Hate crimes are down overall in Los Angeles this year, but violent hate crimes are trending up
After a few years of sharp double-digit increases, the city of Los Angeles saw hate crimes decline by 6.8 percent in the first half of 2018, according the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. However, violent hate crimes bucked that overall drop, rising 8.3 percent, increasing from…