In October 1999, a white man named Troy Knapp was attacked by a mob of black men wielding pipes and trash cans, while riding his bike with a companion in Charleston, SC. Knapp was beaten so severely that part of his skull and brain had to be removed, leaving him barely functional.
Witnesses told Knapp's family that after white police officers arrested a black suspect in connection with the shootings, someone in a group of people was heard saying: "Yeah, we are going to get us a white boy." Seventeen suspects were arrested and charged with second-degree lynching. However, local prosecutor David Schwacke commented, "We haven't been able to establish hate as a motive."
According to a Fox News report, Schwacke, "acknowledged that if it had been 17 white suspects and two black victims, hate would more likely be considered a motive." The report went on to note that, "Federal hate-crime law could apply in this case, but seven months after the incident the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina is not even considering charges."
Many incidents that are virtually ideantical to this have occured across the country. It is time to end the discrimination. If we are all equal, then we should all be treated equally. You can see that Hate crimes against whites are not being filed as such. As the article mentioned, if it were a white on black crime, hate would have been considered as a motive. And 9 and a half chances out of 10 the courts would have said hate was the motive. We need to stand up against this discrimination against white Americans.
2007-02-28 10:17:36 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan M 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
http://www.davidduke.com/hatecrimes/hatecrimeactionplan.shtml
2007-02-28 10:18:08 · update #1
You have a link to David Duke's web site, which isn't necessarily what I would call "unbiased".
However, it is true that the standards for one race don't always apply to another.
2007-02-28 10:27:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kilroy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ryan, the whole concept of "Hate Crime" is rediculous. Of course hate is the obvious motive. I've been hated for my race during my lifetime. You do have a legitimate point, but you made a huge mistake citing David Duke's cite. You must realize that?
"The weak cannot forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
Ghandi
2007-02-28 10:29:54 · answer #2 · answered by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are supposed to be the great melting pot, but racism will never stop.Im a decendant of Robert E.Lee southern pride, but my great great grandfather believed everybody should have freedom and he wasnt going to fight against his home state of Virginia thats why he resigned from the north to fight for the south.
2007-02-28 10:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
RUKidding?! What bozos out there would believe anything on a KKK website as true? I mean, really....!
2007-02-28 10:22:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I knew I shouldn't have opened this one..........
2007-02-28 10:22:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you WHITE girls husband?
2007-02-28 10:22:26 · answer #6 · answered by sqwirlsgirl 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