Kansas reported 113 incidents of hate crimes, compared to 99 in Missouri, the FBI reports. (In 2007, Kansas had 110 incidents -- Missouri had 114.)
Overall, almost 7,800 incidents nationally were reported to the FBI. That represents a slight increase, but the FBI warns us against reading too much into that -- because some police departments are a little flaky when it comes to passing their numbers to the feds. Some year, they remember to file a report. Other years, they don't. The bureau is very dubious of ranking cities according to these stats.
For another bit of perspective, we should note that most police departments included in the study -- 84 percent -- had NO reports of any hate crimes.
woo hoo! suck on that, Missouri!
Posted by: aqua | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Kansas is the winne of the borders wars. They sure do know how to hate good in Kansas.
Posted by: Chuck Rizzo | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Too funny Aqua!
Posted by: Cousin Eddie | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Kansas is full of hatred. They now have joined STL on the list bad places to go.
Posted by: Annoyed | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 12:16 PM
C'mon Kansas...why you gotta be hating?
Posted by: Claude Hopper | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 12:56 PM
The results might be different if they counted ginger beatings.
Posted by: Brad | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 02:47 PM
The population of Missouri is almost 6 million. The population of Kansas is almost 3 million.
Posted by: Thomas | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 05:06 PM