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The Rise of Hate Crimes Can Be Tied Directly to Hateful Speech

Lethal Words

It’s time we heeded the direct link between hate crimes and inflammatory rhetoric, write Hansdeep Singh and Simran Jeet Singh.

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Attorney General Eric Holder described the recent massacre of Sikhs in Oak Creek, Wisconsin as “an act of terrorism, an act of hatred, a hate crime.”

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