(Jim Foster/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(Jim Foster/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Participation by Minnesota law enforcement agencies in the FBI's annual tally of hate crimes has been patchy in the last decade – dipping to less than half of all agencies in some years. Last year, at 319, was the highest since 2007.
Immigrant-owned businesses are bearing the brunt of the losses from Operation Metro Surge, but effects are widespread.