hate groups

The number of hate groups and anti-government organizations in the United States jumped sharply in 2015 as political speech became more divisive, violent encounters between police and black men were increasingly publicized, and attacks in Paris and California spurred widespread fears of terrorism, a civil rights advocacy group said Wednesday.

The term "hate group" is not sitting well with organizations across the state and country that were called out in the latest report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

New Jersey has more hate groups than nearly any other state, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) -- Ann Hunnewell and her central Florida police officer husband knelt in the living room of a fellow officer's home, with pillow cases as makeshift hoods over their heads. A few words were spoken and they, along with a half-dozen others, were initiated into the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, she says.

We reported to you earlier this week that according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), New Jersey has the 5th highest number of hate groups in the nation.