Random links
- Seattle’s Best to Start Serving a Bacon Coffee, Because This is America
- I do like coffee and bacon, but that would be a very strange combo.
- Why shouldn't three people get married?
- The consequences of redefining marriage: "As three Brazilians are legally joined as a 'thruple' it starts to look illiberal to insist that marriage must be between two people."
- Oklahoma police captain sues department over mosque assignment
- In this officer's words: "This event is compelling me to go to a venue where a group of individuals is prepared to discuss their (Islamic) faith ... And in my faith, I have a duty to proselytize my faith to people (who) don't subscribe to my faith. I can't do that in uniform. And so therein lies the conflict or moral dilemma I face." As the story later mentions "Fields has said that if it were merely a police matter to which he was called, requiring him to enter a mosque, he would have no problem doing his duty as an officer."
- Lesbian who alleged Nebraska hate crime charged with lying about attack
- From the Lincoln police department: "A great deal of time and resources were spent investigating Charlie Rogers’ claims in hopes of identifying and arresting the three suspects in this case. As the investigation progressed and additional interviews were completed, the department received results from forensic analysts and experts making it apparent that the physical evidence conflicted with Charlie Rogers’ version of events." Is faking a 'hate crime' worthy of itself being classified as a 'hate crime'?
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Ronik
Mon, 2012-09-03 13:46
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"Is faking a 'hate crime'
"Is faking a 'hate crime' worthy of itself being classified as a 'hate crime'?"
Uh, no. Even if legally yes, no. If you want to set people up for something, you can choose anything you want. A black person wanting to frame a white person for something might choose racism as a potential cause, but that doesn't mean either person is a racist. It's just a handy, and generally believable excuse. That doesn't mean it ISN'T a hate crime, but you shouldn't stoop to saying every crime against a black person by a white person is a hate crime, etc. Faking a crime is faking a crime, and that's it. There might be other motivations, and you could judge the person to be guilty of a hate crime in this instance, but not as an absolute.