[kaylar]

I gues what I'm trying to say is this :

We speculate on race in crimes like this because we assume that if this is a white victim/black perp case, then the crime will receive very little attention, and the perp will either get a short sentence or walk away free. We are angry. The actions of the judge in this case suggest our fears will be realized. We're getting tired of the media complicity in this obscene double standard. More and more people are using the internet to thwart the media attempts at hiding crimes like this , as well as using them as rallying points in the grass roots efforts against Hate Crime Laws.

[GOPmember]

                            Perpetrators:

            

                                Victims:

            

Unfortunately, it's now a cliche, but can anyone tell me which
combination produces a "hate crime" and which produces a story
that gets relegated to the back page of the local paper's Metro section?

[xm177e2]

We speculate on race in crimes like this because we assume that if this is a white victim/black perp case, then the crime will receive very little attention

This case is soooooo strange, though, that it will get attention.