Conversely, Lieberman said, American Jews, who are predominantly white and have better trust in the police, are fairly good at reporting hate crimes — 53percentt of the religiously motivated hate crimes identified in 2016 targeted Jews.
The verdict was obtained by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit organization based in Alabama that has successfully sued the Ku Klux Klan and other racist organizations on behalf of other victims of hate-motivated crimes.
Issues that have drawn significant GLAAD attention include the media's portrayal of the gay marriage movement, hate-motivated crimes, antigay advocacy, the hate lyrics found in the songs of some musical artists, fraudulent advertising found in ads from the "ex-gay" movement, and the bullying of LGBT youth.
Trudeau said he's heard calls "to protect synagogues and other places that are at risk of hate-motivated crimes".
From increases in hate-motivated crimes to the anti-LGBT "religious freedom" laws that are cropping up across the country, the war for equality continues to rage.
"To help communities protect themselves from hate-motivated crimes, we've doubled funding for the Security Infrastructure Program (SIP), which helps not-for-profit institutions in at-risk communities make security improvements," reads the statement.
Hate crimes motivated by hatred of a religion increased last year, with a rise in the number of crimes targeting Jews and Muslims.
Proponents of hate crime legislation say the specter of hate crimes motivated by characteristics like height is, well, absurd.
In the 2013 FBI crime report, hate crimes motivated by an individual's gender or gender identity were added as a category for the first time.
In Durango, Colorado, racially motivated hate crimes rose from just three crimes between the years of 2006 and 2009, to four in 2010, and 19 in 2011, according to the Herald's report.
