Alaska officials look to increase recognition of hate crimes

FBI statistics show the number of hate crimes is on the rise nationally, but very few are reported in Alaska.
Local officials say that’s not necessarily because they aren’t happening, they just don’t know about them. A recent class taught community members how to recognize and report a hate crime.
http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161201-10.mp3When someone commits a crime like vandalism or assault because of a bias against a certain group, that’s a hate crime.
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