Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Doubled In Colorado In 2017

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A woman places a stone, Monday Oct. 29, 2018, on a memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue, to one of the 11 people killed when a gunman opened fire during worship at the temple on Saturday in Pittsburgh.
Photo: Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Memorial
A woman places a stone, Monday Oct. 29, 2018, on a memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue, to one of the 11 people killed when a gunman opened fire during worship at the temple on Saturday in Pittsburgh.

Overall reports of bias-motivated incidents in Colorado remain flat, but the number of reported anti-Semitic hate crimes in the state doubled in 2017.

FBI data collected by the Anti-Defamation League shows that the number of anti-Jewish hate crimes reported in Colorado doubled from six in 2016 to 13 in 2017.

The Denver Post reports the FBI's annual report follows a spate of incidents in Colorado, including a demonstration Sunday by white nationalists in Denver and uproar over a flag with a swastika that flew outside a Fruita home last week.

Overall, Colorado law enforcement received 106 reports of hate crimes in 2017, up just two reports from 2016 and down one from 2015. Over half were motivated by racism and about a quarter by bias against a specific religion.