Hate Crimes happen across the country every day, but not every state includes "sexual orientation" in their hate crimes legislation. Just this month, two students at UVA were attacked in what law enforcement described as a "gay bashing." However, Virginia is one of 14 states that do not protect gays from hate crimes. The other states are: Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
UVA story here.
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Obviously we need less gay bashing, but we do not need more prosecutorial power. DA's and cops will throw "hate crime" on top of every assault charge like "assaulting a police officer" gets thrown on everybody who tells a cop to fuck off while drunk.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as a good liberal, I can't argue that the death penalty/ 3 strikes etc. is not a deterrent to crime but that harsher sentences for "hate crimes" would be.