The U.S. Justice Department released its annual crime statistics report on Wednesday, including the number of hate crimes.
There were none in Alabama.
At least there were none reported in Alabama.
Not a single hate crime reported by 98 law enforcement agencies.
Alabama was one of two states reporting not a single hate crime in 2018. The other state was Wyoming, home to the 1998 Mathew Shepard torture killing.
And we know of at least one hate crime in Alabama that will apparently not be reported next November 12th: the first U.S. trans murder of 2019. It happened in Montgomery and remains unsolved.
The crime report didn't get much play in Montgomery media yesterday because of the historic inauguration of Steven Reed as the city's first black mayor in 200 years, a sign of real change.
And perhaps there will be more change between now and next year's Alabama hate crime report. A change in reporting the truth.
There were none in Alabama.
At least there were none reported in Alabama.
Not a single hate crime reported by 98 law enforcement agencies.
Alabama was one of two states reporting not a single hate crime in 2018. The other state was Wyoming, home to the 1998 Mathew Shepard torture killing.
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| Dana Martin, shot to death in Montgomery last January |
The crime report didn't get much play in Montgomery media yesterday because of the historic inauguration of Steven Reed as the city's first black mayor in 200 years, a sign of real change.
And perhaps there will be more change between now and next year's Alabama hate crime report. A change in reporting the truth.
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