Who Are the Victims of Hate Crimes?
The FBI's Uniform Crime Report, Hate Crimes Statistics for 2007 is likely the most reliable report available to answer the question "Who is Hurt by a 'Hate Crime?' Regrettably, the FBI data even admits...
View ArticleHate Crimes Go Under Punished and Result in More Crime.
You may remember the 2006 convictions of Pete Billiot and Dwayne Adam Racine for the attack of a black offshore worker, but it's likely you don't. The story received some national media coverage, but...
View ArticleThe Question After the Vigils: Who’s Next?
Over the past few days, vigils have been held for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and Jason Mattison, Jr., the most recent victims of bias crimes. Jorge's His murderer claimed that when he picked Jorge up,...
View ArticleStupid Things People Say About Gays: The Prop 8 Trial Series, Part 7
It didn't take long for the opponents of equal rights to scream "BIAS!" when the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the justice presiding over the Perry case (the Prop 8 case) is a homosexual. On...
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