While love and peaceful intentions will eventually win over hate, Giuliani said, it must be supplemented with action.

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Still, the data show a 2 percent overall increase in hate crimes over the previous year, and a rise in each individual category, with one exception: attacks based on ethnic bias or national origin.

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"Hate is taking over, " said Noam Katz.

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