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murielm99

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3. I am not apologizing for these jerks.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:32 PM

Oct 2013

Maybe the statues were ordinary vandalism?

I don't want to see hate crime laws misused and cheapened. If that doesn't apply in this case, the accused could get off more lightly than they possibly deserve.

People need to be punished severely for hate crimes, when the law applies.

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I don't see it as a hate crime. n/t murielm99 Oct 2013 #1

They decapitated the heads of some statues. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #2

I am not apologizing for these jerks. murielm99 Oct 2013 #3

Well they claim they were drunk and stoned. I am not sure if they will go with the hrmjustin Oct 2013 #4