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The police department revealed today that the city has witnessed a 115 percent increase in bias crimes since President-elect Donald Trump
triumphed over Hillary Clinton last month—and paid tribute to one of
the victims, a Muslim cop subjected to threats while off-duty in
Brooklyn over the weekend.
Addressing the press at One Police Plaza this morning, Chief of
Detectives Robert Boyce noted again that hate crimes are up 35 percent
for all of 2016 compared to the year prior. But he reported that the
most intense burst had come in the weeks since November 8: 43 incidents,
in contrast to 20 during the same period of 2015.
“We also started looking at certain parameters: what happened
post-Election Day? We had a huge spike, right after Election Day, it’s
somewhat slowed a little bit,” Boyce said. “We’re seeing across the
board an increase right now.”
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