Criminals are Hateful people . So all crimes are hate crimes, amirite?
I was watching a show about hate crimes against all different types of people and thought. Well every crime s hateful, hurts someone for no reason.
I was watching a show about hate crimes against all different types of people and thought. Well every crime s hateful, hurts someone for no reason.
According to 18 USC Sec. 249 a hate crime is defined as the following:
(1)Offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin.—
(2)Offenses involving actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, , or disability.—
Theft is a crime...a parent whether mother or father steals to feed a starving child has not committed a hate crime. They risked themselves out of love.
Murder is a crime...a woman kills her attacker who breaks into her home in the middle of the night and tries to rape her...she didn't commit a hate crime. She took a life to protect her own and now has to prove self defense in a court of law.
Man leaves a bar intoxicated and drives home. Half way there he gets pulled over and is found to be over the legal limit. He didn't commit a hate crime. He made a judgment error on his part.
I could go on and on with scenarios but I think I have proven my point that your opinion is flawed and lacks intelligence.
The link below details actual hate crime cases:
https://www.justice.gov/hatecri...-case-examples
Beyond what you have stated, I have a problem with "perceived" in the statute.
Not gonna lie I do as well
ya I know that, yet I think all crimes are hateful. Why isn't it a hate crime when a minority rapes and kills a non minority person??
The court would have to prove that it occurred due to ones race and the same as if a non minority rapes a minority.
So much hate is placed on minorities however the door swings both ways when it comes to violence, rape, and murder. It isn't one sided.
A guy driving drunk is very hateful, he could kill someone.
So could a sleepy driver or someone having a heart attack doesn't mean they are hateful either.
Nothing likable about any of them.
Under our system all "crimes" do not hurt "someone". All "crimes" should, by definition, require a victim. But they don't.
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