By: Willa Frej 07/06/2016

Police in London have made 75 percent more arrests for hate crimes since theBritain voted to leave the European Union.

Racially motivated incidents have surged in the city since the June 24 referendum, with the number of recorded hate crimes rising 50 percent, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, London’s Commissioner of Police, said Wednesday.

Hogan-Howe confirmed the shocking figures when he joined city officials, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, at a news conference encouraging residents not to shy away from reporting hate crimes.

“I’m afraid you can’t escape the link between the referendum and a surge in racial incidents,” Khan said.

The Metropolitan Police Service recorded 599 reports of race hate crimes in the United Kingdom’s capital between June 24th and July 2 alone — the largest number since January 2014, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said at the conference.

 

 

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