ADL TWISTS HATE CRIME STATISTICS
By Aaron and Harmony Daws
15 Dec 09
Ed. Note: My niece, NPN staff writer, Harmony Grant,
is now Mrs. Aaron Daws. For bios, photo and wedding video of this inspiring
young, Christian/conservative writing team, come to www.truthtellers.org.
After signing the federal hate crimes bill in October, the Anti-Defamation
League has repeatedly applauded itself for the bill’s conception
and passage. On November 23, ADL also released a report: "FBI
Hate Crime Numbers Disturbing; Calls For 'Coordinated Campaign' To
Confront Hate Violence." This report claims there is
a sudden urgent need for "a coordinated campaign to prevent, deter,
and respond effectively to criminal violence motivated by bigotry and
prejudice .”
Why? There was an alleged 2% increase (159 reported case increase
to be exact!) in reported hate crimes from 2007 to 2008.
The ADL says, "While the increase in the number of hate crimes
may be partially attributed to improved reporting, the fact that these
numbers remain elevated – particularly the significant rise in
the number of victims selected on the basis of religion or sexual orientation
- should be of concern to every American."
In reality, the numbers went up only because there was an
increase in groups making reports! In 2007, 2,045 law enforcement agencies
reported 7,624 "hate crimes." In 2008, 2,125 law enforcement
agencies reported 7,783 "hate crimes." This was an increase
of 80 reporting entities and 159 "bias-motivated crimes." This
means a tiny two percent increase in "hate crimes" but a
four percent increase in reporting agencies. Obviously there was no
real increase in the number of crimes; there may have even been a decrease. The
need for a "coordinated campaign" is hogwash.
But the ADL doesn’t just pad numbers in their press releases. The League
has convinced the FBI to inflate their numbers too. A reported crime
is not the same as an actual crime. An accusation is not a conviction. But
that doesn’t seem true anymore in America. The FBI’s statistics
aren’t kept on tried cases and convicted perpetrators. They are based
on the number of reports, regardless of their legitimacy.
"For reporting purposes, it does not matter whether or not the perpetrators
of the crime were ever charged with a hate crime,” the ADL says boldly. “A
vandal throws a brick through the window of a Jewish person’s house. The
words “Gas all Jews” appear on the brick. The vandal is never caught.
Law enforcement should properly record this act as a hate crime and it should
be counted in the FBI’s annual HCSA report.”
Consider this. A homosexual business owner can’t afford to
replace the windows at his business. One night, he tosses a few
rocks through the windows and trashes the place, spray painting "Die
faggot" on the
building exterior so he won't be suspected of insurance fraud. He gets
new windows, and his actions are recorded as a "hate crime.” Thus
each report of a "bias-motivated crime" is counted in the FBI's hate
crimes statistics regardless of whether it has been adjudicated in a court
of law. The vast majority of “hate crimes” reported to the FBI
have never been determined to be so in court.
Next year's statistics will undoubtedly be higher due to the adding
of protected classes (and, likely, reporting agencies). Rest assured,
ADL will call for an even more aggressive campaign against this “epidemic” of bias-motivated
crimes.
Out of 1732 "hate crimes" motivated by religion, only 48 were violent.
Out of 1706 "hate crimes" motivated by sexual orientation, only 243
can be classified as violent and three of those were against heterosexuals.
Overall, only 1,043 out of 7,783 "bias-motivated" crimes were violent
person on person crimes. The rest were property crimes and "crimes
against society." (Keep in mind most of these are “crimes” only
in the opinion of arresting officers—not a judge and jury.)
Faking Hate Crimes
How many of these statistics reflect real crimes? Minority activists
have repeatedly been caught faking crimes to draw attention to
their complaints. This past April, Traditional Values Coalition summarized
some recent cases but say the tradition goes back years:
“Homosexual activists are well-known for having staged a number
of fake hate crimes throughout the years.
Homosexual activists have claimed that a 72-year-old homosexual named
Andrew Anthos of Detroit was attacked by an African-American man who
called him a “faggot” and
struck him in the head with a metal pipe, killing him. Police later learned
that Anthos had not been the victim of a hate crime. He had fallen because
of a severe arthritic condition in his neck. He was also mentally ill.
In January, 2007, a homosexual student at Boise State University
told police that a man had beaten him in the back of the head and
swore at him. He later admitted to police that he’d faked
the crime by using a stick and his fists to beat himself.”
Although
later proven false, these reports were included in the statistics
as "bias-motivated" crimes.
Laird Wilcox, librarian of the University of Kansas and author of Hoaxer
Report, documents many cases of Jews who deface public places,
even their own synagogues, with swastikas or Kill-Jews slogans, in
an attempt to draw attention to “anti-Semitism.”
Out of 22,299,854 total crimes reported in 2008, 7,783 were
recorded as "hate crimes." This equals 0.035%, not
even one-tenth of one percent of all crime committed throughout the
United States! So why
such shrill cries of alarm? Because laws against hate crimes aren’t
really about crime; they are about creating the illusion that bias, “intolerance,” and “hate” are
a huge national problem—one which can only be remedied through sweeping
federal hate crimes legislation.
ADL thus twists questionable statistics to assert an epidemic of
persecution primarily against homosexuals—not because ADL mourns
injustice toward them. Rather, ADL wants to outlaw and persecute that
group most “intolerant” of the gay lifestyle—evangelical
Christians.
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