@westside-steve said:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/13/us/kansas-jewish-center-shooting/

Here's one for you, boys.

So the debate here is whether or not this bastard should be charged with a crime. Hate crime?

I say whatever the worst possible punishment allowed by the harshest of judges would be appropriate.

Kansas still has a death penalty but if their prison system is harsh enough maybe life would be ok.

WSS

The only problem with that is not only do they destroy the life's of there victims but then they become a tax payer burden. With an average cost of 45,000 a year and our prisons are busting at the seems. Kill the fucker

@westside-steve said:

On this type of crime I don't think we would differ, but let say he didn't kill them but only beat them up or burned down the jewish center for the same reason. Then adding it as a "Hate Crime" would carry more legal weight with higher penalties(not sure if we differ here or not)

@sadbrownsfan said:

For cases like these it really doesn't matter if it is consider a "Hate Crime" or not, it will get prosecuted to full extent that the law would allow in that State, be that life in prison or the death penalty.

those are my sentiments as well. So where would we differ? And why then should there be a hate crime category?

WSS

@sadbrownsfan said:

Steve its not very easy to get the "Hate Crime" label only about 6,000 crimes got that label during 2012, while there are millions violent and property crimes in the usa every year.

Edit- The problem is being able to convince a jury that the sole reason for the crime was b/c of the person hatred towards a race\religion\ethnicity\etc.

Ok.

So..........?

WSS

@beare said:

Clearly that's not true, even just based on the statistics posted in this thread alone.

Edit- The problem is being able to convince a jury that the sole reason for the crime was b/c of the person hatred towards a race\religion\ethnicity\etc.

@sadbrownsfan said:

Yes Cal that is why even though African Americans only make up 13% of the population they account for 23% of "Hate Crimes". Nobody would ever dare to prosecute African Americans for hate crimes.

I would bet that the percentage of hate crimes committed by blacks is under reported. And under prosecuted. And under charged. But I would say that's due to the very nature of a hate crime. And the reason for its existence at all.

But that still isn't the point.

WSS

@calfoxwc said:

Yes Cal that is why even though African Americans only make up 13% of the population they account for 23% of "Hate Crimes". Nobody would ever dare to prosecute African Americans for hate crimes.

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yet, if the races were reversed, it would be assumed by many/most of the activist black culture, and the left, that

it was a crime because the victim was black. How did we ever let this garbage get to this point ?

@osiris said:

To fall under a "Hate Crime" the prosecutor would have to prove that he attacked her because she was white.

@westside-steve said:

Well if 87 percent of the population only commits 77% of the hate crimes I guess we are doing alright.

I would say those numbers are skewed to the point of being worthless but...

But that isn't my point. My point is that any savage brutal senseless attack should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

I don't really care if you hate the person or just have no respect for human life or only want their money. f*** you go to the chair.

( Unfortunately we don't still use old Sparky or a cottonwood tree...)

WSS

its 77% of the population and 54% of the hate crimes(66% if all unkown where white).

I would say those numbers are skewed to the point of being worthless but...

But that isn't my point. My point is that any savage brutal senseless attack should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

I don't really care if you hate the person or just have no respect for human life or only want their money. f*** you go to the chair.

( Unfortunately we don't still use old Sparky or a cottonwood tree...)

WSS

Open and shut case, unless the defence pleads insanity, somehow.

@osiris said:

White alone, percent, 2012 (a) 77.9%(latino's included)

54.6 percent were white.(latino's included)

Even if you add the 11.5% that the race was unknown that would only raise it to 66.1%

@sadbrownsfan said:

Actually it does, quite well if you actually look at the stats and compare it to the racial break down of the US.

@the-cysko-kid said:

Actually it does, quite well if you actually look at the stats and compare it to the racial break down of the US.

@sadbrownsfan said:

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I am pretty sure this it the definition of "Hate Crime"

"A hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. For the purposes of collecting statistics, Congress has defined a hate crime as a criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offenders bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation. Hate itself is not a crimeand the FBI is mindful of protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties" http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/hate_crimes/overview

Unless he hires one really, really good attorney that prove he didn't attack these people b/c the where jewish.

Also I like how you added b/c he is white- http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2012/topic-pages/offenders/offenders_final

By race

In 2012, race was reported for 5,331 known hate crime offenders. Of these offenders:

• 54.6 percent were white.
• 23.3 percent were black.
• 8.8 percent were groups made up of individuals of various races (multiple races, group).
• 0.9 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander.
• 0.9 percent were American Indian/Alaskan Native.
• 11.5 percent were unknown.

Your statistics don't do anything to disprove what I said. What's your point?

"A hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. For the purposes of collecting statistics, Congress has defined a hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation.” Hate itself is not a crime—and the FBI is mindful of protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties" http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/hate_crimes/overview

Unless he hires one really, really good attorney that prove he didn't attack these people b/c the where jewish.

Also I like how you added b/c he is white- http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2012/topic-pages/offenders/offenders_final

In 2012, race was reported for 5,331 known hate crime offenders. Of these offenders:

• 54.6 percent were white.
• 23.3 percent were black.
• 8.8 percent were groups made up of individuals of various races (multiple races, group).
• 0.9 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander.
• 0.9 percent were American Indian/Alaskan Native.
• 11.5 percent were unknown.

Reportedly he shouted Heil Hitler from the back seat of the police cruiser...

WSS

The thing is though it doesn't matter. If you kill three people and you're not named oj you're going away. The hate crime label only matters if your crime was miniscule enough to allow you to get out of prison relatively quickly