A Chicago-area landlord has been arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim.
Wtf is hate crime? This is murder, not a posting on Xitter.
EDIT: Got it. Just in my country murder based on “political, ideological, racial or religious hate or enmity to some group” counts as worse murder, not as two separate crimes.
I’ll save you some time and give you the definition by merriam webster:
any of various crimes (such as assault or defacement of property) when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (such as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)
It’s murder (a crime) with racism as the main motivator.
Hate crime (not hate speech) is an aggravating circumstance to a given crime (in this case, murder) that in many places carries a harsher sentence.
That this is a murder is obvious. That this may be part of some “retaliation” against Muslims is what makes this world news (though not in the Reddit/Lemmy sense).
A hate crime is a crime that specifically targets a member of a protected class due to their membership in a protected class. It warrants additional punishment since it may make members of the protected class more hesitant to participate in civil society (for example, after hearing about this murder, a Muslim parent might be afraid to let their child go to a friend’s house).
Wtf is hate crime? This is murder, not a posting on Xitter.
EDIT: Got it. Just in my country murder based on “political, ideological, racial or religious hate or enmity to some group” counts as worse murder, not as two separate crimes.
I’ll save you some time and give you the definition by merriam webster:
It’s murder (a crime) with racism as the main motivator.
Hate crime (not hate speech) is an aggravating circumstance to a given crime (in this case, murder) that in many places carries a harsher sentence.
That this is a murder is obvious. That this may be part of some “retaliation” against Muslims is what makes this world news (though not in the Reddit/Lemmy sense).
Ah.
A hate crime is a crime that specifically targets a member of a protected class due to their membership in a protected class. It warrants additional punishment since it may make members of the protected class more hesitant to participate in civil society (for example, after hearing about this murder, a Muslim parent might be afraid to let their child go to a friend’s house).