Urges Federal Bureau of Investigation to include in Uniform Crime Report September 11, 2001 terror attack victims in hate crime statistics.

AR131

ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 131

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Urges Federal Bureau of Investigation to include in
Uniform Crime Report September 11, 2001 terror attack victims in hate crime
statistics.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Assembly
Resolution
urging the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to include in the Uniform Crime Report the victims of the
September 11, 2001 terror attack as victims of hate-motivated murder.

Whereas,

The attack on the United States perpetrated by international terrorists on
September 11, 2001 was one of the most vicious crimes ever inflicted upon this
great nation; and

Whereas,

This deplorable attack resulted in the death of almost 3,000 people, including
almost 400 police, fire, and rescue personnel; and

Whereas,

In response to the passage of the federal Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990,
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began to collect and publish data on
crimes motivated by race, religion, ethnicity and national origin, gender
preference, and disability; and

Whereas,

In 2001, the FBI�s Uniform Crime Report indicated that 9,730 bias-motivated
incidents were reported by law enforcement agencies nationwide; and

Whereas,

Additionally, the FBI reported that there were 10 hate-motivated murders in
2001; and

Whereas,

Despite the thousands of victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attack, the
FBI reported that 649 murders occurred in New York City in 2001, which marked a
3.6 percent decline from the previous year, the largest decline of any major
city in the Northeast; and

Whereas,

The FBI included data on the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in a special
report within the Uniform Crime Report and did not include the victims of the
September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the Uniform Crime Report as murder victims
or victims of hate-motivated murder; and

Whereas,

In order for the term �hate-motivated murder� to retain its proper meaning, the
victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attack should be included in the data
for hate-motivated murder in the Uniform Crime Report�s hate crime statistics;
now, therefore,

����
Be It
Resolved
by the General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� The General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey respectfully urges the Federal Bureau of Investigation
to include in the Uniform Crime Report the victims of the September 11, 2001
terror attack as victims of hate-motivated murder.

���� 2.��� Copies of this
resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the
Clerk of the General Assembly to the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

STATEMENT

���� This resolution urges the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to include in the Uniform Crime Report
(UCR) the September 11, 2001 terror attack victims as victims of hate-motivated
murder.�

���� The attack on the United
States perpetrated by international terrorists on September 11, 2001 was one of
the most vicious crimes ever inflicted upon this great nation.� This deplorable
attack resulted in the death of almost 3,000 people, including almost 400
police, fire, and rescue personnel.�

���� In response to the passage of
the federal Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990, the FBI began to collect and
publish data on crimes motivated by race, religion, ethnicity and national
origin, gender preference, and disability.� In 2001, the UCR�s hate crime
statistics provided that 9,730 bias-motivated incidents were reported by law
enforcement agencies nationwide.� Additionally, the FBI reported that there
were 10 hate-motivated murders in 2001.� Despite the thousands of victims of
the September 11, 2001 terror attack, the FBI reported that 649 murders
occurred in New York City in 2001, which marked a 3.6 percent decline from the
previous year, the largest decline of any major city in the Northeast.�

���� The FBI included data on the
September 11, 2001 terror attack victims in a special report within the UCR and
did not include the victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attack in the UCR
as murder victims or victims of hate-motivated murder.�

���� In order for the term
�hate-motivated murder� to retain its proper meaning, the victims of the
September 11, 2001 terror attack should be included in the data for
hate-motivated murder in the UCR�s hate crime statistics.