Trump's request for a neutral inspector is the first lawsuit by his legal team since his Florida home was searched as part of an FBI investigation into classified documents.
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Hate Crimes in the US , Increased in 2021, FBI Says.
CNN reports that according to new FBI data, documented hate crimes in America rose 11.6% to 9,065 in 2021.
64.5% of hate crime victims that year were targeted over their race or ethnicity.
15.9% were targeted due
to their sexual orientation.
14.1% were victimized
because of their religion.
However, according to the FBI,
many law enforcement agencies
don't accurately submit hate crime reports,
so the number of cases could be much higher.
We will not stop here: We are continuing to work with state and local law enforcement agencies across the country to increase the reporting of hate crime statistics to the FBI, Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General, via statement.
Hate crimes and the devastation they cause communities have no place in this country. , Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General, via statement.
The Justice Department is
committed to every tool and resource
at our disposal to combat bias-motivated violence in all its forms, Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General, via statement.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has prosecuted over 70 people in more than
60 hate crime cases since January 2021.
The DOJ has also created
grant opportunities for individual states
to create hate crime reporting hotlines
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Mike Penceās Indiana Home , Is Searched by FBI.
'The New York Times' reports that
the FBI began its search on Feb. 10.
According to an
adviser to Pence, .
... the former vice president was in Washington for the March for Life as the FBI conducted its search.
The search occurs after a Pence aide discovered classified documents at his home in January.
The report of the FBI's search also comes a day after Pence was served a subpoena...
... by the
special counsel
investigating former
President Donald Trump.
The special counsel's investigation is focused on Trump's attempt to overturn his loss in the 2022 presidential election.
Aides for Pence searched his IN home for classified documents...
... after aides for President Joe Biden discovered such documents in Biden's PA home.
The documents found in Biden's home date to his time as vice president during the Obama administration.
The discovery of documents in Biden's home follows the discovery of a trove of classified documents in Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in FL.
The Justice Department and spokespersons for Pence have yet to respond to news of the report
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2022 Sets Record , for Most Attempts , to Ban Books.
Associated Press reports that
the number of attempted bans and
restrictions on books continues to surge. .
According to a new report from the American
Library Association released on March 23,
the number of attempts in 2022 set a new record.
Last year, the association compiled over
1,200 attempts to either ban books or restrict
access to them in schools and libraries.
The number nearly doubled
from 2021, which set
the record that 2022 broke.
Iāve never seen anything like this.
The last two years have been exhausting,
frightening, outrage inducing, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the ALAās Office
for Intellectual Freedom, via Associated Press.
In 2022, over 2,500 books were objected to. .
In 2021, the number of objections was
1,858, and just one year earlier it was only 566. .
States including Arizona, Iowa, Texas,
Missouri and Oklahoma have all passed
or proposed bills restricting books. .
States including Arizona, Iowa, Texas,
Missouri and Oklahoma have all passed
or proposed bills restricting books. .
AP reports that some books have been
targeted for racist language, others for
having gender or racial themes.
In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has approved a
bill to review classroom reading material and limit
discussion of gender identity and race in schools.
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