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Hate crimes in LA highest in 10 years, with LBGTQ and blacks most targeted

LOS ANGELES_Los Angeles recorded its highest level of reports of hate crimes in a decade, with a nearly 13 percent increase in 2018 over the year before.

Last year, L.A. tallied 289 hate crimes, compared with 256 in 2017, according to Los Angeles Police Department statistics gathered by researchers at California State, San Bernardino. Members of the LGBTQ community, blacks and those

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