The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report on Friday revealing that it has collected 701 incidents of hate in the week directly following the election, from November 9 to November 16.
Also on Friday, the FBI released its annual hate crimes report, revealing that 5,818 single-bias incidents occurred in 2015. This averages to roughly 112 incidents per week meaning that the number of hate incidents has been nearly seven times greater during the week following the election than an average week.
“They’ve been everywhere in schools, in places of business like Walmart, on the street,” SPLC President Richard Cohen said.
