Comments on: Not A Hate Crime? http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/not-a-hate-crime/ The eclectic ramblings of jonolan Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jonolan http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/not-a-hate-crime/#comment-11982 jonolan Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:11:24 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=9986#comment-11982 Well, you'd have to do it to a Black or Hispanic in the primarily western Austin area to be a decent test. Doing it in the predominately and historically Black and Hispanic dominated East Austin would be ridiculous enough to not be a fair test of the police's response. I can tell you though that the outcome would be assured; it would be a hate crime. Worse, coming in response to the attack on Mrs. Frische, it would be seen as partially revenge motivated and be considered as a sign of "growing hatred of Blacks and Hispanics by Whites." Well, you’d have to do it to a Black or Hispanic in the primarily western Austin area to be a decent test. Doing it in the predominately and historically Black and Hispanic dominated East Austin would be ridiculous enough to not be a fair test of the police’s response.

I can tell you though that the outcome would be assured; it would be a hate crime. Worse, coming in response to the attack on Mrs. Frische, it would be seen as partially revenge motivated and be considered as a sign of “growing hatred of Blacks and Hispanics by Whites.”

]]> By: zhann http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/not-a-hate-crime/#comment-11981 zhann Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:56:56 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=9986#comment-11981 I would love to see someone run an experiment in East Austin ... simply do what you mentioned, throw a brick through a black/mexican/whatever person's window with the exact same sign replacing "black" with "white". If a second incident so close together occurred I am curious to see how the police would react. ... what scares me is that I think I know the answer. They would label the 'test' a hate crime and completely ignore/deny its similarities to the original act. I would love to see someone run an experiment in East Austin … simply do what you mentioned, throw a brick through a black/mexican/whatever person’s window with the exact same sign replacing “black” with “white”. If a second incident so close together occurred I am curious to see how the police would react.

… what scares me is that I think I know the answer. They would label the ‘test’ a hate crime and completely ignore/deny its similarities to the original act.

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