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CSUSB professor weighs in on tweet by Fontana Police Department calling Muslim congresswoman ‘un-American’The Mercury NewsApril 25, 2019 The Fontana Police Department says an off-duty employee was responsible for a since-deleted tweet calling Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) “un-American.” Brian Levin, director at the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and professor of criminal justice at Cal State San Bernardino, weighed in. “Ad-hominem hateful tweets, like those directed against Congressperson Tlaib, have no place in a civil community discussion, and certainly not from an official police Twitter feed,” Levin said. “Therefore, we await the outcome of investigations, so those responsible are held to account.” Read the complete article at “Fontana PD says unauthorized tweet calling congresswoman ‘un-American’ was posted by off-duty employee.”
False reports of hate crimes few and far between, CSUSB professor saysGlobal News (Canada)April 25, 2019 Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and professor of criminal justice at Cal State San Bernardino, was interviewed in an article about false reports on hate crimes. Although rare, he says they can still have a devastating impact on the communities targeted. “Hate crimes cut in a really jagged way through communities,” he said.“Generally, the same kind of damage to civil cohesion – at least in the intermediate to short-term – occurs when communities feel that they’re under attack.“The fact that it later turns out to be fraudulent doesn’t relieve that offender for having the moral responsibility of making people feel terrorized. If you do it intentionally because you want to terrorize Jewish people, or you’re doing it for some other motive but the effect is the same, I think there should be significant punishment.”’Read the complete article at “False reports of hate crimes few and far between, says expert.”
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