Hate Crimes Are Up 60 Percent In Chicago This Year

By Stephanie Kim, Nereida Moreno
Hate Crimes Are Up 60 Percent In Chicago This Year
In this April 28, 2019, file photo, Kyle Fox holds a sign with his father Brady Fox in support of the victims of Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting in Poway, Calif. City data show hate crimes are on the rise in Chicago. Associated Press
Hate Crimes Are Up 60 Percent In Chicago This Year
In this April 28, 2019, file photo, Kyle Fox holds a sign with his father Brady Fox in support of the victims of Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting in Poway, Calif. City data show hate crimes are on the rise in Chicago. Associated Press

Hate Crimes Are Up 60 Percent In Chicago This Year

By Stephanie Kim, Nereida Moreno
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The number of reported hate crimes in Chicago are on the rise, according to the city’s Commission on Human Relations.

Reset digs into the numbers, what’s behind them, and what the city and other organizations are doing about it.

GUESTS: Mona Noriega, commissioner and chairman of the city’s Commission on Human Relations
Julie Justicz, director of the Hate Crime Project at the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights