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hunter

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24. "Scary Black or Brown Person of the Day" is a regular feature of television news in the U.S.A..

Fri Jan 6, 2017, 12:21 PM

Jan 2017

That's one of the reasons I don't watch that crap. My television only plays movies. I don't suffer television advertising or propaganda.

I read the local newspapers and get my national and international news from more reputable sources.

The BBC is still pretty good, with some biases about international financial markets. They don't go looking for dirt in those. But they're not nearly so bad as NPR's constant groveling at the feet of Big Money. Oh, look, we have happy today, stocks are rising! Oh no, we have sads, stocks are falling!

News sources like CNN or MSNBC are just irritating. News-like stuff. Pasteurized process cheese product. FOX news is, of course, a public toilet that's rarely cleaned.

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Can someone tell me why this case wasn't classified as a hate crime too. [View all] rainlillie Jan 2017 OP

I'm in total agreement about hate crimes should include attacks upon the physically, mentally, and/o no_hypocrisy Jan 2017 #1

Yes, I remember that horrible case. In the case I posted about the victim is rainlillie Jan 2017 #2

I think though the hate crime charge is based on race dsc Jan 2017 #4

The victim was African American and the predators were white. rainlillie Jan 2017 #5

I meant in the other case that got the hate crime charge dsc Jan 2017 #7

That doesn't mean it is a hate crime. Ace Rothstein Jan 2017 #8

The parents claim the victim was racially harassed before the assault. rainlillie Jan 2017 #10

Well then it very well could have been a hate crime. Ace Rothstein Jan 2017 #14

You can hear it on the tape DURING the assault, for God's sake... whathehell Jan 2017 #17

I'm glad the victim in that crime is going to get justice, but the victim in the case I posted about rainlillie Jan 2017 #18

Got you. n/ t. whathehell Jan 2017 #30

Really? whathehell Jan 2017 #13

Yes, really. Ace Rothstein Jan 2017 #16

Not really in this instance. If you "don't know many of the details of this case", go learn them whathehell Jan 2017 #29

If I had to guess, a different state with different laws HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #3

I thought hate crimes were federal crimes. rainlillie Jan 2017 #6

Not always HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #11

It seems this should have been classified as such... The racial taunts before the assault rainlillie Jan 2017 #15

Hate crimes are based on the attack being perpitrated based on some protected status. Hate kelly1mm Jan 2017 #9

According to the lawsuit, the 18-year-old victim was called names including Kool-Aid, rainlillie Jan 2017 #12

You should add that to the OP as the sections you quote do not mention that at all. nt kelly1mm Jan 2017 #21

Okay. rainlillie Jan 2017 #23

That just shows that the teammates were racist... SaschaHM Jan 2017 #22

Can't give an answer sarisataka Jan 2017 #19

Yeah, it's beyond my comprehension why there was no jail time. this is a perfect example.. rainlillie Jan 2017 #20

"Scary Black or Brown Person of the Day" is a regular feature of television news in the U.S.A.. hunter Jan 2017 #24

I see.. whathehell Jan 2017 #31

WTF? Where did I say that? hunter Jan 2017 #33

Hate crime runs to motivation, not the identity of the victim. Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #25

Melanin... coco22 Jan 2017 #26

Because Lil Missy Jan 2017 #27

It seems the racial taunts prior to the assault is what should have been considered. rainlillie Jan 2017 #28

Oh, for God's sake.. whathehell Jan 2017 #32

The prosecutor decided to not charge it as a racial hate crime mythology Jan 2017 #34

White and black people are treated differently in the Justice system HipChick Jan 2017 #35

Can you answer a question for me? Sissyk Jan 2017 #36