Let me guess...Antifa attacks weren’t counted.
Posted on 08/05/2019 6:18:41 PM PDT by BurgessKoch
US counties where President Donald Trump held a campaign rally saw a 226% increase in reported hate crimes over similar counties that did not hold a rally, political scientists at the University of North Texas said in an analysis published in The Washington Post.
According to a study done by University of North Texas professors Regina Branton and Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and PhD candidate Ayal Feinberg, the scientists found that Trump's statements during the 2016 campaign "may encourage hate crimes" in the respective counties.
The study measured the correlation between counties that hosted a 2016 campaign rally and the crime rates in the months that followed. The scientists used the Anti-Defamation League's map that measures acts of violence and compared the counties that hosted a rally with others that had similar characteristics, including minority population, location, and active hate groups.
"We examined this question, given that so many politicians and pundits accuse Trump of emboldening white nationalists," the analysis said in The Post.
Branton, Martinez-Ebers, and Feinberg noted that their study "cannot be certain" that the marked increase was solely attributed to Trump's rhetoric. But they also shut down the suggestion that the reported hate crimes were fake.
"In fact, this charge is frequently used as a political tool to dismiss concerns about hate crimes," the analysis said. "Research shows it is far more likely that hate crime statistics are considerably lower because of underreporting."
"Additionally, it is hard to discount a 'Trump effect' when a considerable number of these reported hate crimes reference Trump," they continued. "According to the ADL's 2016 data, these incidents included vandalism, intimidation and assault."
Hate crimes in the US reportedly increased 17% in 2017 compared to the previous year, according to an annual FBI report published in November 2018.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Hate is a Motive, it isn’t a Crime.
What’s their explanation for multiple shooting fatalities in Chicago every weekend, and President Trump has never held a rally there? The one rally that was planned in 2016, was cancelled due to threats of violence by anti-Trump protesters.
Wow! You're a racist demanding facts! Don't you know, the media needs no stinking facts?
Hoaxes?
Let me guess...Antifa attacks weren’t counted.
https://politicalscience.unt.edu/people/regina-branton
https://politicalscience.unt.edu/people/valerie-martinez-ebers
https://politicalscience.unt.edu/people/ayal-feinberg
"Political Science" is NOT 'science' !!!
Garbage in garbage out.
Business Stuff is BS
And so much of what have been “called” hate crimes were false flag stunts like Juicy Fruit’s hired “lynch mob” and the black Democrat who set fire to a Jewish temple in NYC last fall.
“Anti-semitism”, yep calls from a leftist in Israel making long distance threats to America.
>>reported hate crimes increased 17 percent over 2016.
how many convictions?
how many fake reports?
yellow journalism from dirty Red Communist thugs.
Business Insider is no friend to conservatives.
It should be called BS insteae of BI.
There is a Business paper that leans right, but this ain’t it.
I’m guessing the hate crimes did not come from Trump supporters....which doesn’t seem to be addressed in this article.
[[The hate is being spread and increased by the democrat party and the media.]]
Hattie- you are absolutely correct- and the sick sick reason it is being spread by them is so they - the media- can get viewers because their ratings are plummeting- and so that they- the left- can turn around and falsely accuse the right of fomenting racism-
They are pure evil the left and msm- they are projecting when they claim the right is responsible- the left are BLATANTLY RESPONSIBLE- and most people know that- the gall of the left ot claim the right is responsible is mindblowing-
The left and the lying msm- most of them anyways- are a sick evil people
all crimes are hate crimes., so what
Thanks for the article.
This article is the reason that hard science people despise social “science.” 226% increase over what base? How many “hate crimes?” False use of FBI data, stating that there was a 17% increase in reported “hate crimes” in 2017 over 2016 — as post #5 above states, this is almost entirely the result of the fact that 1000 more police departments reported to FBI in 2017.
The article is fallacious at best and dishonest at worst. A legitimate university department would censure the “scientists” for running to the press with misleading, unreviewed data.
Wait a minute, wait a minute! This is not fake news. The facts are true but incomplete.
In each instance where an attack occurred it was initiated by leftists against conservatives.
The only this proves is that severe outbreaks of TDS occur among groups of unstable leftists wherever trump appears.
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