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Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any person—
Hate Crime: At the federal level, a crime motivated by bias against race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Bias or Hate Incident: Acts of prejudice that are not crimes and do not involve violence, threats, or property damage.
This page provides information on federal hate crimes laws; federal hate crimes policies; state laws, codes, and statutes; and a table that lists which of the federal categories are covered by each state’s laws.
Since 1968, when Congress passed, and President Lyndon Johnson signed into law, the first federal hate crimes statute, the Department of Justice has been enforcing federal hate crimes laws.
Definition of a Hate Crime. The UCR Program defines hate crime as a committed criminal offense which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias(es) against a: race; religion...
Hate crime laws in the United States are state and federal laws intended to protect against hate crimes (also known as bias crimes).
The law also provides funding and technical assistance to state, local, and tribal jurisdictions to help them to more effectively investigate, prosecute, and prevent hate crimes.
The Act defines hate crimes as “crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, gender or gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.” Hate crimes measured through the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) characterizes a hate crime as a criminal offense motivated, at least in part, by bias against the victim’s “race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.”
The FBI defines hate crimes as “criminal offense [s] against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.”