So the first thing I care to say about this, look at the lack of gender-specific hate crimes. I won’t say there isn’t hate between the genders sometimes, but I hear a lot more about it than evidence apparently says there is. I agree that there is maybe some hate between certain people based on their genders and what not, but I don’t believe it is commonly taken to hate crime levels. Now the hate crimes reported for sexual orientation, I can believe that is a big problem, and the data seems to say so as well. I came from a small school that widely accepted any sexual orientation when confronted directly. However, as I observed from the sidelines of how people really acted and seemed to feel, you can tell there is some tension there. But I also believe that if somebody was to declare their sexual orientation away from the norm, Midwest Central was probably the safest school for them to do so in. Honestly, quite a few people did declare themselves to be “coming out of the closet” and they rarely were openly treated different in my school for it. But I highly doubt it is the same way in all schools, and the data on the FBI table seems to sort of agree with that, although it is not based in schools. Also hate crimes in race seem to not be quite as high as the media will blow it up to be. Not to say there is none, but I don’t see it being quite as prominent as people try to make me believe. Also I noticed that Chicago had many more of these hate crimes reported than any other city, even Springfield (I mention Springfield as it is also a city of larger population.) - AJJC002
I came from similar surrounding, AJJ002. I did not grow up seeing or hearing about any hate crime. Chicago definitely had more issues than any other city. I see what you're saying about the media making the race issue out to be a lot bigger deal than it really is. It is the cause of more hate crimes than any other motive though. gh_blackhawks002
I agree that the lack of hate-crimes involving gender are not greater since it is such a big argument most of the time. Why is gender such a big debate topic when there isn't any evidence to support it, in this case? Sexual-orientation is where most of the crimes did occur... sad to think we live in a world where sexual orientation defines someone... Oasis_002
I agree with oasis002 the whole gender debate is rather ignorant. the only reason why it is happening is because everyone keeps pushing there individuality on everyone and everyone is tired of hearing on it same for the racial stuff that is going on. Is it right deffinetly not but when people stop feeling the need to tell everyone that they support the BLM movement or part of LGBTQ then this will stop once people stop reacting. tree001
I agree AJC002, media is blowing up the racial hate crimes out of proportion. I think it is funny to then see this chart and that in the entire state of Illinois there were only fifty seven cases of racial hate crimes. Look at all the murders in Illinois that aren't white against blacks, and there are hundreds. zmw002
AJC002, I completely agree with you. The media blows up the very few hate crimes we have, to make out America out to be some awful nation. Any hate crime is bad, and of course we should report on them. When we do however, we should probably put it in perspective how often this actually happens. Maybe then America will feel a little better about itself. Seeing these numbers made me feel better about the country.-OKC002
My city is not listed for me to look at unfortunately, which is understandable because I grew up in Roanoke, a town of about 1,500 or 2,000. A lot of the cities only have one or two hate crimes throughout the year, always nice to see. But then you look at Chicago and it alone had 50 hate crimes. It came as no surprise that the most hate crimes committed were motivated by race. I don't understand the hate that people have for each other simply because of color. Coming from such a small town, if anyone declared that they were homosexual, they were left alone, regardless of what people really thought. There were never any problems, as there shouldn't be. Chicago is basically the only city on the list that had any extreme problems with hate crimes, accounting for almost 50% of the whole chart. gh_blackhawks002
This goes to show that population, although maybe not entirely accurate, seems to raise crime rates. Chicago is a massive city, there is so much that goes on there and a lot of poverty as well. To think, though, how much crime must go unreported. I wonder how accurate these charts are when compared to total crimes, rather than just reported crimes? - AJC002
Looking at the city of Peoria, I don't really see a drastic number of hate crime incidents which is good and I don't seem surprised. Chicago not the other hand, looks to have the most out of every city listed. I wonder if it has anything to do with how different the population is vs most of the other cities. Im kind of curious to seem a more updated version of this data, and to see if Chicagos rates have gone up or decreased. Thinking of it to be the population thing, I think wouldn't be as accurate. For Chicagos sake, I wonder if protesting it or making bigger statements of this situation will help them, but probably not because as the city grows, theres bound to be more crimes. I see no surprise on how high Chicagos ratings are and its not something to be proud of. Something needs to happen to bring those numbers down. Kt002
I agree that it is no surprise that most hate crimes are motivated by race, but it's also very eye-opening to think about just how far we still have to go as a nation. It's really not that shocking to Chicago as the highest hate crime total on this list simply because Chicago has this bad reputation for having a very high crime rate. So if there were to be a number of hate crimes to occur I can see why Chicago would top out. CAE002
