Granny gets slapped with a hate crime for using her cane on gay man (lawyers, religion)

[Gorfml]

btw... her Facebook page is hilarious! she sounds like some ppl I know...

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by Gorfml

lol oh the irony...

ignorance of the law or even in basic common sense is no excuse...

It's the law that's ignorant.

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

As classy as being a homosexual who feels that he is a victim for simply being a homosexual?

Your defense of "sentence enhancements" makes it clear that you feel that being a homosexual is a victimhood circumstance.

The victim didn't charge the old lady, the cops and the prosecutors did on the evidence they have.

sheesh. What you guys find "controversial" boggles the mind.

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by saltine

.If she hit me and called me a motherf*&^r that too would be a hate crime since it's a true statement and slanders all of us motherf*&^rs? What if she had just called him a c0(#sucker would that too be a hate crime?

To be considered a "hate crime," the prosecution must prove that she targeted this man for assault, at least in part, because of his sexuality or what she perceives his sexuality to be. I don't think simply calling this man a *** while assaulting him establishes that on its own.

I imagine it's 1 of 2 things: either prosecutors have more evidence as to her bias-motivation (there was the whole going on Facebook as well as rating to the cops about gays and AIDS too), or they're hanging a trumped up charge over her head as leverage in getting her to agree to a plea bargain (something every prosecutor in the US does on a daily basis).

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

More PC nonsense charge her with assault and call it a day.

Enraged Woman Attacks Son's Roommate | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Isn't all physical violence a hate crime?

Let's be frank here. You obviously don't like the person, if you are going to smack them around, to begin with.


They add another bogus label to add more crime to the crime, like it is a deterrent, or something.

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by carterstamp

The victim didn't charge the old lady, the cops and the prosecutors did on the evidence they have.

sheesh. What you guys find "controversial" boggles the mind.

Hate crimes are a farce. A crime is a crime is a crime as far as i'm concerned. Race, sexual orientation, etc. should not be a factor at any stage of the investigation or prosecution.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by tluv00

If she was screaming slurs then it's not just assault it's a hate crime right? I think political correctness is garbage but the law is the law.

this is one of my big issues with 'hate crimes':

attack someone because of their color/sex/religion whatever while calling them an SOB: not a hate crime.

attack someone because of their color/sex/religion whatever while calling them a racial/ethnic religious slur: hate crime.

speech is being punished, not the violent action.

[Frank DeForrest]

"bias motivation"-my perpetrator harmed me more than your perpetrator

[Gorfml]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

It's the law that's ignorant.

says you...

[~HecateWhisperCat~]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

This is not a hate crime, nor should it be treated as one. It's assault, nothing more.

Homos With Hurt Feelings™ strike again.

By yelling slurs it falls under the definition of a hate crime.