The FBI says the number of hate crimes reported to police increased by about 6.7 percent last year, led largely by a 67 percent surge in crimes against Muslims. The reporting period covers calendar year 2015 — a time span in which the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, took place.
Civil rights groups had raised concerns about an anti-Muslim backlash in the U.S. even before the attacks. A portion of the increase could be due to an increase in reporting by victims as well as better reporting and tracking by law enforcement agencies.
Source: AP