I agree that there is no surprise that most of the hate crimes in Chicago are motivated my race it didn't shock me and I thought the numbers would be higher actually for Chicago from what you hear about everything that happens there. But if you think one thing I wonder is how many of the hate crimes are caused and or started by the person that is being arrested? Or is it even really a hate crime and they just said it was when it wasn't. JE002
Honestly, I am proud of the lack of hate crimes that have happened in Peoria. It gives a little relief after looking at the UCR. It is also unsettling that these have occurred so close to home. I have not heard of any hate crimes taking place around me. I think that hate crimes are kept on the down low so the city does not have a bad reputation. One of the hate crimes I was expecting to see data for is gender, but this is not the case. Gender inequality is something that has been being argued for hundreds of years. In Peoria, there was one hate-crime involving sexual orientation. A current event that ties to this is the shooting at the Orlando gay-night club. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that someone would murder people, just because of their sexual orientation. It makes me nervous to think what the future holds for all of us. Oasis_002
I agree, I was proud with seeing Peoria low numbers on this chart too,and hopefully it stays that way. The incident involving sexual orientation is something I hope doesn't start happening like its just some normal or right thing to do. That to me is disgusting, killing or committing any type of crime towards someone who doesn't have the same "mind set" or beliefs as you when it comes to who they want to be with. Hopefully society gets over it. Kt002
Oasis002 I am also proud of the fact that Peoria has low numbers on the hate chart. I also agree that it is wrong for anybody to kill anybody over their sexual orientation or over anything for that matter. It's a shame that people have to live in fear just because of their sexual orientation. I hope that those numbers go to 0 all around. Rocker002
Peoria has surprised me on how low our hate crimes were. Hopefully our town never does what happened in Orlando. if we ever had a shooting just because of sexuality i would not say i lived in this town because i wouldn't be supportive of that. AW002
While my city is not listed here because I grew up in St. Joseph, which is a fairly small town with less than 5,000 people. However Urbana, the closest city to St. Joseph, had only one hate crime incident and that alone was motivated by race. Looking at all of the other cities, a huge motivator in committing a hate crime was race. It's unfortunate that such crimes occur, but thinking about how little things have really changed since the days of Martin Luther King, it's pretty eye-opening as well as sad to see how little we may have realized we have progressed as a nation. Even looking back at the Charleston church shooting just a little over a year ago, Dylann Roof, had hopes of igniting a race war with his horrific acts of terror against blacks. To me this is just sickening and a little scary to think about. CAE002
I agree with CAE002 because it to dose sicken me how they have acts of terror against blacks. They have done nothing to us for this to happen. We have come so far for allowing them to have the same freedoms as we do only to blow it up in there faces. Adelle002
I agree CAE002. Adelle002 remember that a hate crime can happen to any race, not just African Americans. It's really sad to think that some people view other races so negatively and want to cause harm or even death to them. Like Martin Luther King Jr once so brilliantly said, "Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that". Steve002
To me I think this is good to see the numbers are way down of what they used to be years ago. The only reason the totals are so high is because of Chicago which I feel bad for every person that works in law enforcement and criminal justice alone up there because that is one terrible and crazy city and your hated for what you do no matter if you brand new and haven't done a thing they hate you and probably wanna kill you. Other than Chicago I think its a great site to see all the hate crime numbers down because everybody still thinks that they happen like daily and that everything is the police fault when pretty much 100 times out of 100 the officer is doing what he was trained to do in the first place and his one goal at the end of the night is to go home to his family. JE002
I was very surprised looking at this chart. People talk about hate crimes like they are going to be the end of the world. They make it out to seem that crimes such as white on black crimes or straight on gay crimes take place every day and are tearing down society. This chart tells it differently. Other than Chicago, there were almost no hate crimes in every other city, and there were not even that many in Chicago. Only twenty two race crimes and seventeen sexual orientation crimes. Out of two million people. I think that these issues are being blown out of the water and a lot of people just need to calm down and focus more on the other crimes that are having bigger effects on society. I'm not saying that these crimes are okay, but I am saying there are bigger problems facing us. zmw002
