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Nationally, the number of hate crimes reported by the FBI increased from 8,120 in 2020 to 9,065 in 2021.
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Both victims survived the shootings, which happened just blocks apart this week. Federal prosecutors filed two hate crimes charges against the shooter on Friday.
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This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features reports on book bans disproportionately affecting works with Black characters or addressing issues of race, Black women in politics and the growing instances of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes.
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Thousands of law enforcement agencies nationwide did not provide statistics to the FBI due in large part to a transition from a legacy crime reporting system that has existed since the 1920s.
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The case was investigated by the FBI, as the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division prosecuted the case. The suspect, Kenneth Pilon, will be sentenced in March 2023.
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Mayor John Suthers tells NPR one of the two patrons who fought the suspect grabbed a gun from the shooter and hit him with it. The motive behind the attack, which left at least five dead, is unknown.
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For the first time in more than a decade, the Oklahoma City federal court is prosecuting a hate crime.
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The white gunman has been held without bail since his arrest after the May 14 shooting that killed 10 Black people and injured three others.
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Prosecutors release court documents in suspect Payton Gendron's first appearance in federal court on hate crime charges.
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The federal complaint gives a new account of Payton Gendron's movements in the store. It also alleges that he said "Sorry" to at least one of his white victims.