wats consider hate crime---
is black beating up whites , or black beating up asians ,, or asians beating up whites or black
considered "hate crime" ?
2007-09-22 20:32:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I don't think any of those are *necessarily* a 'hate' crime.
A Hate crime is committed against someone based solely on their race, gender, religion, sexuality, etc. Hate crimes are political in the sense that a person is singled out because they belong to a certain group, and targeted to 'send a message' to the group.
It's a form of small time terrorism, very despicable and unfortunately quite common.
Just because a group of assailants are one racial type and the victim is another doesn't make it a 'hate' crime. It could just be common assault or motivated for gain, and have nothing to do with what race, class or group the victim belongs to.
Cheers :-)
2007-09-22 21:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by thing55000 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No -- a hate crime has nothing to do with WHAT is done.
Hate crimes are sentence enhancements to some other crimes. They make the punishment more severe based on WHY the crime was done, not what was done.
For example, killing someone accidentally is a crime. Killing someone by reckless conduct is a more severe crime, and killing someone with premeditated intent is even more severe. In all three, the result is the same -- the victim dies. However, what is different is the intent -- the mental state -- of the killer. Different mental states result in different punishments.
The same applies to hate crimes -- because of the different mental state (the desire to attack a huge number of people, of which the victim is just one of a set) the punishment is more severe than if the intent had just been to attack one person.
Different mental state = more severe crime. But there still must be some underlying crime.
2007-09-23 10:58:46 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fuzzy area...
A hate crime is committing an act of violence against someone because of their race or ethnicity. If the black person was screaming about the white or asian person's race, and there was no other clear reason for the violence, then as far as I know that is a hate crime. Although I will warn you that many times (depending on where you live), the government now-a-days will look upon white people with less sympathy when it comes to hate crimes.
2007-09-23 05:30:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A "hate crime" is a crime committed solely because the victim is of a certain race, religion, and in some places, sexual orientation.
A robbery for instance would not be considered a hate crime because the motivation is money.
It is generally determined by the behavior, beliefs, and statements made by the perpetrator during the offense.
It is very much a slippery slope because in essence all crimes of violence are "hate crimes." You do not kill or otherwise injure someone without that element of malice. That is why many times it is hard to define.
2007-09-23 04:00:40 · answer #4 · answered by bartmcqueary 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If one race beats up somebody simply because of their race, it's considered a hate crime.
2007-09-23 04:33:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there can be no white victim in a hate crime..the victim must be a member of some minority...the thinking being that a white deserves what ever he/she gets as a matter of course
2007-09-23 05:30:05 · answer #6 · answered by Bushrod 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