Looking at this table makes me surprised of how low the that crime is in peoria. Because of all the things on the news about the riots and and killings cause of his stuff. I thought that it would be high in peoria because of all the people in it. It shows that we are not affected by this. Adelle002
I agree with this statement. The media definitely has a huge intake on how we look at the crime in today's world. You would think that the crime rate would be much higher than it is because of how bad the media makes the crime rates look. Ky002
I was honestly surprised by these stats. I really thought these statistics would be higher. Being from Green Acres, I have never really seen a hate crime. However, I always figured that these types of crime happened a lot more often in bigger cities like Chicago, or Peoria. With everything you see in the news involving racial tension, and people speaking out against certain religions, I really thought these numbers would be higher. My city wasn't actually on there, but even if I look at Peoria’s stats, they are incredibly low. I guess we should be happy with these stats though. The fact that these stats aren’t as high really says something good about our society. I find it funny how the news doesn’t show any of these stats at all. Why would they want to talk about something good? That might actually give the American people peace of mind, and why would mainstream news do that?-OKC002
I am proud to not find my city, Pekin, on that chart. Pekin has a population of roughly 33,000 people and really is a good family orientated community. However, unfortunately around the 1960s, Pekin had a very racist reputation. The KKK had once held their headquarters in the city and blacks were not viewed positively. Thankfully, Pekin outgrew the racist hatred that once plagued the city and has now become a diverse, loving town. It's amazing to see how one town can act as a model for the whole country in growth and change in racial issues. Just like my town did, we all need to come together in love and not hatred towards other races, religions, ethnicity, etc. The astoundingly low crime rate in Pekin shows the major steps it took to change its past. Pekin wanted to rewrite it to show a more community oriented town that all can be proud of. All races, religions, and people are now welcomed with opened hearts in the city. Steve002
i grew up in a small town also, we didn't have kids getting bullied about being gay or any racial remarks. maybe back in the day it couldve been more racist and people had hatred for gays, but things just change and people learn to accept. coming together is a huge change in society today. aaap_cougs002
This was a little shocking with how low the hate crimes in Peoria are. I am also glad to see that East Peoria wasn't on the list but that really doesn't shock me because of the reputation it has. Where as everybody associates Peoria with a bad name with all it's hate and crime. With crime it's more understandable but with the hate it's surprisingly low especially for it's population. Where as places like Chicago with a much higher population have higher rates of hate in categories like: race, sexual orientation, and gender. All in all I was actually surprised by the low numbers. There are a lot of zeros throughout the chart. That's also a good thing to see. It shows that more and more people are becoming less ignorant and becoming more tolerant of peoples races, religions, and sexual orientations. Rocker002
Everyone seems to be surprisingly shocked at how low the hate crime rates are in Peoria. I would have to agree that I was surprised as well. By going off what we hear on the news or read in the papers you would expect it to be a lot higher than what it actually is. Places such as Chicago have a much higher population than Peoria, so of course they have higher rates. We should not judge others based upon sexual orientations, let alone murder someone because of it. This generations mind set is just all messed up. Ky002
I agree with this. What gives anyone the right to murder, rape, or do anything to another person based on sexual orientation. It's sad that we still live in a world where lists like these exisit. Ciaccio002
If I said I wasn't a little bit shocked about how low the hate crime numbers were for Peoria compared to other cities I would be lying. Peoria in recent years has been nicked name "little Chicago" with all the crime that has been happening as of lately. Places that have larger populations seem to have the larger numbers for hate crimes. Ciaccio002
The amount of hate crimes in Peoria was really shocking to me. I hear all this talk about racism and when i looked at the charts there was like no hate crimes that happened in Peoria. in the entire year there was only two that is actually amazing. For how bad some of the parts of Peoria are there was only two that is really good. AW002
My city isn't on the list because of how small it is. living in a small town of about 800 people but knowing about hate crimes really opened my eye. I feel as if people that are racist, it could be a family trait. for example my great grandparents were racists for the longest time until my brother befriended a kid that was african american. to me its shocking how low hate crimes are in peoria. but then on another hand people could be hiding the fact that they are getting bullied or what not and they just dont seek help or react out to the police. aaap_cougs002
So the first thing I care to say about this, look at the lack of gender-specific hate crimes. I won’t say there isn’t hate between the genders sometimes, but I hear a lot more about it than evidence apparently says there is. I agree that there is maybe some hate between certain people based on their genders and what not, but I don’t believe it is commonly taken to hate crime levels.
