b'COMMUNITYMajority of Colorado HateCrimes are Against Blacks By Hate Free Colorado ment, said Jeremy Shaver, a spokes-personforHateFreeColoradoand Senior Associate Regional Director for T henumberofColoradanswhothe Anti-Defamation League Mountain experienced a hate crime or bias- States Region. While it is troubling to motivated incident in the last five yearslearn that so many Coloradans have issignificantlyhigherthanofficialexperienced hate personally, the sur-government data indicates, accordingvey results fill a critical data gap to toastatewidesurveycommissionedhelp us better understand the scope by Hate Free Colorado. Nearly 3 in 10oftheprobleminColoradoandto surveyparticipantsages18+,oranidentify where resources are needed to estimated1.25millionColoradans,take the most effective action.saidtheyweretargetedwithverbalHateFreeColoradocommissioned harassment,propertydamage,and/ thesurveytobetterunderstandthe or physical injury within the last fivelivedexperiencesofColoradansand years. estimate the incidence of hate crimes The survey also found that, of thoseandbias-motivatedincidentsinthe who experienced a hate crime or bias- last five years, as well as how the inci-motivated incident within the last fivedents were reportedif at all. years,only18percentreportedthe incident to police. ThesurveyconfirmedwhatweMajor findings: reportsfromlawenforcementvated incident. knew anecdotallythat hate crimesagenciesinColorado.However, Of those who experienced a hate happenmuchmorefrequentlyin Hate crimes in Colorado are sig- the survey found that in the lastcrime or bias-motivated incident, Coloradothanpreviouslymeasurednificantlyunder-representedinfiveyears,28percentofadult1 in 7 experienced physical injury, and that the vast majority of incidentsofficialdata.In2020,theFBIColoradans(1.25million)experi-areneverreportedtolawenforce- received a total of 281 hate crimeenced a hate crime or bias-moti- Continued on Page 18COLORADO SPRINGSFIND NEW MEMBERS BYADVERTISING YOUR CHURCH IN THE BOCNEWS! email information to:info@bocnews.comBODY OF CHRIST NEWS NOVEMBER 2022 follow us onfacebook 15'