Talking about hate crimes in this thread is relevant no matter what era or geographical location. We have to do that to find some modicum of understanding why these things happen.
If we just single out those hate crimes that victimize people that look like us, we tend to place more emphasis on those types and demonize the entire race of the perpetrator. My grievance is directed at the unequal dispensation of justice in similar cases with perps and victims of different races. You see, White prosecutors, White judges and jurors reflect the social conditioning that makes my opening sentence relevant here. Given that sobering analysis, few options for acquiring a sense of justice are open to people of color in this country. All they have is a show of force through protests.
Having said that. I hereby condemn the actions of those 4 Black cretins for any part they took in the heinous acts they perpetrated upon their hapless victim. But I am tired of seeing White people do similar things to Black victims without consequence.
1) Hate crimes in general, yes, but as a tit-for-tat. The "modicum of understanding" is that some people are ******* assholes. No matter what group, profession, nationality, state, "race" or any other group of human beings the fact remains a small portion of them are going to do brutal stupid shit like this incident. Unless you want to exert complete control over human beings with machines reading their minds at all times you won't be able to stop that portion of society that does stuff like this.
2) "White prosecutors, White judges and jurors reflect the social conditioning" Translation:
It's ******'s fault. Bullshit. As it happens, the US is about 74% white, so it's no surprise there are more judges, prosecutors and jurors who are white. The problem you are seeing isn't a race one no matter how hard you want it to be, it's a local/state one. The prosecutor in question is in Dietrich, Idaho, population under 400. There's outrage across the state for this idiot:
Dietrich High athletes raped black, mentally disabled teammate, lawsuit claims The four torturers in the OP are Chicago, IL. In a nation of 320+ Million, anyone who expects justice to be dispensed exactly the same is dreaming. Unless we allow machines to do it that won't happen. Even Federal courts vary because of judges and courts. In the Idaho case, I hope the Feds get involved and I also hope the prosecutor loses his job.
3) "
White people do similar things to Black victims without consequence" How often does that happen? Sure you can find instances of it, but the same can be said of black offenders for the reasons I mentioned above: local/state circumstances. A year ago a Paradise, CA cop killed a drunk motorist (see the video below). The prosecutor let the cop off. Both ended up losing their jobs. Both cop and victim were white. Did you hear about this? Did you protest about it? Or do you only care when it's a white harming a black?
The shooting is at 1:10. The blurred part is the body of a woman who was thrown clear of the crash. Notice the cop not checking the bodies. Instead, he's looking for the shell casing of the shot he just fired.
Ex-Paradise police officer to stand trial in fatal on-duty shooting
What does this have to do with your points? To prove that bad shit happens regardless of race. Yes, you can go into
thousands of murders and pick out
only the ones where a white kills a black then pick out
only the ones where the white wasn't convicted. It wouldn't surprise me if you found a dozen of them....out of thousands. What does that prove? Nothing except you are cherry-picking the evidence to prove your point. You're not the only one who does this. Other racists do the same thing with black on white murders. It's bullshit. A better source is the FBI statistics or other reliable sources.
