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Over 400 Hate Crimes Reported In San Diego County Over The Past Five Years

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Marissa Cabrera / News Producer, KPBS Midday Edition

Published September 3, 2019 at 11:15 AM PDT

This story was published more than 4 years ago.

People gathering on a street corner hold signs in support of the victims of the Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting, Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Poway, Calif. A man opened fire Saturday inside the synagogue as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday.

A new analysis by the San Diego Union-Tribune of hate crime data in San Diego County shows what kinds of hate crimes occur in the region and where.

A new report by The San Diego Union-Tribune provides a snapshot of hate across San Diego County.

The analysis shows there were 437 hate crimes reported across the county between 2014 and 2018, with the majority targeting the LGBT community, followed by those against black people and Latinos.

While most incidents occurred in the city of San Diego, the data show hate crimes were also reported in more than 20 communities. The analysis comes in the wake of the Poway synagogue shooting in April and as communities across the nation are experiencing a rise in hate incidents.

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Lyndsay Winkley, who covers public safety for The San Diego Union-Tribune, joins Midday Edition Tuesday to discuss the challenges in prosecuting hate crimes and what's being done to combat hate in San Diego.

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Jade Hindmon

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Jade Hindmon is KPBS Midday Edition co-host. Prior to making San Diego home, Jade worked in markets across the Southeast and Midwest, building a network of sources to tell the stories of people in each community. She worked as a multimedia journalist and anchor at WRTV in Indianapolis. While there, she launched “The Weekend Edition of Good Morning Indiana” and generated breaking news content for both broadcast and digital platforms. Prior to Indianapolis, she was an anchor and multimedia journalist at FOX Carolina in Greenville, SC. As part of that Emmy Award winning team, she covered elections, landed exclusive interviews, and interviewed presidential candidates. Jade also had the opportunity to cover international news and was able to travel to South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Jade is a three-time Emmy nominee, a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Finalist, and the recipient of a South Carolina Associated Press Award. She is a proud graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

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Marissa Cabrera

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Marissa Cabrera worked as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and had previously served as a Newscast Producer for KPBS' Morning Edition. Before joining KPBS she reported on Vatican affairs, social, and cultural issues in Rome, Italy. She also contributed to a documentary on sex abuse in the Catholic Church. Marissa has worked as a multimedia journalist at various news stations in San Diego and Monterey as well as Columbia, Missouri. Marissa graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

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