damnum absque injuria

April 13, 2005

N.Y.P.D.: Only Whites Can Hate

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 9:21 pm

LaShawn Barber has the gory details. Acthole, as usual, defends the indefensible in comments.

5 Responses to “N.Y.P.D.: Only Whites Can Hate”

  1. Patterico Says:
    April 13th, 2005 at 10:29 pm

    It’s almost like Actus is totally missing the point.

  2. Xrlq Says:
    April 13th, 2005 at 10:32 pm

    Almost? Acthole is like Mr. Crochity, only less funny.

  3. actus Says:
    April 15th, 2005 at 5:54 am

    Don’t let my explanation of hate crimes laws get in the way of idiot prosecutors though.

  4. Xrlq Says:
    April 15th, 2005 at 10:15 am

    Your explanation of the law wasn’t the problem. That part was fine. What was not fine was your credulous assumption that the requirements of the law were not met in this case. Could a group of people who all happen to be members of Race A attack another group of people who all happen to be members of Race B, for reasons other than race? Sure. Could they do so even though they shout racial ephithets at them? Possibly, but only if they had some perverse reason to want their crime to look racially motivated when it wasn’t.

  5. actus Says:
    April 15th, 2005 at 12:07 pm

    “Could they do so even though they shout racial ephithets at them?”

    I think people are capable of using racial epithets in order to hurt but not because of underlying bias. However it does look weird to see a prosecutor not papering a criminal. I mean, look how they handled the NYC protester prosecutions.

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