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Article: Hate crimes down in New York this year
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 25, 2003
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Hate crimes down in New York this year
NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Hate crimes in New York City have
dropped almost 11 percent so far this year, local paper the New York
Post reported Monday.
According to statistics released by the city's police department,
New York City reported 149 hate crimes by Aug. 5, down from 167, the
figure for the same period last year.
Dennis Blackman, commanding officer of the Hate Crime Task Force
under the city's police department, noted that aside from a sharp
spike in anti-Muslim incidents in the immediate aftermath of Sept.11
terror attacks, hate crimes are poised to drop for the third
consecutive year.
He said the efforts by the 15 investigators who ...