According to new FBI figures, the number of hate crime incidents against Hispanics fell from 595 in 2007 to 561 in 2008; see the table below.
Beginning in March 2008, groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Council of La Raza tried to make hay out of the rise that had occurred from 2003 to 2007. In May 2008, Barack Obama came close to accusing Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh of inciting hate crimes. How the SPLC, NCLR, Obama, and the others will respond to these latest figures remains to be seen.
Here's the table:
| Year | Incidents | Offenses | Victims | Known offenders |
| 2008 [1] | 561 | 735 | 792 | 711 |
| 2007 [2] | 595 | 775 | 830 | 758 |
Indexing those and earlier figures against population - bearing in mind to compare apples to apples - is left as an exercise. And, see the FBI pages below for their footnotes.
[1] fbi.gov/ucr/hc2008/data/table_01.html
[2] fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/table_01.htm
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