Preventing hate: What needs to be done to reduce hate crimes in Maine Share Updated: 6:40 PM EDT May 13, 2021 Share Updated: 6:40 PM EDT May 13, 2021
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Show Transcript HIRSCHKORN LOOKS AT HOW EXPERTS THINK HATE CRIMES MIGHT BE CURTAILED. ((ááFINAL AS EDITD FOR TVáá)) (SOT GEORGE SHALER, SR. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, U-S-M S CUTLER INST., 19:58:31) YOU LOOK AT RACE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND RELIGION. (VO 1: TWO SHOT) U-S-M RESEARCHER GEORGE SHALER STUDIES MAINE HATE CRIMES. (SOT GEORGE SHALER, 20:08:16) THEY RE MEANT TO INTIMIDATE AND THREATEN PEOPLE. (VO 2: LEWISTON MOSQUE, HEADLINES) A NOTORIOUS INCIDENT, IN 2006- WHEN A WHITE MAN ROLLED A PIG S HEAD INTO A LEWISTON MOSQUE TO INTIMIDATE IMMIGRANTS FROM SOMALIA MUSLIMS, WHO DON T EAT PORK. (SOMALI IMMIGRANT FILE) THREE-QUARTERS OF MAINE S RACE- BIAS INCIDENTS AFFECT AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND SHALER BELIEVES BETTER REPORTING OF INCIDENTS COULD HELP PREVENT THEM. (SOT GEORGE SHALER, 1
California AG Rob Bonta says new Racial Justice Bureau will confront white supremacy
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State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the creation of a Racial Justice Bureau to combat hate crimes and investigate hate groups when appropriate.Paul Kitagaki Jr./Associated Press
In his first news conference since he took office last month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the creation of a Racial Justice Bureau to help combat hate crimes in the state.
A pandemic-timed rise in crimes and racist incidents against members of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities partially fueled the creation of the bureau, Bonta said over Zoom on Tuesday, but he added that the new unit would do “everything . to better serve the needs of all Californians.”
GRAPHIC: Study says hate crimes against Asian Americans up 164% from last year
GRAPHIC: Study says hate crimes against Asian Americans up 164% from last year By CNN Staff | May 7, 2021 at 10:51 AM CDT - Updated May 7 at 10:51 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) - Hate crimes against Asian Americans have been spiking since the beginning of this year, new research shows.
They’re up 164% over the same period last year, according to the study from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University San Bernardino.
Reports of attacks on Asian Americans have occurred across the country.
An Asian American father was beaten by a stranger last Friday as he was standing near an intersection in San Francisco, according to police, with his one-year-old baby in a stroller.