Is Racism/hate crime on the rise?

No matter how far we have come to become a civilized society, there will always be racism and hate crimes against other races and religions. There is no better person to make such statement than I. I have seen it happen in front of my eyes and have been going through many.

Let me say this. I am an Asian, but I was born in the United States of America and model citizen - law abiding, tax paying, giving and taking respects for family, friends, neighbors and everyone else. Needless to say, I treat everyone the same and I don't go around looking for trouble let alone cause trouble for someone else. However, I always find myself in the middle of it.

I bought my first house and moved into a neighborhood 3 years ago thinking this is a nice place to move into, but for the last 2 years people living around me mainly neighbors are giving me grieve and no one not even local police can do anything about it. All because I am the only Asian living on that street.

List of hate crimes I've gone through and still experiencing:
1.) Almost always people with dogs let their pets shit all over my front and backyard usually when I am not home.
2.) People throw their trash every now and then right on our walkway.
3.) Every other month, I find eggs on my brand new car.
4.) Prank phone calls every other day.
5.) Fraudulent activities on my home phone account by someone named (Melanie Trainer). She also listed my phone number for her newspaper subscription and her bank account as contact. So, every now and then I get a phone call that is meant for her.
6.) Attempted break-in by a neighbor living 3 houses away from me when I was home.

All this and I still believe in them that they will change but I doubt it. If this is their idea of making me move out of their neighborhood, it ain't happening. I don't let any of these get to me or else I would be in jail for killing my neighbors right now. Because of all this nonsenses, I bought several firearms and installed security camera. Even now, they destroy my property wearing masks and usually after dark. So, nothing will show up on my surveillance camera.

I really think, our legislation needs to be completely cleaned out and rewritten for there are too many loop holes. Really the more I dug into our laws, I found out that it protects the wrong-doers and criminals more so than it does the victims.

Whenever I hear news about a homeowner or property owner arrested and booked for protecting his properties from destruction by using lethal force, I get very angry. Our law and judicial system looks the other way and accuse you of committing a crime. For instance, Man Pleads Guilty In Egg-Throwing Slaying. How absurd is that? These kids threw eggs on a passing vehicle. That's not a crime? Did he not protect his car by running after them and shooting them? Destruction of someone else's property is not a crime? Could someone explain that to me. Whether they actually caused any damage is another story all together, but they did have the intention to do bodily harm on a occupant of the vehicles. Isn't that more than enough reason to do what you can to protect your property?

I, in fact, consulted the local law enforcement about the use of firearm when it comes to protecting your loved ones and property and this is what they told me. As long as the law breaker(s) is not breaking down your doors or windows trying to get into your house, you can't use your gun unless they are attempting to cause bodily harm to you or your family. If not and you still use lethal force (gun), you will be arrested and booked for jail time. I asked them about surveillance camera and the videos I got. To which they said, if you can't see their face in the video, it is pretty useless.

So, to answer the question: Is racism/hate crime on the rise? Yes!!! In a nutshell, I am helpless against these hate crimes/harassment. I know this far. If anyone knocks on my door and tries to break-in after 12:00PM, I will shoot first and then ask question. I guarantee you that you'd hope you never set a foot on my property.