hate crime

The force said it was contacted on social media by a member of the public “who wished to make an allegation that a post on X was a possible hate crime”.

“Officers located six to seven businesses which were vandalized and the instance is being investigated as a hate crime,” Cuellar said.

“We prosecute aggressively … our office is leading the state in the number of hate crime prosecutions,” Gascón says in Watts, pitching himself as tough on crime.

"If you have been a victim of a hate crime, please contact us so we can investigate it. No one should be targeted for who they are."

Police have launched a hate crime investigation after antisemitic messages were raked into bunkers at a golf club in north London.