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Communities Uniting Against Hate

Not In Our Town APA Presentation

• New film “A Prosecutor’s Stand”
• Hate Crime Reporting Gap
• Role of Prosecutors in hate crime

awareness and enforcement

• How to engage communities in reporting

and prevention strategies

NIOT.org/COPS

NIOT- COPS Collaboration

Working for safe inclusive communities

• Five New Films

including “A Prosecutor’s Stand”

• NIOT.org/ COPS
• Video Action Kits and Discussion Guides
• Law Enforcement Leaders Network

NIOT.org/COPS

The Billings Story

Lesson 1: “Silence is Acceptance”

“If a Police Chief doesn't take a visible and active role, then there is an assumption that everything is alright. And these hate groups have learned though experience that if a community doesn't respond, then the community

• accepts. Silence is acceptance

to them.”

– Wayne Inman, Billings Police Chief

Lesson 2: Make Your Values Visible

Lesson 3: Cross-Community Involvement

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A hate crime is reported

nearly every hour.

Source: Southern Poverty Law Center

Hate Crimes Reporting Gap

• 2011 Hate Crimes Reported to FBI (UCR)

6,222

• Average Hate Crime victimizations 2011

(Bureau of Justice Statistics) 217,640 Download 2011 BJS hate crime report

Under-reporting of Hate Crimes

• 2 out of 3 crimes not reported to police
• 24% of violent hate crime victims do not

report to police because they believe police “could or would help them.”

• NIOT SEEKING BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES

from Law Enforcement on HATE CRIME REPORTING.

Source: The BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) “Data Collection: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS),” Bureau of Justice Statistics, http://bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245.

From the Community to the Courtroom

How do we change the narrative on hate crimes? “too hard to prosecute” “No time to investigate” “judges and juries don’t understand”

Light In The Darkness: Legal Actions

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas J. Spota Extended interviews on Niot.org/lightinthedarkness/legalactions Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Megan O'Donnell

Film and Guide Available

• Not In Our Town Light in the Darkness
• 27:00 and 54:00 versions
• Community Guide and Guide for Law

Enforcement

• Extended Interviews with Suffolk Co.

Prosecutors

NIOT DOJ COPS Film

A Prosecutor’s Stand

Profiling Victor Hwang San Francisco Hate Crimes Prosecutor

*Available for Screenings March 2014

Three Hate Crime Cases

• Attack on immigrants outside a bar
• Stabbing of a homeless African American man
• Beating of a transgender woman at a transit

station

Lessons from the Cases

San Francisco Hate Crimes Prosecutor Police Investigation Reveals Skinhead Network

Victor Hwang: Five Lessons for Law Enforcement

• 1. Be proactive in community outreach
• 2. Establish a specialized Hate Crimes Unit
• 3. Form a Law Enforcement-Community

Coalition

• 4. Form a Regional Hate Crimes Task Force
• 5. Work closely with Victim Witness Units

Victor Hwang: Five Lessons for Communities

• 1. Outreach/Educate community on Hate

Crimes

• 2. Organize and react
• 3. Work on and with law enforcement
• 4. Bear witness
• 5. Intervene early

Upcoming Films

• Case Against Hate: A Prosecutors Stand
• Five Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective
• Not In Our Town: Waking in Oak Creek

CONTACT

• Michelle Gahee Kloss mgkloss@niot.org
• Patrice O’Neill poneill@niot.org

Host a Screening

Films and Viewer Guides Available: Niot.org/COPS

• A Prosecutor’s Stand
• Light in the Darkness
• Waking in Oak Creek
• Five Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective

Community Partnerships

• Diverse community groups
• LGBT Groups
• Faith leaders
• Law Enforcement
• Local Media
• Civic/ Elected Leaders
• Shop Owners/Local Business

Niot.org Action Resources

Niot.org/COPS

Resources

• Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness –

A guide for Law Enforcement

• Law Enforcement and Community Guides for

A Prosecutor’s Stand and Waking in Oak Creek

Resources

If your community is facing a crime or disorder problem, we probably have something for you in our Resource Library www.cops.usdoj.gov

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services www.cops.usdoj.gov

www.niot.org

info@niot.org facebook.com/notinourtown @notinourtown

Not In Our Town

Safety, Acceptance and Inclusion

• Tools for Community Response to Hate Crimes
• Ways to Increase Public Awareness
• Understanding Key Role for Law Enforcement
• City and Civic Leader Engagement
• Victim Support and Improved Reporting
• Youth and School Based Prevention Methods