Mississippi
Hate Crime Statistics Case Examples News DOJ Offices
Please click the image/link below to download a fact sheet with detailed graphics and information on hate crimes reported to the FBI for Mississippi in 2022.
Fast Facts on Mississippi Hate Crime Incidents*
Bias Motivation Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 14 | 26 | 16 |
Religion | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Sexual Orientation | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Disability | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Gender | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Gender Identity | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total: | 16 | 31 | 29 |
Crimes Against Persons | 20 | 62.5% |
Crimes Against Property | 7 | 21.9% |
Crimes Against Society | 5 | 15.6% |
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 16 | 55.2% |
Religion | 1 | 3.4% |
Sexual Orientation | 4 | 13.8% |
Disability | 5 | 17.2% |
Gender | 1 | 3.4% |
Gender Identity | 2 | 6.9% |
*2021 was the first year that the annual hate crimes statistics were reported entirely through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). As a result of the shift to NIBRS-only data collection, law enforcement agency participation in submitting all crime statistics, including hate crimes, fell significantly from 2020 to 2021.
Case Examples
A judge sentenced a Mississippi man to more than three years in prison after the man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and arson charges.
According to the plea, on December 3, 2020, the defendant made racial slurs toward his Black neighbors, then burned a cross near their property to intimidate them.
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mississippi-man-sentenced-federal-hate-crime-cross-burning
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mississippi-man-pleads-guilty-federal-hate-crime-cross-burning
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mississippi-man-charged-federal-hate-crime-cross-burning
Graham Williamson and Louie Revette, of Seminary, Mississippi, were sentenced for a racially motivated crossburning in a predominantly African-American residential area. Williamson was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison. Revette was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for recruiting Williamson, planning, and executing the crossburning.
In October 2017, the two men built a cross that they set up and lit on fire near the homes of African-American residents in the Keys Hill area of Seminary, Mississippi. Both men admitted to knowing that burning crosses have historically been used to threaten, frighten, and intimidate African-Americans, and that they wanted to make the community members in the neighborhood fearful. The crossburning was mostly directed at a young African-American victim and placed near the victim’s home.
Williamson Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/mississippi-man-sentenced-36-months-crossburning
Revette Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mississippi-man-sentenced-11-years-crossburning
News
June 18, 2024
April 16, 2024
March 21, 2024
Six Former Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Sentenced for Torturing and Abusing Two Black Men
March 9, 2023
Mississippi Man Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime for Cross Burning
December 2, 2022
Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Cross Burning
September 23, 2022
Mississippi Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Cross Burning
December 6, 2021
Federal Officials Close Cold Case Re-Investigation of Murder of Emmett Till
September 30, 2021
FBI Launches Hate Crimes Awareness Campaign in Mississippi
November 5, 2019
Mississippi Man Sentenced to 36 Months for Crossburning
September 10, 2019
Mississippi Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Crossburning
August 6, 2019
Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Crossburning
April 12, 2019
Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime For Crossburning
November 26, 2018
May 15, 2017
DOJ Offices
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Jackson |
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Northern District of Mississippi (Oxford) Southern District of Mississippi (Jackson) |
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Southeastern Regional Office |
Southeastern Field Office |