Countries they flee from. We need to change the Laws we have or make them effective and efficient. I am supportive of that.
Our Laws and the way they are constructed are indeed horrible. We have a choice though. Change or improve them.
I do hope though that you know we are a kind and decent Nation and take in more immigrants than all other Countries COMBINED. And we do this every year. Like all government agencies, our immigration department is awash with too many problems and people who do not do their jobs. I hope things improve for everyone. I didn't make the 12-15 year Law though. Congress did. Until that changes, we must all do our part to abide by the Laws we do have so we do not become over-run with people who we cannot care for nor provide for. All Countries have those Laws & we still do better than all of them even with the flaws we have. We are broke though & I don't know how we can take care of so many people immigrating in such massive numbers without some restraint. It has been done and tried, and failed in many countries. Greece, Germany especially come to mind because they lost all control over their immigration policies.

[friskymojito]

06:48 PM on 11/15/2011

youre a good person jeloz but arguing about this isnt going to take you anywhere.

[redrage727]

03:52 PM on 11/15/2011

This article does not break down the crimes by Latinos against Lationos. Gang Member activity of which there are over 20,000 of the 18th. Street Gang, alone, in L.A. Thousand of crimes committed every single day by Latinos.
Rarely do you see hate crimes being perpetuated by whites against Latinos or others. Usually it is their own committing these crimes in their own communties & against each other. Many are crimes perpetuated against non illegal white citizens as well. In LA, they shot, in broad daylight, a man and his two sons, right in the crosswalk. Gang Member Illegals.
Illegals have a crime rate that is two and one half times HIGHER than that of white non illegals & steadily growing as their anger rises against American citizens.
It may not be Politically correct to say this but these facts are from our own Government. They are correct as of 2007. Over 3.5 million a DAY taxpayer money is spent to incarcerate illegals and that figure has climbed exponentially since 2007. The FBI and others have also published reports.
We DO have a massive problem and getting larger by the day. Is it now too big to handle? The answer by our government is yes. They also state that over 30% of prisoners currently jailed are illegals in the federal prison system.
The figures speak for themselves. If you don't like them, write to your government & politicans, not to me, I didn't fail to enforce the Laws.

[carolineeaton]

03:37 PM on 11/15/2011

What does it matter if they are legal or illegal. Most of these people are hard working and good people. Yes there are a few bad guys. What do people think the people are that commit hate crimes? Now those are some really scary people, and they aren't Hispanic. When did we invent borders? Do we own the moon and sun, too. Have we got those all divvied up too? This is mine and you can't have any?

[Ronald B. Robinson]

03:50 PM on 11/15/2011

F&F

[carolineeaton]

03:57 PM on 11/15/2011

Thanks.

[Sawyer50]

04:13 PM on 11/15/2011

What does F&F mean?

[honeyspcg]

03:05 PM on 11/15/2011

Hate crimes have climbed since obama became president. Blacks have become hateful to anyone who doesn't agree with their president. I have nothing against blacks, and I certainly do not have any ill feelings for obama that he is black, I just abhor his policies and think that he was unqualified for the job.

[Nicholas Freeman]

04:04 PM on 11/15/2011

I wouldn't just accuse one race of being hateful due to who agrees and disagrees with who is in office. Hate in my opinion doesn't have a race or gender it's almost like a cold anyone is capable of having it.

[Whatdoyou thinkof this]

07:22 PM on 11/15/2011

Not only is everyone capable of having it... it's part of being human. The problem is that we try and make it bad.. like something that shouldn't be. Ever try to not be tall, or not be short... or not have an opinion about someone that you think should be behaving differently than they are. So what... if someone hates me. I don't really care.. unless they try to harm me. I give them the same right to have an opinion about me, as I would like to have an opinion about them.

Perhaps we wouldn't get to "hate" if we all had a dialogue about being uncomfortable with what someone else is doing.. or saying to another.. I really don't like that your gang is taking over my neighborhood. Or...I really don't like vegetarians when they complain about pepperoni pizza. etc etc. we all have differences of opinions. Lets embrace those differences of opinion and give EVERYONE the freedom to express those opinions... even if those opinions are about a "protected" class of people

[Henry Torres]

04:24 PM on 11/16/2011

Most of his policies barely pass because of congress. Also who is a better option? Romney, Cain, Bachmann or Perry? Please what is the better option?