Marion Morrison
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I disagree, there should be no such thing as a hate crime. All this is is a wedge to divide Americans.Any interracial or sectarian act of violent or even petty crime should be given the charge of hate crime, if only to deter violent crime in general.There was absolutely nothing in the article that indicates that either race or politics had to do with this attack, so I doubt that this incident should or would be classified as a "hate crime." Large cities have some crazy people. There have been unprovoked attacks across the country, including one subway attack in Seattle that cost two people their lives. According to the article, the suspect has been taken for psychological testing, which is what should be done.
I had an incident Friday morning, when I was taking my recycling to the drop-off point, and was putting glass jars and bottles into the glass container that had eight holes around it to do just that. A short white guy with a brush cut going gray, fairly well dressed, drove up, put something into the container for cardboard and then came over and stood within two feet of me. He didn't say anything, and NO MASK! He just stared at me. Turns out that he was too lazy to go to another drop hole, even though there were seven more available. There was nobody else around, and he was acting so weirdly that I just backed off. He never said a word, not even an "excuse me" and he clearly did not have the good manners to stand back and wait for me to finish. You never know who's next to you and what they are going to do. Not everything has to do with race.
A crime is still the same crime, no matter the motivations.
Example:
A) Black man robs bank because that's where the money is.
B) Black man robs bank because white teller called him a racial slur.
What crime has been committed? Bank robbery. The End.