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Igel

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3. Sometimes there's a declaration or clear evidence.

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 10:53 AM

Jul 2015

Sometimes there's not. Not all hate crimes are prosecuted as hate crimes, or even readily identifiable as hate crimes. Not everything prosecuted as a hate crime is.

Most often "hate crime" is in the eye of the beholder, and the prosecutor's opinion may vary, as well as the judge's and jury's.

Imagine the races reversed, and people would be all over the hate-crime angle. "We're good, they're bad." It gets tedious.

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Hmmm, read the article and saw no evidence of hate crime other than a group of black people beat uponit7771 Jul 2015 #1

I dunno romanic Jul 2015 #2

Sometimes there's a declaration or clear evidence. Igel Jul 2015 #3

You are absolutely right. 7962 Jul 2015 #4

That's my point, the races HAVE been reversed and seldom rule as hate crime especially if law ... uponit7771 Jul 2015 #6

I don't know if it was a hate crime, but I'm not too fond of punks who swarm attack people. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #5

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2015 #7