Their obvious racist narrative pushing aside, hate crimes shouldn't be a thing.
A crime is a crime, and we have judges and juries to determine giving max punishments if the motive is as despicable as racism. Labeling a crime as a hate crime means you can falsely imply a racist motive when there might not be one, and taking it even further, imply there's a crime when there isn't one.
I've been saying that for years. Besides, it's an extra layer of insult for victims of "non-hate" crimes.
"Ma'am, your son was murdered by a serial killer, but on the plus side we can confirm that this wasn't a hate crime so you can mourn your son while knowing he wasn't killed for racial reasons, isn't that wonderful?"
Their obvious racist narrative pushing aside, hate crimes shouldn't be a thing.
A crime is a crime, and we have judges and juries to determine giving max punishments if the motive is as despicable as racism. Labeling a crime as a hate crime means you can falsely imply a racist motive when there might not be one, and taking it even further, imply there's a crime when there isn't one.
I've been saying that for years. Besides, it's an extra layer of insult for victims of "non-hate" crimes.
"Ma'am, your son was murdered by a serial killer, but on the plus side we can confirm that this wasn't a hate crime so you can mourn your son while knowing he wasn't killed for racial reasons, isn't that wonderful?"
Worse. Every person in the US is protected by this except a white man.