El_Mero_Mero
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In the first one, 3 female teens attacked Jewish people on 3 separate occasions in the street, but they didn't say anything to them (i.e. no racial or ethnic slurs). This has not been labeled a hate crime. When I saw it on TV they said they were considering if they'll investigate it as a hate crime.
Cops looking for 3 teens who attacked Jewish children in NYC
In the second case, 1 adult male attacked an Asian woman in the subway, and also shouted a bunch of racial slurs. This one is considered a hate crime and is currently under investigation by the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force.
Woman told police man hit her with bicycle, made anti-Asian slurs while on NYC subway platform
Is such a distinction made just because no slurs were uttered?
I would argue that it's more likely that the 3 girls that attacked the Jewish folks in the streets DEFINITELY commited an obvious hate-crime, while the guy who attacked the Asian woman on the train, may not have intended to commit a hate-crime at all.
On the crowded trains and platforms, people get angered more easily and he probably would have hit anybody that was in his way, and shouted slurs at them (i.e Mexican b!tch, White b!tch, Black b!tch (if she happened to be darker than him). It didn't have to be an Asian woman, it just happened to be an Asian woman in that place at that time. At least, that's what I would argue if I was his lawyer.* Yea, he had anti-Asian slurs that he shouted during his outburst, but half of the-Coli probably harbors those same Anti-Asian thoughts in their hearts. The key is acting on them, or not, and that will make you a suspect of a hate-crime.
Is it just cause of the words?
Cops looking for 3 teens who attacked Jewish children in NYC
In the second case, 1 adult male attacked an Asian woman in the subway, and also shouted a bunch of racial slurs. This one is considered a hate crime and is currently under investigation by the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force.
Woman told police man hit her with bicycle, made anti-Asian slurs while on NYC subway platform
Is such a distinction made just because no slurs were uttered?
I would argue that it's more likely that the 3 girls that attacked the Jewish folks in the streets DEFINITELY commited an obvious hate-crime, while the guy who attacked the Asian woman on the train, may not have intended to commit a hate-crime at all.
On the crowded trains and platforms, people get angered more easily and he probably would have hit anybody that was in his way, and shouted slurs at them (i.e Mexican b!tch, White b!tch, Black b!tch (if she happened to be darker than him). It didn't have to be an Asian woman, it just happened to be an Asian woman in that place at that time. At least, that's what I would argue if I was his lawyer.* Yea, he had anti-Asian slurs that he shouted during his outburst, but half of the-Coli probably harbors those same Anti-Asian thoughts in their hearts. The key is acting on them, or not, and that will make you a suspect of a hate-crime.
Is it just cause of the words?
they real selective on who they slap hate crime charges on...
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