Justice department is stepping up hate crime prosecutions as racially targeted attacks have surged across US
he had driven 200 miles from his home to the city’s east side because of the high concentration of Black residents in the zip code where Tops, the only grocery store in the area, is located.
Hate crimes against Black Americans have surged in recent years. FBI data show that Black Americans accounted for more than half of hate crime victims targeted by their race, ethnicity or ancestry in the United States.
“In the past, generally, if the state was successfully prosecuting a case, the federal government would not,” Levin says. “Both state and federal prosecutions where people are actually charged with hate crimes are relatively low.” Most recently, in late February, a federal grand jurythree white men on hate crimes charges and attempted kidnapping in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, before he was chased and gunned down.
The Buffalo mass shooting reflected the rise of white supremacist activity that coincides with the rise of , antisemitic, anti-Asian and especially anti-Black hate crimes in recent years, Levin says. But now he’s noticing a “more vigorous involvement” from the justice department to prosecute and curtail the rise in hate crimes.
“We will continue to be relentless in our efforts to combat hate crimes, to support the communities terrorized by them, and to hold accountable those who perpetrate them.”
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