What does a black eye look like? Let's investigate:

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This is a real black eye





This is an eye that has some black smudged around it




This is a black eye




This is what I my eyes look like in the morning when I fall asleep with mascara on




This is what someone looks like when an attacker slashes their face




This is what someone looks like when they carefully carve a letter in their skin with the tip of a pair of scissors so that a mark will show up but, you know, not leave a scar or anything.



Is pretending to be attacked by an African-American mugger to prevent the election of a Black candidate a hate crime? Or is it tampering with elections? Or both?