WASHINGTON — The number of hate crime incidents in 2002 declined dramatically from 2001, the FBI reported Nov. 13. State and law enforcement agencies reported 7,462 hate crime incidents, 23 percent fewer than the 9,730 incidents reported in 2001. The FBI’s review of 7,459 single-bias hate crime incidents found that 48.8 percent were racially motivated, 19.1 percent were motivated by…
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