why not a hate crime?

[burniegoeasily]

http://mobile.philly.com/news/?wss=/...s&id=138307964

[falcon]

PC cops and PC prosecutors almost never charge "minority" persons with hate crimes. This is especially true of large cities in the NE US.

[Sfury]

Unless the crime is so blatantly hate driven, most places will not charge minorities with the more "potent" hate crime charge.

What's more important than this though, is the fact that crimes can be any less or more bad if they were driven by an emotion. Murder is murder no matter the motive because the victim still is dead after all. The victims past matters not, and nor does the reason for the murders.

[Fieldmouse]

Prejudice is driven by power. Blacks have no power so they can't be predujice. Therefore, no hate crimes can be committed.

[CalHunter]

That is a very skimpy article. It doesn't list the race, etc. of the suspects or victims. It also doesn't list what "other related offenses" were charged. The victim was apparently white but they don't list the race of the cab driver or teens or list what types of epithets were yelled other than the fact that they were "racially derogatory."

[LBR]

Click on the "Read More" tab at the bottom of the article.

Police said the three teens were black and the cabbie and passenger were white.

The term "hate crime" is racist in it's roots, custom made to punish whites more severely. IMO the perps should get the max regardless of color--they are all "hate" crimes.

Chad

[CalHunter]

Originally Posted by LBR

Click on the "Read More" tab at the bottom of the article.
You got me on that one. The rest of the article does identify everybody's race.



The term "hate crime" is racist in it's roots, custom made to punish whites more severely. IMO the perps should get the max regardless of color--they are all "hate" crimes.
Chad

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. The idea that some assault against another human being isn't a hate crime is pretty silly.