E/CN.4/1995/78/Add.1 page 20 opposed to both religions. He treats women of his race as chattel, but prefers to kidnap and rape White, western women. He delights in the torture of innocents. Although often presented as a coward, at the same time he willingly dies for his cause, because, we are led to believe, he does not appreciate human life as ’we do’." 39/ 69. Racist violence in the United States takes on many different forms and manifestations. The various types of racist violence include killings, death threats, vandalism, assaults, bomb threats, bombings, arson and acts of harassment. The different forms include random and organized violence and can be expressed as police brutality, or attacks on immigrants which largely go unreported. Alongside the violence by police and bigoted individuals, violence by organized groups is increasing. 70. During the 1980s, Black women were murdered in record numbers in Boston; elderly women were shot by klansmen in Chattanooga; others were lynched in Georgia and Alabama; and still others were shot down in the street. Additionally, evidence exists to suggest that many of the unsolved disappearances may be a result of dozens of African Americans being kidnapped off city streets and hunted for fun by White supremacist groups. 40/ 71. The pattern of increased racist violence, such as cross burnings, racial attacks, bombings and harassment, has been documented by a number of organizations, including the Center for Democratic Renewal. 41/ The propagation of racist ideas and the practice of racial discrimination are subjects of great concern. However, knowledge of the extent of racist violence in the United States continues to suffer from the lack of a uniform and accurate source of information. Various social justice organizations and anti-racist groups have nevertheless collected data revealing a chilling reality of racist attacks and acts of intimidation which have gone unpunished. The following information provides a glimpse of the problem and practice of racist violence in the United States. 72. Statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in compliance with the Hate Crimes Statistics Act 42/ reveal that 2,771 law enforcement agencies in 32 states cooperated with the Act. The figures listed 4,558 hate crime incidents involving 4,755 offences in 1991, the first year the Act was in effect. Of these incidents, 33 per cent were listed as crimes of intimidation; 27 per cent involved property destruction, damage or vandalism; 17 per cent were simple assaults; 16 per cent were aggravated assaults, and 3 per cent were robberies. 43/ At least one out of five people of colour experience victimization based on prejudice every year. 73. In an independent study carried out by the American Jewish Committee, 4,755 offences listed by the Department of Justice were examined: more than 75 per cent of the hate crimes that were racially motivated were directed at African Americans; of 917 hate crimes motivated by religious differences, 87 per cent were directed at Jews. 44/ During the 1980s in Los Angeles County, nearly 15 per cent of all racial violence was directed against Asian Americans. 45/