Hate Crime?

Question

If somebody commits a crime for racial reasons, it is considered a hate crime. But if you murder somebody out of love, it's not called a love crime. If you kill a woman to take her purse, it's not called a money crime. Why does it matter that the crime was fueled by racism? Can't we just prosecute based on the severity on the crime?

I know what theft is, I was trying to make a point.

but thank u anyway I forgot the term "crime of passion"

Answer 1

Hate crime identity (name) is for the basis of the crime was committeded just to harm that person because of their race. They perpetrator only committed the crime for the purposes they hate that individual simply for the color of their skin. The same follows for gender the prejudice against the gay is considered a hate crime as well because it is a subjected discriminatory crime committed against that person for simply being the individual that the victim is.

I personally think those who committ a crime because of a persons race, gender, sexual preference and disability to have the highest prosecution the law would permit. People should wake up and stop the hate because there is something about that person you don't like. I don't like people who flip me the bird because I blow my horn at them. It doesn't mean for me to haunt them down and cause any harm to them.

Answer 2

Hate Crime is based on the idea that racially motivated crimes are a form of terrorism, and they are. The burning of a black church or the battery of someone who is gay are crimes aimed at terrorizing the entire community that they represent and are rooted in sociopolitical ideology (which is biased by simple racial hatred). Common theft and murder by jealous lovers might always be around but all you have to do is look at history to see examples such as the KKK's terrorist activity can be virtually eliminated.

This isn't P.C. "loony left" legislation made to pander to african american sense of victimization. It's common sense that if there is ANY form of crime that can be curbed by sending a message by creating a special category for it then it should be done.
Why do Republicans feel so threatened by it? Do you think it's part of some anti-white Christian male movement or something?
I've known white people who intentionally pick fights with black people, black people who do vice versa, and I think that a crime against an innocent person based on simple hatred and ignorance is far more repulsive than say beating someone up because of a bad drug deal or whatever and I see no problem with harsher punishment.

I believe the Jena 6 should be tried for hate crimes, and in implementation, this legislation has utterly failed in this instance. The problem is social, but the laws make perfect sense.

Answer 3

Hate crime legislation doesn't change that- we already take mitigating factors into account when we deal with crimes. A person who premeditates a murder is generally punished more harshly than a person who commits a similar murder in the heat of the moment. A person who kills a police officer that is doing his/her job is punished more severely than a person who kills a person who just robbed his house.

The reason why a person commits a crime *does* matter- it's been a considering factor for ages. A person who commits a crime in retaliation for a perceived wrong is generally not held to the same standard as a person who commits a crime in cold blood.

A person who is commiting a hate crime isn't targeting a specific victim- s/he is targeting an entire population, and that's an important factor. Those sorts of crimes are particularly heinous, and they can have a chilling effect on that population. And, quite frankly, I think that there's something to recognizing that murdering someone because of their skin color isn't quite the same as murdering someone because you have a personal grudge against that person, which isn't the same as murdering someone because you're drunk driving, which isn't the same as murdering someone because you weren't paying attention, etc.

Answer 4

actually when you kill someone out of "love" it's called a crime of passion. when you steal from someone it's called theft. it matters when a crime is fueled by racism because it's still a crime regardless.

edit: race is also the stupidest reason to commit a crime. why injure someone just because of their skin color or where they're from? there's no justificiation for it just like there's none for any other crime.

edit: the reason the term hate crime exists is because the victims involved are a minority of a population and a target. straight people get killed everyday, but of course not because they're straight. the liklihood of finding a population of people that hate straight people is slim to none which is the complete opposite of finding a population that hates someone based on race, religion, or sexual orientation. it's obvious that minority populations are sought out by their adversaries w/the intent to harm or degrade them. that doesn't happen with majority populations like whites, men, or straights. and the people committing these crimes come from the aforementioned.

Answer 5

pixie_pagan had it precisely properly. The foundation is this: communities like the KKK might want to drag a black guy out into city sq. to whip him, as a "caution" to the completed community. lower than a regular regulation, they could in basic terms be charged with attack and battery -- no longer even a legal, almost continuously. And yet, all of us comprehend there's a huge difference between getting right into a bar strive against and whipping someone to "warn" the city. Hate crime regulations are meant to manage that enormous difference; they differentiate between crime that objectives a individual, and crime that terrorizes a collection of human beings (ie, terrorism).

Answer 6

Affirmative action, Hate crime, these are the kind of things that liberals use to continue the division of the races as to perpetuate the victimization of groups of people in order to create votes.

Sounds complicated but......most blacks are conservative or at least center right in thinking, but they vote mostly democratic....thats because the liberals have the black community thinking that they are victims and "need" to vote for more "liberals" to fix the problems that are perpetuated by the "liberals".........pretty vicious cycle and well for the liberals it works (kinda scary)

we are all children of God and one race, there should be no such thing as a hate crime as this crap is only skin deep

Answer 7

I agree. And I also would just like to add that those laws seem to be very hypocritical.Killing somebody for being gay would probably fall under the category of hate crime. But would killing somebody for being straight fall under the same category? I doubt it. I'm not sure what the reason for this is, but I just think that its further proof that the hetero-sexual, Christian, caucasian, male is discriminated against far more than any other group. Partly thanks to the ACLU and other racist organizations such as the NAACP.

Answer 8

well, you should try to become a legislator and try to change those laws. right now our society belives those things are worse and tear us apart in worse ways than crimes motivated by love or money.

Answer 9

if we judged basing our decision only on the damage dealt accidental killings would be as severe as voluntary ones.

Answer 10

Shhhh, you're making too much sense. People are going to start getting headaches if you keep that up.