Devastating impact of hate crimes

‘ People will be more ready to report this type of crime if there is support,’ writes Andy Stelman. Photograph: Yui Mok/PATwo articles about hate crime in the same edition: one by a victim (I was victim of a hate crime: I can’t stay silent, Anita Sethi, 24 June) and the other about victims (Two men left injured in homophobic knife attack by young boys). Hate crime is an everyday occurrence for a large number of ethnic minority, religious minority, LGBT, disabled and trans citiz