ReplyDeleteNow the hate crimes reported for sexual orientation, I can believe that is a big problem, and the data seems to say so as well. I came from a small school that widely accepted any sexual orientation when confronted directly. However, as I observed from the sidelines of how people really acted and seemed to feel, you can tell there is some tension there. But I also believe that if somebody was to declare their sexual orientation away from the norm, Midwest Central was probably the safest school for them to do so in. Honestly, quite a few people did declare themselves to be “coming out of the closet” and they rarely were openly treated different in my school for it. But I highly doubt it is the same way in all schools, and the data on the FBI table seems to sort of agree with that, although it is not based in schools.
Also hate crimes in race seem to not be quite as high as the media will blow it up to be. Not to say there is none, but I don’t see it being quite as prominent as people try to make me believe. Also I noticed that Chicago had many more of these hate crimes reported than any other city, even Springfield (I mention Springfield as it is also a city of larger population.) - AJJC002
I came from similar surrounding, AJJ002. I did not grow up seeing or hearing about any hate crime. Chicago definitely had more issues than any other city. I see what you're saying about the media making the race issue out to be a lot bigger deal than it really is. It is the cause of more hate crimes than any other motive though.
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I agree that the lack of hate-crimes involving gender are not greater since it is such a big argument most of the time. Why is gender such a big debate topic when there isn't any evidence to support it, in this case?
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I agree with oasis002 the whole gender debate is rather ignorant. the only reason why it is happening is because everyone keeps pushing there individuality on everyone and everyone is tired of hearing on it same for the racial stuff that is going on. Is it right deffinetly not but when people stop feeling the need to tell everyone that they support the BLM movement or part of LGBTQ then this will stop once people stop reacting. tree001
DeleteI agree AJC002, media is blowing up the racial hate crimes out of proportion. I think it is funny to then see this chart and that in the entire state of Illinois there were only fifty seven cases of racial hate crimes. Look at all the murders in Illinois that aren't white against blacks, and there are hundreds. zmw002
DeleteAJC002, I completely agree with you. The media blows up the very few hate crimes we have, to make out America out to be some awful nation. Any hate crime is bad, and of course we should report on them. When we do however, we should probably put it in perspective how often this actually happens. Maybe then America will feel a little better about itself. Seeing these numbers made me feel better about the country.-OKC002
DeleteMy city is not listed for me to look at unfortunately, which is understandable because I grew up in Roanoke, a town of about 1,500 or 2,000. A lot of the cities only have one or two hate crimes throughout the year, always nice to see. But then you look at Chicago and it alone had 50 hate crimes. It came as no surprise that the most hate crimes committed were motivated by race. I don't understand the hate that people have for each other simply because of color. Coming from such a small town, if anyone declared that they were homosexual, they were left alone, regardless of what people really thought. There were never any problems, as there shouldn't be. Chicago is basically the only city on the list that had any extreme problems with hate crimes, accounting for almost 50% of the whole chart.
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This goes to show that population, although maybe not entirely accurate, seems to raise crime rates. Chicago is a massive city, there is so much that goes on there and a lot of poverty as well. To think, though, how much crime must go unreported. I wonder how accurate these charts are when compared to total crimes, rather than just reported crimes? - AJC002
DeleteLooking at the city of Peoria, I don't really see a drastic number of hate crime incidents which is good and I don't seem surprised. Chicago not the other hand, looks to have the most out of every city listed. I wonder if it has anything to do with how different the population is vs most of the other cities. Im kind of curious to seem a more updated version of this data, and to see if Chicagos rates have gone up or decreased. Thinking of it to be the population thing, I think wouldn't be as accurate. For Chicagos sake, I wonder if protesting it or making bigger statements of this situation will help them, but probably not because as the city grows, theres bound to be more crimes. I see no surprise on how high Chicagos ratings are and its not something to be proud of. Something needs to happen to bring those numbers down. Kt002
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DeleteI agree that it is no surprise that most hate crimes are motivated by race, but it's also very eye-opening to think about just how far we still have to go as a nation. It's really not that shocking to Chicago as the highest hate crime total on this list simply because Chicago has this bad reputation for having a very high crime rate. So if there were to be a number of hate crimes to occur I can see why Chicago would top out.
