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Archive Home > 2007 > November > 20 > Hate crimes rise in Bend and Oregon

Hate crimes rise in Bend and Oregon


November 20, 2007

Hate crimes have increased in Oregon and in Bend.

There were 141 incidents across the state in 2006, up from 137 in 2005, according to the FBI’s latest data.

Race was the motivation for almost half of those attacks. There were 27 cases motivated by religion, 25 by sexual orientation....

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