light now. in santa monica, a racist tirade over a parking space, a message for muslims in a car in north dakota. reporter: a black army veteran killing white police officers in dallas. a landscaper abused in los angeles. why do you hate us? because we re mexicans? yeah. words of hate which seem to be banished now brand dished more and more often. fbi says in 2017, hate crimes shot up 17%. the motivation for nearly 60% of those the government says was race ethnicity or ancestry. she didn t see it coming. reporter: kevin dunn s favorite aunt vickie jones had beaten cancer but could not survive hate. 67-year-old jones and 69-year-old mallory stol lard shot dead while grocery shopping targeted because of their skin color police say. they were black, the alleged shooter white. a white witness armed with a gun told his son what the shooter said while fleeing.
shocking statistics from the fbi show that hate crimes in america are on the rise. jumping 17% in 2017. why is this happening? what is behind the spike in these crimeses? cnn s sara sidner looks for answers in her special report the state of late. we re going to kill all of you. reporter: across america racism and anger once hidden in the shadows pouring out into the light now. in santa monica, a racist tirade over a parking space, a message for muslims in a car in north dakota. kill us. reporter: a black army veteran killing white police officers in dallas. a landscaper abused in los angeles. why do you hate us? because we re mexicans? yeah. words of hate which seem to be banished now brand dished more and more often. fbi says in 2017, hate crimes shot up 17%. the motivation for nearly 60% of