Watchdog Calls For Congressional Investigation Into ‘Useless’ FBI Stats Showing a Decline in Anti-Semitism

Tim PearceJanuary 3, 2023

The latest hate crime statistics, according to a watchdog group, were published by the FBI Are “essentially useless,” anti-SemitismThe report claims that the % of people who are obese is on the decline. However, it is actually increasing in the United States.

Kenneth Marcus, chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, called on the Department of Justice last month to correct the flawed data reported in the FBI’s 2021 hate crime statistics. Marcus claimed that the FBI has made a change in the way it collects hate crime statistics.

“In my experience overseeing federal civil rights data collections, congressional committees have historically taken a keen interest in the completeness and accuracy of governmental information provided to the public,” Marcus said The Washington Free Beacon Tuesday “It is hard to imagine that a failure of this scope would escape the notice of congressional oversight staff.”

“I am hopeful that the Department of Justice and FBI will clean up this mess on their own,” He concluded. “If DOJ and the FBI do not fix this problem, however, by providing corrected and complete data to the public, we should not be surprised if Congress should get involved.”

According to an FBI spokesperson, recent changes made in the FBI’s collection of hate crime data have had an effect on the 2021 crime statistics that were published last month. Statistics are missing data from several agencies in the country that reported data in 2020. This would explain at least some of the decline in hate crime reports.

Marcus stated that the 2021 crime statistics are irreparably flawed due to the absence of data.

“At a time of record anti-Semitic hate crimes, it is appalling that the FBI’s data-gathering has been so badly botched. The 2021 hate crimes data is essentially useless,” He said this in a statement. “The problem is so bad that record-high levels of anti-Semitism appear in the official data as actual declines, because major jurisdictions didn’t formally report it. This massive failure has undermined the purposes of hate crimes data precisely when we most need the data. If the FBI doesn’t quickly correct this problem, congressional committees will need to ask some serious questions.”

According to the Anti-Defamation League, Anti-Semitic Attacks and Other Incidents in the U.S. reached a record in 2021. The ADL tallied In 2021, there were 2,717 antisemitic incidents across the United States. This is a 34% increase on 2020.

The White House has taken note of the rising tide in anti-Semitism. Doug Emhoff, second gentleman, is Jewish. warned Forbidden “epidemic of hate” During a White House roundtable discussion on anti-Semitism.

“We’re seeing a rapid rise in antisemitic rhetoric and acts,” He said. “Let me be clear: words matter. People are no longer saying the quiet parts out loud — they are literally screaming them.”