>>> Yes, I would. But his death gave a forum to those who wish to "toughen laws against hate crimes". As if murder by hate could be stopped by tougher laws than we have against murder by non-hate.
Awaiting the "wisdom" of Schuh or Hughes on this one.
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Well, I voted for the death penalty and for three strikes. I also feel that all murders should be fully investigated, and that in the past not all were. Nor the present for that matter.
Typical american Moderate's thought process, BTW, if you are looking for a label to pin on me. You guys have never had a dialogue with a real liberal, is my guess. If you had, you'd be going nuts by now.
Chaz
P.S. I once lived in a county in the northwest where a major portion of the sheriffs department used to take it's vacations and sabatticals in Rhodesia and South Africa, (before the revolutions succeeded.) They rented out as mercenaries fighting the native populations, and actually had the nerve to write about one such action in Soldier of Fortune magazine. They basically liked killing black people. They were notorious animals locally, too, known for pulling all kinds of people, including white middle class housewives, out of their cars and beating them at the side of the road.
Later, they were arrested (by ATF?) for stealing weapons from the sheriffs department and/or local armory and selling them to their clients.
Not the kind of people who energetically investigate hate crimes when there are no special laws to stimulate the investigation. Ditto for the South of the recent past, where the cops often wore hoods at night.
I think that is why there are special hate crime laws. And why the FBI gets called in for those investigations, as I understand it. |
