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 ...
I am sure blacks are not charged with hate crimes nearly as often as whites are for the same crime, but those are the stats.
Blacks are still charged with hate crimes well out of proportion to their population, though.
comments are usually disabled these days
Yes, the powers that be are afraid of wrongspeech.
Has a black person ever been charged with a hate crime?
Not in my experience. There was a "hate incident" at my alma mater, UCSD. Someone hung a noose in Geisel Library. As soon as they found the culprit was a minority student all charges were dropped. Perhaps that person was the inspiration for Jussie Smollett's hate crime that wasn't.
Let me get this straight (heh). It is always illegal for a person of any race to assault another person of any race. It is even more illegal for a white person to assault a black person for being black. But it isn’t more illegal for a black person to assault a white person for being white.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
The soft bigotry of low expectations holds the black community back more than “systemic racism” does.
Now they’ll want to federalize them.
If two men of the same race & religion fight and one is killed, that would not be a "hate crime", right?
But if one has a different gender, race or religion, then that might get classified as "hate", don't you think?
So in what percentage of crimes are the gender, race or religion of perp & victim different?
It's got to be pretty high, good guess, maybe 50% and yet only a small portion get listed as "hate".
Might be the statistics conceal more than they explain?
Apparently, to the left, acts aren’t criminal, unless it is committed by a conservative against a libiot favored group.
So, Blacks are more prejudiced?
‘Equity’ will/is destroying this nation
Agreed.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.