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ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DROP IN AND TALK WITH A PROFESSION.AL WININTHROP, DAVID BIENICK, WCVB NEWSCENTER 5 MARIA: AUTHORITIES BELIEVE NATHAN ALLEN ACTED ALONE BEFORE HE WAS KILLED BY POLICE. 5 INVESTIGATES KAREN ANDERN REPORTS TONIGHT THAT THE THREAT FROM EXTREMISM IN MASSACHUSETTS IS FAR FROOVM ER. >> WE DONT KNOW HOW MANY OTHE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE LIKE THIS. KAREN: THE DEADLY ATTACK REPORTS OF NATHAN ALLANS WHITE SUPREMACIST VIEWS A SHOCK TO MASSACHUSES. THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE O NEW ENGLANDS ROBERT TRESTAN IS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT ELSE WE COULD BE MISSI. 5 INVESTIGATES LOOKED BACK AT 5 YEARS OF OFFICIAL HATERIME C STATISTICS IN MASSACHUSETTS. AROUND 400 HATE CRIMES A YEAR ARE REPORTED BY POLICE. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT HATE CRIME STATISTICS, FOR INSTANCE, SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME. THEY HAVE TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT HAS TO GET REPORTED. BUWET KNOW THAT ACTS OF HATE THAT OFTEN FALL BELOW THE CRIMINAL THRESHOLD ARE HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. KAREN: WHAT DO THE STATISTICS NOT SHOW US? >> THE STATISTICS DONT OWSSH HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE MAY BE OUT THERE LIKE THIS MAN. THE ADL KEEPS ITS OWN STATISTICS AND TRACKED 73 ANTI-SEMITIC IIDNCENTS IN MASSACHUSES TTALONE LASTEAR. KAREN ANOTHER CONCERN AN : INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IN HATE INSPIRED ATTACKS. >> PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TNO JUST THINK AND TALK OUABT HATRED, BUT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ACT OUT. IS THERE SOMETHINGN ITHIS CASE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE MISSED? NOT NOT INTENTIONALLY, BUT IF THERE WAS SOME ACT HERE OR SEOM FACT THAT GOT MISSED ALONG THE WAY? ITS IMPORTANT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO KNOW THAT, BECAUSE IT MAY HELP EITHERAW L ENFORCEMENT OR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOMETHING IN THE FURUT KAN:RE THE ADL SAYS ITS IMPORTANT TO LEARN NOT ONLY HOW NATHAN ALLAN CAME TO HIS RADICAL BELIEFS, BUT A

Deadly shooting in Winthrop raises red flags over hate crimes

Updated: 7:41 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021

Authorities believe the suspect who shot and killed two people in Winthrop acted alone, but his deadly attack on the Black bystanders is raising red flags.The murder of two people of color by Nathan Allen, who allegedly espoused white supremacist views, should serve as a warning that extremism is more prevalent in Massachusetts than people may think, according to an Anti-Defamation League executive."We don't know how many other people are out there like this," Robert Trestan, ADL New England's regional director, told 5 Investigates. "It's a reminder that there is a lot of hate within our community and no community is immune."We looked back at six years of official hate crime statistics in Massachusetts and found about 400 hate crimes a year are reported by police, but Trestan says statistics don't tell the whole story. "When you look at hate crime statistics, for instance, someone has to have alleged to have committed a crime. They have to call law enforcement. It has to get reported. But we know that acts of hate that often fall below the criminal threshold are happening every single day across the country," he said. "The statistics don't show us how many other people may be out there like this man." Trestan said the ADL keeps its own statistics and tracked 73 antisemitic incidents in Massachusetts last year.Another concern at the ADL is an increase in the level of violence, according to Trestan."People are starting to not just think and talk about hatred whether it's racism, antisemitism or Islamophobia, or whatever it might be but people are starting to act out," he said.That's why analyzing what may have prompted Allen to act is important to discern, Trestan said."Is there something in this case that someone might have missed? Not intentionally, but if there was some act here or some fact that got missed along the way, it's important for law enforcement to know that because it may help either law enforcement or people in the community to recognize something in the future," he said.

Authorities believe the suspect who shot and killed two people in Winthrop acted alone, but his deadly attack on the Black bystanders is raising red flags.

The murder of two people of color by Nathan Allen, who allegedly espoused white supremacist views, should serve as a warning that extremism is more prevalent in Massachusetts than people may think, according to an Anti-Defamation League executive.

"We don't know how many other people are out there like this," Robert Trestan, ADL New England's regional director, told 5 Investigates. "It's a reminder that there is a lot of hate within our community and no community is immune."

We looked back at six years of official hate crime statistics in Massachusetts and found about 400 hate crimes a year are reported by police, but Trestan says statistics don't tell the whole story.

"When you look at hate crime statistics, for instance, someone has to have alleged to have committed a crime. They have to call law enforcement. It has to get reported. But we know that acts of hate that often fall below the criminal threshold are happening every single day across the country," he said. "The statistics don't show us how many other people may be out there like this man."

Trestan said the ADL keeps its own statistics and tracked 73 antisemitic incidents in Massachusetts last year.

Another concern at the ADL is an increase in the level of violence, according to Trestan.

"People are starting to not just think and talk about hatred whether it's racism, antisemitism or Islamophobia, or whatever it might be but people are starting to act out," he said.

That's why analyzing what may have prompted Allen to act is important to discern, Trestan said.

"Is there something in this case that someone might have missed? Not intentionally, but if there was some act here or some fact that got missed along the way, it's important for law enforcement to know that because it may help either law enforcement or people in the community to recognize something in the future," he said.

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Deadly shooting in Winthrop raises red flags over hate crimes - WCVB Boston

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