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I agree that there is no surprise that most of the hate crimes in Chicago are motivated my race it didn't shock me and I thought the numbers would be higher actually for Chicago from what you hear about everything that happens there. But if you think one thing I wonder is how many of the hate crimes are caused and or started by the person that is being arrested? Or is it even really a hate crime and they just said it was when it wasn't. JE002
DeleteHonestly, I am proud of the lack of hate crimes that have happened in Peoria. It gives a little relief after looking at the UCR. It is also unsettling that these have occurred so close to home.
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of any hate crimes taking place around me. I think that hate crimes are kept on the down low so the city does not have a bad reputation. One of the hate crimes I was expecting to see data for is gender, but this is not the case. Gender inequality is something that has been being argued for hundreds of years.
In Peoria, there was one hate-crime involving sexual orientation. A current event that ties to this is the shooting at the Orlando gay-night club. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that someone would murder people, just because of their sexual orientation. It makes me nervous to think what the future holds for all of us.
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I agree, I was proud with seeing Peoria low numbers on this chart too,and hopefully it stays that way. The incident involving sexual orientation is something I hope doesn't start happening like its just some normal or right thing to do. That to me is disgusting, killing or committing any type of crime towards someone who doesn't have the same "mind set" or beliefs as you when it comes to who they want to be with. Hopefully society gets over it. Kt002
DeleteOasis002 I am also proud of the fact that Peoria has low numbers on the hate chart. I also agree that it is wrong for anybody to kill anybody over their sexual orientation or over anything for that matter. It's a shame that people have to live in fear just because of their sexual orientation. I hope that those numbers go to 0 all around. Rocker002
DeletePeoria has surprised me on how low our hate crimes were. Hopefully our town never does what happened in Orlando. if we ever had a shooting just because of sexuality i would not say i lived in this town because i wouldn't be supportive of that. AW002
DeleteWhile my city is not listed here because I grew up in St. Joseph, which is a fairly small town with less than 5,000 people. However Urbana, the closest city to St. Joseph, had only one hate crime incident and that alone was motivated by race. Looking at all of the other cities, a huge motivator in committing a hate crime was race. It's unfortunate that such crimes occur, but thinking about how little things have really changed since the days of Martin Luther King, it's pretty eye-opening as well as sad to see how little we may have realized we have progressed as a nation. Even looking back at the Charleston church shooting just a little over a year ago, Dylann Roof, had hopes of igniting a race war with his horrific acts of terror against blacks. To me this is just sickening and a little scary to think about.
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I agree with CAE002 because it to dose sicken me how they have acts of terror against blacks. They have done nothing to us for this to happen. We have come so far for allowing them to have the same freedoms as we do only to blow it up in there faces. Adelle002
DeleteI agree CAE002. Adelle002 remember that a hate crime can happen to any race, not just African Americans. It's really sad to think that some people view other races so negatively and want to cause harm or even death to them. Like Martin Luther King Jr once so brilliantly said, "Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that". Steve002
DeleteTo me I think this is good to see the numbers are way down of what they used to be years ago. The only reason the totals are so high is because of Chicago which I feel bad for every person that works in law enforcement and criminal justice alone up there because that is one terrible and crazy city and your hated for what you do no matter if you brand new and haven't done a thing they hate you and probably wanna kill you. Other than Chicago I think its a great site to see all the hate crime numbers down because everybody still thinks that they happen like daily and that everything is the police fault when pretty much 100 times out of 100 the officer is doing what he was trained to do in the first place and his one goal at the end of the night is to go home to his family. JE002
ReplyDeleteI was very surprised looking at this chart. People talk about hate crimes like they are going to be the end of the world. They make it out to seem that crimes such as white on black crimes or straight on gay crimes take place every day and are tearing down society. This chart tells it differently. Other than Chicago, there were almost no hate crimes in every other city, and there were not even that many in Chicago. Only twenty two race crimes and seventeen sexual orientation crimes. Out of two million people. I think that these issues are being blown out of the water and a lot of people just need to calm down and focus more on the other crimes that are having bigger effects on society. I'm not saying that these crimes are okay, but I am saying there are bigger problems facing us. zmw002
