'Is it a hate crime or not?' Investigating hate is complicat

'Is it a hate crime or not?' Investigating hate is complicated. In Wisconsin policing, it's at times misunderstood. | 97 Seven Country WGLR - The Tri-States Best Variety of Country


By Naomi Kowles
May 20, 2021 | 9:17 AM
“When people think of hate crimes, it’s probably different than simple graffiti,” Janesville police chief David Moore said. 
Understanding hate and how to investigate and prioritize it starts at the top of a law enforcement agency. In phone calls and interviews with police leaders across Wisconsin as a News 3 Investigation requested hate-based police reports from dozens of agencies reporting crimes across the state, a spectrum of perspectives emerged in how agencies understand and prioritize hate.
The Janesville Police Department, which has incorporated bias training into some annual requirements, has had at least seven hate investigations in the past three years. A couple ultimately weren’t classified as hate crimes–once in 2018 because they weren’t able to locate the victim after an intoxicated suspect harassed him with a knife on the street. Other instances were graffiti, including an anti-Trump incident that officers at first thought might be an anti-white crime before the classification was corrected. Another was a father threatening his daughter when she chose to date outside the family’s Muslim culture, or two school-based bullying incidents.

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