Uncovering Hate Crimes in America

How the FBI is combats hate crimes nationally.

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T627268_072009 Law - The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 provides funding and technical assistance to state, local and tribal jurisdictions to help them investigate and prosecute hate crimes to the fullest extent, including crimes directed at the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. The law was the first significant expansion of federal criminal civil rights law since the mid-1990s.   (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Combatting Hate Crimes - Attorney General Eric Holder said the U.S. Justice Department is continuing its investigation into whether civil or hate crime charges will be brought against George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teen, last February. Keep reading for a closer look at how federal law defines hate crimes and steps the department has taken to combat them. — Britt Middleton (Photo: Molly Riley/AP Photo, File)

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