Coronavirus-related crimes capitalize on global fear, panic

Hate groups encourage sick members to infect law enforcement officers.As the coronavirus pandemicspreads, so too do the crimes related to it — transgressions that capitalize on fear, panic and the urge to lay blame, and add to the burden on law enforcement agencies trying to protect vulnerable citizens.U.S. President Donald Trump and others have taken to calling the virus the “Chinese coronavirus,” even as scientists say the disease has nothing to do with Asian ethnicity.