[kiryandil]

Back to your Free Republic roots, I see...       

[Round Earther]

Sounds like a case for the state courts and a long term in a state prison.

[Gay State Conservative]

I completely reject the validity of all "hate crime" laws. If I was a juror in this case I would have asked if there were any charges we could consider that didn't mention that the targets were perverts. if there were I very probably would have voted guilty on them.If not I would have voted not guilty on all charges.

The fact that he shot into a home is important. The fact that the occupants were perverts means absolutely nothing.

[coloradan]

No such treatment of the shooters we hear about weekly in Chicago. It’s not a hate crime when they do it. (Even though their victims are usually minorities.)

[Telepathic Intruder]

“Hate” is a subjective term. “Hate crimes” are thought crimes.

[NWFree]

Governor Hockum tried to rid NYC of all conservatives

When will that old bag be charged with a hate crime?

[montag813]

Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act

If I were the family of James Byrd I would be royally pissed that the Act also bears the name of Shepard, whose "killing" (he died of exposure) had nothing to do with his being a homosexual, but instead a drug-related robbery that went too far.

[Paladin2]

Past time to get the “T” outta the LGBTQAnon Pantheon.

[Rurudyne]

There is no enumerated power given to the federal government to require ANY private person to respect federal covil rights. None. That includes all non-State Actors including businessmen and employers.

[FlingWingFlyer]

In Bidenskyyyyy’s Amerika, you can kill a couple of people and still not qualify for 18 years in prison.

[packrat35]

Hate crimes like this are BS, but he deserves the jail time for shooting into someone’s home. And there are already laws against it.