[DakotaRed]

Locally, an Obama supporters car has been vandalized with the words "white power" keyed into the paint. Two stories so far claiming it's a Hate Crime.

I do not condone this conduct or action, vandalism is a crime, but, a "hate crime?"

They're getting pretty loose with that term.

[Mark was here]

I bet he vandalized his own car.

[MrB]

“Hate Crime” laws are simply ways to punish someone for having non-liberal thoughts.

[Polybius]

Locally, an Obama supporters car has been vandalized with the words "white power" keyed into the paint. Two stories so far claiming it's a Hate Crime. I do not condone this conduct or action, vandalism is a crime, but, a "hate crime?"

Or, possibly, just fraud perpetrated by Obama supporters dealing the Race Card when nobody else will deal it for them?

Look at the response: Gets on the news. A public collection is taken up to repair the damage. Obama's political opponents are lumped in with racists.

From the Duke LAX racist rape fraud to the Tawana Brawley rape fraud that put Al Sharpton on the map, to various racist vandalism frauds, such scams have repeatedly happened.

Stomping Out (Phony) Hate Crimes .... Dunn, a Claremont McKenna College psychology professor, defaced her car in March by slashing its tires, breaking its windows and spray painting ethnic slurs on the doors and hood the same day she gave a lecture on racial tolerance. Her goal was to raise awareness that racism exists on a campus that had recently seen a number of hate crimes perpetrated on its students. .... The vandalism had the expected effect. Classes were cancelled while thousands of impressionable students rallied around the elimination of "ignorance." Dunn filed a police report and insurance claims to cover the damage to her car, and until witnesses came forward, no one on the campus knew they were victims of an elaborate hate crime hoax. Noticeably chagrined, Claremont suspended Dunn while they recovered from the embarrassment of the con. .... Most people who perpetrate these stupid, divisive stunts are never punished. However, Dunn was charged last week with filing a false police report and two felony counts of insurance fraud. She potentially faces probation to six years in prison.

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Leah Miller, a black student at San Francisco State, admitted to writing racial epithets on her own door because she wanted "to be a part of something." Another black SFSU student, Allison Jackson, pulled the same stunt — because she wanted to change her housing assignment.