The concept of a “hate” crime is contrary to our Constitution.
A law should simply state the offense and the consequences. There shouldn’t be a rider they can heap on top to modify it.
Besides, all violent crimes are hate inspired. Nobody would commit a violent crime against someone they liked.
Hate crime legislation is a war and a militarization of police. IT makes someone thinking something an enemy of the state just as a muslim should be for good reasons thought to be a suspicious foreign individual regardless of nationality.
Hate crime legislation should not be a language of our civilian justice system but at best something our military handles against foreign actors, ie muslims, communists and Nazis.
It should not be domestically used.
There is a better word than hate crime, which is treason and traitor crimes!