Extremists Links: FBI's Incomplete Hate Crimes Statistics Show Increase in Attacks on LGBTIQ Community

The FBI hate crime data for 2021 shows an increase in attacks on the LGBTIQ community, despite the data being incomplete due to decreased local agency participation.

The suspect accused of entering Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado and killing five people and wounding 17 others, has been charged with 305 criminal counts including hate crimes and murder. (Image: Daniel Brenner for The New York Times)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Extremists

• FBI Releases 2021 Hate Crime Statistics [FBI]

• Reported hate crimes drop after agency participation plummets [Politico]

• New FBI hate crimes report undercounts bigotry-based attacks on racial minorities and LGBTQ people [NBC News]

• Hate crimes against sexual orientation increased in 2021 [ABC News]

• Over 7,000 hate crimes were reported to the FBI in 2021. Here's why that data is flawed. [USA Today]

• Anti Defamation League seeing increase in hate group activity, antisemitism in New England, nationally [The Boston Globe]

• Hate crimes in Massachusetts jump 31%: ‘Hate crimes continue to have a deep impact across New England’ [Boston Herald]

• White extremism is on the rise in New England. Here's what's happening in Rhode Island. [The Providence Journal]

• Hate crimes in L.A. County reach highest level in nearly two decades [Los Angeles Times]

• State sharpens data on hate crimes; LGBTQ people are top targets [Standard-Examiner]

• White supremacist group plans to spread hate in Galveston, FBI warns [The Daily News]