On Sunday evening, Beverly Hills Police received a report that a person had vandalized a Menorah on private property near Sunset Boulevard and Foothill Road.
Details of the Incident
After being seen on camera hurling debris at a Menorah, Dallas, Texas resident Eric Brian King was detained. According to the first inquiry, King etched Nazi emblems into the Menorah’s base. He faces criminal vandalism and hate crime charges. Detectives from the BHPD are conducting a follow-up investigation that might result in more charges.
Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark G. Stainbrook declared, “A heinous conduct such as this will never be condoned in our City.”
From 641 to 786 hate crimes were reported in Los Angeles County in 2021, a 23% increase. According to a study by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, the overall number of recorded hate crimes in the county has risen to its highest level in 19 years.
Visit https://hrc.la to access the full report, which includes tables, graphs, and maps detailing hate crimes according to various racial and ethnic groups.
Hate Crimes
In a study issued on Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR) revealed that the number of hate crimes in the county had risen to the highest level seen in 19 years.
This yearly report of hate crime statistics from more than 100 law enforcement agencies, academic institutions, and community-based groups in Los Angeles County has been collated, examined, and produced by LACCHR since 1980.
According to the research, hate crimes in Los Angeles County increased by 23% from 641 to 786 in 2021 based on crime data provided by over 100 law enforcement agencies, educational institutions, and community-based groups in the county. Since 2002, this figure has been the highest ever.
The majority of the offenses included violence, and more than half of them were motivated by prejudice. The most often targeted groups included Blacks, Latinos, Jews, and LGBTQ people. Despite making up just 9% of the county’s population, the survey revealed that 46% of hate crime victims are Black.
