96 hate crimes in 2021. 228 in 2022. 255 in 2023. A 166 percent increase in two years. Arizona is a border state where the immigration debate has been used as a hate group recruitment tool for decades. Anti-Black incidents remain the largest category — consistent with the national pattern every year since 1991. Anti-Latino hate crimes rose 55 percent in a single year. Religion based hate crimes nearly quadrupled from 15 to 56. A neo-Nazi group targeted Phoenix journalists reporting on antisemitism. A synagogue was set on fire in November 2025. These are not isolated incidents. They are one infrastructure with multiple targets. Today we talk about what the numbers show and why Arizona is one of the most important states in this series to understand. Let's have this conversation.

00:00 — Disclaimer01:54 — Introduction02:55 — Mission04:36 — Opening: 96 to 228 to 255 — a 166 percent increase in two years and the pattern behind the numbers07:04 — Background: The national baseline, Arizona's three year trajectory, and the border state context that explains the surge11:58 — The Data: Anti-Black, anti-Latino, antisemitism, LGBTQ targeting — one infrastructure, multiple communities, eight years of documented cases15:31 — Personal Truth: Political rhetoric and hate crime are connected — the SPLC documented it, the Arizona numbers prove it18:32 — Close/Action Steps: 255 reported. The real number is higher. Know what is happening in your border state.

DOJ Hate Crimes State Data — justice.gov/hatecrimes/state-data/arizona

FBI Crime Data Explorer — cde.ucr.cjis.gov

SPLC Year in Hate and Extremism — splcenter.orgAZ Mirror — azmirror.com

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