by Evan Bush, 9/12/2017

Reports of hate crimes have continued their steady rise in Seattle, according to a tally of bias incidents through the first six months of this year from Seattle police.

During that period, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) counted 178 reports of bias incidents, including 62 of malicious harassment. That compares to 128 bias incidents during the first half of 2016, 50 of which were malicious harassment.

The groups most commonly the targets of bias in the first half of this year were blacks, gays and lesbians and Jews, according to police.”

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