Ken Parker was baptized in a predominantly black church in Jacksonville, Florida, his tattoos – a large swastika, one Confederate flag, a Ku Klux Klan insignia and an Iron Cross – immersed in holy water. His story is one of many revealed in a multi-story, nationwide News21 journalism project.
More than 2.4 million crimes, whose victims suspect were motivated by hate, were committed across the United States in the five years between 2012 and 2016, according to a News21 analysis of the federal National Crime Victimization Survey, which interviews tens of thousands of Americans annually.
