SPLC notes uptick in hate, extremist groups in 2015

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The number of hate groups and anti-government organizations in the United States jumped sharply in 2015 as political speech became more divisive, violent encounters between police and black men were increasingly publicized, and attacks in Paris and California spurred widespread fears of terrorism, a civil rights advocacy group said Wednesday.
In its annual Year In Hate and Extremism report, the Southern Poverty Law Center said the number of U.S. hate groups increas