Hate crimes are very different from other types of criminal activity: crimes based on one’s identity (both real and perceived) are intentionally very personal. By design, they are committed to send messages to entire communities, making them reverberate beyond the individual victim, and they can (and often do) erupt if t not addressed properly. There is now a nationwide push for comprehensive hate crimes statutes in every state. Come learn about the state-to-state differences in hate crimes and what more we can all do moving forward.
