Hate crime legislation comes about because political leaders think that they have to do something about certain situations. It's a "we can't get him on this, but we can get him on that" type of bad law.
Having said that, clearly, a group of Palestinian supporters chasing Jewish students who were forced to retreat to a library and lock the…
Hate crime legislation comes about because political leaders think that they have to do something about certain situations. It's a "we can't get him on this, but we can get him on that" type of bad law.
Having said that, clearly, a group of Palestinian supporters chasing Jewish students who were forced to retreat to a library and lock the doors should qualify for hate-crime application in addition to the common assault charge that they should face.
Yeah, I don't think that the politicians that have pushed this legislation are actually doing it to make things better. They are attempting to criminalize how someone feels or thinks. As you said, they can't get you for speech because of 1stA, so they want to punish people for it on the back end when they commit some other crime.
My guess is that in the modern climate, any jurisdiction that does have hate crime laws would do their level best to NOT punish those Pal supporters. In the same way that I doubt they would use those laws to punish a POC who committed a crime against a white person. These laws are not meant to deal with actual hate, but to punish the 'oppressors'.
Hate crime legislation comes about because political leaders think that they have to do something about certain situations. It's a "we can't get him on this, but we can get him on that" type of bad law.
Having said that, clearly, a group of Palestinian supporters chasing Jewish students who were forced to retreat to a library and lock the doors should qualify for hate-crime application in addition to the common assault charge that they should face.
Yeah, I don't think that the politicians that have pushed this legislation are actually doing it to make things better. They are attempting to criminalize how someone feels or thinks. As you said, they can't get you for speech because of 1stA, so they want to punish people for it on the back end when they commit some other crime.
My guess is that in the modern climate, any jurisdiction that does have hate crime laws would do their level best to NOT punish those Pal supporters. In the same way that I doubt they would use those laws to punish a POC who committed a crime against a white person. These laws are not meant to deal with actual hate, but to punish the 'oppressors'.