That unit would go into communities where bias-related crimes have occurred to try to reduce tensions.

Police statistics show that 42 percent of all bias-related crimes are assaults.

He was there to attend a seminar on bias-related crime.

Time enough, too, to begin to make amends for shallow treatment of issues like capital punishment and bias-related crime.

Regrettably, there won't be time in these final days to pass legislation strengthening penalties for bias-related crime.

Nearly 500 bias-related crimes were reported last year, double the number reported in 1986.

I also call upon my colleagues in Albany to pass legislation that offers protection against bias-related crimes.

In the meantime, bias-related violent crime against this community has doubled.

He added, "There is no evidence that this is in any way a bias-related crime."

Yet the State Legislature has failed to pass a law targeted at bias-related crimes.