FBI says racial bias leading hate crime WASHINGi ION (AP) Rai ial bias prompted iiii peri «>nt of the nation's hate crimes in 1991. with bl.i< ks as the main tar get. the FBI said Monday in its first report on the issue The f HI said 4,f>.r>H hate crimes were reported, including 2.98.3 prompted by racial bias "It shows the need for stronger at turn on hate i rimes said Dayna Cunningham, an attorney with the V\.\( (’ Legal I>• • fense Fund. Legislation is needed, hut that "doesn’t get at the re.il prob lem. which is profound ignorance and frustration. Cunning ham said. "In the long run, making society more tolerant is both iiiui It more in keeping with our aspirntionnl values as a i ountrv and our First Amendment com erns " Religious bias a< counted for about half ol the remaining in cidents. ethnic bias at < minted for 9 a peri eat and sexual-ori entatioil bias ft.9 percent, almost ail aimed at homosexuals The report stems from the Hate Crum* Statistics Acts ot 1990 requiring the Mil to compile the figures Part it ipation by law enforcement agencies is voluntary Only 2,771 law enforcement agent ies took part, compared to tile more than IK,000 that give the FBI information for its Uniform Crime Reports on sui h < rimes as murder, aggravated assault and roblmry "While these initial data arc limited, they give us our first assessment ol the nature * if crimes motivated by bias in our society." FBI Director William S Sessions said m a statement ai i nmpany mg the preliminary report Rai ial bias caused 02 t pert out of hate i rimes, or ,on i in cidents. Anti-hlack motivations were responsible for I i i percent, t .689 occurrences, while anti-white feelings < a used 18.7 pen ent. 8HH incidents Other ( ategories • Religious bins: 19. 3 peri ent. 917 ui( id tints, vs it fi anti-lew ish motives responsible for 792. • Kthmc iii.is 9.5 pen ent. 450 incidents •Sexual-orientation bias 8 9 peri ent 423 incidents al most all of them aimed at homosexuals "Hate i rimes are a means of terrorizing entire i omnium ties because in a very real way. people who perpetrate hate crimes aren't looking for one person." said Martin lliraga, di rector of tin- National Cay and Lesbian I ask Fori e s anti-vio lence projei t "They’re looking to vent tiieir ire on whoever is most convenient." The most prevalent hate-related crime was intimidation, which accounted for 33.9 percent, or 1.814 incidents Van dalism occurred 1,301 times. 27 4 pen ent of the total, and there wore 790 simple assaults and 773 aggravated assaults Far less frequent were robberv. burglary, arson and larceny theft There also were 12 hate-crime-related murders and se\ en forcible rapes. Only 32 states partil ipaled, and some that did gave limited data. New York had the most cooperating law enfon ement agencies, 77.'1 reporting 943 hate i rimes Only two California law enforcement agencies provided information, reporting just five im idents All Kinds of Hot Dogs 100% BEEF •NITRITE FREE »TOFU • CHICKEN • FOOTLONGS plus Home-Baked Roast Beef Sandwiches and ... the Best (really!) ... Potato Salad & Coleslaw Swanky Frank b I UUfcN I NIGHTS M . 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The report bs .1 Moose invcs ligations subcommittee said that senior Justice Department offic ials in Washington deter mined earls in their insestiga turn that thes would not. pros, lute individuals at either the Cinergy Department or at Km k well International, whii h oper ated the weapons f.u tills tor sears Km kwell agreed as part of a plea tiargain last |une to pas $18 . million in fine* fan ause of illegal disposal of hazardous wastes and other violations of federal environmental lusss I he ( ompans pleaded guilts to to criminal counts The weapons plant, sshiih ntamdai tun’d plutonium pits, or triggers, for nut dear war heads had been svidelv i rite ci/.ed tor sears user its han dling o! hazardous, radioactive wastes file plant now is lieing i leaned up Hep Howard Wol pe, I) Mu h whose Science Space and Fee honings investigations suIh ouimittee investigated the plea bargain arrangement, said III a letter ai l nmpans mg the panel s report that "numerous leads about Ihe Km is fiats i ase remain and lire new I nn gress should pursue dii'in "This report is not the final word on tire Km kv Flats prose cution. said Wolpe Pint report urged C ongress to seek wavs to grant imimimtv for mnmfvers of the federal grand jury that heard the ease so that they could testify before ( ongress Some of those jurors have Ih'i'ii the sufiiei t of a separate Instil e Department investiga tom on leaks from the pirv Wolpe said it would he "outra geous" if the government prosecutes lire grand jurors with more vigor than they dem onstrated in prose* tiling Kim k well rile Mouse sulu cimnilttee re port concluded that the plea bargain prevented the iltsi In sure ul unsafe conditions, i rimes and a* Iivitles at the Kinky flats plant while i! was managed In Kin kwell I he pr**sedition involved violations between I'm ' and I OHO Hv papering over the silua lion .it Kim kv Flats, the prose i utnrs forfeited the opportunity to Iona national attention" on the ai 11 v it les not only it Koi kv f lats (nil at other weapons pro dm lion plants under the Flier gv I lepartilieiit Fnvtronnrent.il i leanuji at the weapons plants m a do/en states in iv take de< ades and i os! as mill h as S..'iiO tuition, aciording to IM)I and emigres sion.il estimates Although the Sin :') million fine paid hv Ko< k1 is itmortg the highest ever for environ mi'iil.il i rinit's, the report noted lfi.it the amount was less than Rot kweH s profits (luring till’ years involved Ihe report said Rim kwetl also was immunized from further prosei ution hv otht'i agent les and may seek re iiilhui semeiil from the l.nrrgv Department lor its legal fees I t) date Rot k vv el I hits I e ((nested reimhursement from IX )l and the publii lor S ’ U million in attorney s lees and ( osts. said the report Members ui the grand jury re portedlv urged unlit intents of as many as five Rot kwell fill plovees and three I K )l olfi rials. Hut federal preset utors refused to go along arguing that the violations reflet led a "t nIture of eiiv ironmenlaI abuse that flail Iteen part ol Ihe federal weapons prod in lion program lor (let titles litis is the vv It11e t:n|lar et|tm illenl ol hhiming an armed rnhltery oil sot n*lv not the indtv idnal holding the gun VVol()e salt! Ihe study said an inadequate investigation resulleti from the dei isiou hv top |ustn e nlfit nils in Washington not to pursue in div itlual felony indu tliienls FBI hunts for men who set man afire lAMI’A, Fla (AIM - I Ih- I HI joined fh>- hunt Monday fur three white men who dlegedlv ill ducted a black man took him to a remote area robbed him, then doused him with gasoline and set him ablaze ( hr president ol l ampa s NAAt I’ t hapter i ailed tin- attack a "lynching In lire Invesliga tors said lint att.ii kers used r.n oil epithets, hilt it wasn't immediattilv < leer whether tiles were ra < lallv motivated Christopher Wilson. It, suffered seined and third-degree bums over about 4fI portent ol his bodv during the assault New Year's morning He was in serious hut stable condition Monday at Tampa l.enernl ti