ReplyDeleteLooking at this table makes me surprised of how low the that crime is in peoria. Because of all the things on the news about the riots and and killings cause of his stuff. I thought that it would be high in peoria because of all the people in it. It shows that we are not affected by this. Adelle002
ReplyDeleteI agree with this statement. The media definitely has a huge intake on how we look at the crime in today's world. You would think that the crime rate would be much higher than it is because of how bad the media makes the crime rates look. Ky002
DeleteI was honestly surprised by these stats. I really thought these statistics would be higher. Being from Green Acres, I have never really seen a hate crime. However, I always figured that these types of crime happened a lot more often in bigger cities like Chicago, or Peoria. With everything you see in the news involving racial tension, and people speaking out against certain religions, I really thought these numbers would be higher. My city wasn't actually on there, but even if I look at Peoria’s stats, they are incredibly low. I guess we should be happy with these stats though. The fact that these stats aren’t as high really says something good about our society. I find it funny how the news doesn’t show any of these stats at all. Why would they want to talk about something good? That might actually give the American people peace of mind, and why would mainstream news do that?-OKC002
ReplyDeleteI am proud to not find my city, Pekin, on that chart. Pekin has a population of roughly 33,000 people and really is a good family orientated community. However, unfortunately around the 1960s, Pekin had a very racist reputation. The KKK had once held their headquarters in the city and blacks were not viewed positively. Thankfully, Pekin outgrew the racist hatred that once plagued the city and has now become a diverse, loving town. It's amazing to see how one town can act as a model for the whole country in growth and change in racial issues. Just like my town did, we all need to come together in love and not hatred towards other races, religions, ethnicity, etc. The astoundingly low crime rate in Pekin shows the major steps it took to change its past. Pekin wanted to rewrite it to show a more community oriented town that all can be proud of. All races, religions, and people are now welcomed with opened hearts in the city. Steve002
ReplyDeletei grew up in a small town also, we didn't have kids getting bullied about being gay or any racial remarks. maybe back in the day it couldve been more racist and people had hatred for gays, but things just change and people learn to accept. coming together is a huge change in society today. aaap_cougs002
DeleteThis was a little shocking with how low the hate crimes in Peoria are. I am also glad to see that East Peoria wasn't on the list but that really doesn't shock me because of the reputation it has. Where as everybody associates Peoria with a bad name with all it's hate and crime. With crime it's more understandable but with the hate it's surprisingly low especially for it's population. Where as places like Chicago with a much higher population have higher rates of hate in categories like: race, sexual orientation, and gender. All in all I was actually surprised by the low numbers. There are a lot of zeros throughout the chart. That's also a good thing to see. It shows that more and more people are becoming less ignorant and becoming more tolerant of peoples races, religions, and sexual orientations. Rocker002
ReplyDeleteEveryone seems to be surprisingly shocked at how low the hate crime rates are in Peoria. I would have to agree that I was surprised as well. By going off what we hear on the news or read in the papers you would expect it to be a lot higher than what it actually is. Places such as Chicago have a much higher population than Peoria, so of course they have higher rates. We should not judge others based upon sexual orientations, let alone murder someone because of it. This generations mind set is just all messed up. Ky002
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. What gives anyone the right to murder, rape, or do anything to another person based on sexual orientation. It's sad that we still live in a world where lists like these exisit. Ciaccio002
DeleteIf I said I wasn't a little bit shocked about how low the hate crime numbers were for Peoria compared to other cities I would be lying. Peoria in recent years has been nicked name "little Chicago" with all the crime that has been happening as of lately. Places that have larger populations seem to have the larger numbers for hate crimes. Ciaccio002
ReplyDeleteThe amount of hate crimes in Peoria was really shocking to me. I hear all this talk about racism and when i looked at the charts there was like no hate crimes that happened in Peoria. in the entire year there was only two that is actually amazing. For how bad some of the parts of Peoria are there was only two that is really good. AW002
ReplyDeleteMy city isn't on the list because of how small it is. living in a small town of about 800 people but knowing about hate crimes really opened my eye. I feel as if people that are racist, it could be a family trait. for example my great grandparents were racists for the longest time until my brother befriended a kid that was african american. to me its shocking how low hate crimes are in peoria. but then on another hand people could be hiding the fact that they are getting bullied or what not and they just dont seek help or react out to the police. aaap_cougs002
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