-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 99-04-06 23:19:19 EDT, you write:
> So hate all you want, more power
> to you, but just don't act on it or face all the power of the state to
> punish
> you for your actions. Should you suffer more because the crime was
> committed
> because of hate or bias? NO. The end result is the same, an injury has
> been
> done, the motive is not important the crime is.
I feel the same as you. I do know that a hate crimes bill would make a
crime out of some things that were before just indecent acts. That's my
understanding, anyway.
We were entering an amusement park in Missouri. A group of white teens
and an adult were crossing our paths. One of the teens took his cup of water
and flung it in the face of a young black boy sitting alone on a bench. I
was stunned for a time -- I simply couldn't grasp what I'd just seen. Then I
hollered to the teen, "What did you just do? You come back here. You come
back here and apologize!" He kept walking. The adult looked over his
shoulder and said "It's no big deal. He was just cooling the boy off." It
was fucking disgusting
My companions stayed with the boy while I went to report the incident.
The police took it quite seriously, and I was surprised. They explained that
it fell into the "hate crimes" category. The white group got away.
What a bad day it must have been for that little boy. He endured the
cold water without even flinching. He was alone on the bench because his mom
was punishing him. His whole family had gone to the car for lunch and left
him behind, alone, in the sun, in 110 degree heat.
When the cops located his mom, apparently she wasn't very sympathetic.
Poor kid.
Anyway, I was glad for the hate crimes classification that day. And
that's about all I know about it.
Samm
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