Posted on 07/28/2021 10:38:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
More than half a century since they were modernized, hate crime laws in the U.S. are inconsistent and provide incomplete methods for addressing bias-motivated violence, according to a new report by advocates for better protections.
The report, first shared with The Associated Press ahead of its Wednesday release, is a comprehensive national review of hate crime laws that shows gaps and variances in the laws. Due to the complexity of hate violence, certain statutes meant to protect racial minorities and marginalized groups are less effective, as a consequence of bias in the criminal justice system, the report says.
The existing laws can even discourage hate crime victims from coming forward, advocates say in the report, which also cites widespread flaws in the collection and reporting of data.
“We really think this is the first report to bring together a state-by-state analysis along so many dimensions … with a focus on racial justice and criminal justice reform,” said Naomi Goldberg, LGBTQ program director for the Movement Advancement Project, which authored the report in partnership with over 15 national civil rights groups.
The coalition of civil rights organizations includes Asian Americans Advancing Justice—AAJC, the National Center for Transgender Equality and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Goldberg described it as an unprecedented collaboration in the advocacy space. …
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Repeal them all. That would be uniform.
Anyone advocating for whites?
Dear AP…..I’ll hate who ever I like. If I commit an act of violence against who I hate, I should be tried for the act of violence. The hate is my god given right.
Has a black person ever been charged with a hate crime?
Seriously? I’d love to know.
And yet - blacks are the guiltiest ever.
Why is FR obsessed with posting every freaking lying media article they can find?
When will FReepers learn that repeating a lie STRENTHENS the lie?
The antidote to lies is THE TRUTH. Post the TRUTH about the lies and better yet the TRUTH about where we should be focused (restoring our Free Constitutional Republic).
Distractions all. Hate crimes are a myth—ALL CRIMES ARE HATE CRIMES. When they pick on groups you dislike—its not a hate crime. Its not illegal to punch a Nazi said the Antifa — And they get to pick who is a Nazi!
People hate in different degrees throughout the states.
Hate crimes are a travesty and Un-American.
They are thought crimes.
Battery is battery; murder is murder; vandalism is vandalism. ‘Feelz’ don’t matter. Prosecuted and and punish the crime, not the feelings.
Hate crimes? Yeah, hating the truth and spewing lies should be a major felony.
If we don’t know what the enemy is trying to do, then we cannot counter it. Also, it isn’t expedient to wait for “our” media to pen a rebuttal to something like this.
That’s what the comments are for.
Posting BS AP stories here alerts us to the lies being used against us.
There should not be hate crime laws.
Either an action is criminal or it isn’t.
What is in your head is irrelevant.
Agreed. If someone strikes me I do not care why he did it. It is assault and battery in any case; and this is what should be punished. "Hate crimes" in essence criminalize thought, but only that against politically privileged groups.
2019 offenders:
52.5% were White
23.9% were Black or African American
14.6% race unknown
And again we hear from another proponent of the “Federal Republic of America”!
Laws across the globe lack consistency.
Stupid AP.
This reporter needs to have their head stomped.
Thank you.
I’m surprised blacks have been charged thusly. Being a protected class and all.
No such thing as a hate crime.
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