Anti Nazi, Black Separatist, And White Nationalist

In our world today, it is unfortunate that people are using their hate as motivation to do immoral actions towards other innocent victims. In 2014, information was recorded by the Southern Poverty Law Center that there were around 784 active hate groups in the United States (Brunker par.4). A hate group is defined as a collection of people that promotes and performs aggressive actions towards members of a race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and many more characteristics. Ku Klux Klan, Neo Nazi, Black Separatist, and White Nationalist are all examples of hate groups and are still currently active today. Hate groups are usually involved in hate crimes which is any illegal action perceived to be against one specific group of people†¦show more content†¦Referring to the FBI’s data in 2013, it reveals that about 48.5% of all reports that were classified as hate crimes were motivated by race (Brunker par.9). Racial attacks usually involve intimidation, vandalism, a nd assault to the opposite race (Crime Museum par.4). However according to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports the average amount of hate crimes between races has declined progressively (Brunker par.15). Unfortunately, hate groups are still a huge problem in today’s society, but the government is reacting in a more serious matter against these events Although a hate crime is not a federal offense, the government can and does investigate crimes that might be related to civil rights violations (FBI par.4). A civil rights violation is under the federal jurisdiction so this gives the government full rights of investigation in a case. The government has also passed new laws to help maintain and prevent hate groups from acting out. â€Å"In 2009, the passage of a new law—the first significant expansion of federal criminal civil rights law since the mid-1990s—gave the federal government the authority to prosecute violent hate crimes, including violence and attempted violen ce directed at the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community, to the fullest extent of its jurisdiction (FBI par.5)†. The National Gay and Lesbian Task force has been fighting against discrimination for a period of time now; they also