New ‘Antilynching’ Federal Law Could Let Prosecutors Imprison You For A Crime You Never Committed

The Federalist ^ | 4/5/2022 | Liam Cosgrove

[I want the USA back]

Their holy grail is the ability to imprison anyone they don’t like for anything or nothing at all. They’re almost there.

[ClearCase_guy]

Nacht und Nebel

[jz638]

You know that old saying “first they came for the ....”

Well, here we are.

First they came for the terrorists, then they came for Trump, then they came for the Jan6 protestors, and now they cam come for anyone for really any reason.

[VTenigma]

If you want “Minority Report” this is how you get “Minority Report”.

[teeman8r]

when does the intent of a law conflict with a constitutional right?

just saying i hate you, does not make it a hate crime.

[mass55th]

So how many Republicans voted for it?

[pepsi_junkie]

You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.

Dr. Floyd Ferris, Atlas Shrugged

[virgil]

And everybody who disagrees with them is a Nazi and that should be made illegal too.
They would love to send you to jail just for disagreeing with them.

[Salman]

Executive summary: Self defense is now "lynching" under federal law, even if you are found not guilty at the state level.

There hasn't been a lynching (old definition) for a long while, but there will be a wave of "lynching" in time for the next election.

[euram]

“...Hate Crimes Prevention Act, passed in 2009, which defines and criminalizes hate crimes.”

Does that law specifically define a “hate crime” designation as only to be used against white people, but not against any minority that attacks white people?

[ought-six]

Lynching won’t be considered a crime if the victim is a white, heterosexual male.

[sergeantdave]

If the fed fascists enter the states with intent to arrest people for freedom of speech, the states can activate their anti-klan laws to designate and arrest the federal fascists as terrorists.

[Mariner]

Perhaps I’m missing something, but I don’t see an issue as described.

All laws against thought crime are bad. Intent is not discernible absent pronouncement.

But conspiracy to commit a thought crime, absent a crime being committed, is not enforceable.

[sanjuanbob]

Is hurt feelings considered bodily injury and therefor be grounds for a hate crime?

[Verginius Rufus]

Emmett Till was killed by 2 men. In the old days lynching meant a mob, then it was redefined to mean a group of three or more, but Till’s death doesn’t even meet that standard.

[SunkenCiv]

Will Smith can't be arrested anyway, so what's the point?

[cgbg]

“But conspiracy to commit a thought crime, absent a crime being committed, is not enforceable.”

Yet.

[jpp113]

“specifically those who advocate for the superiority of the white race” - That comment right there is damning evidence that the law will be enforced unconstitutionally and was intended to be enforced unconstitutionally and will violate the 14th Amendment - the law will almost certainly be in violation of equal protection as applied.

Problem is, it will have to be applied before it can be constitutionally nuked

[TribalPrincess2U]

They can define ‘hate thought’ but not what a woman is.