Why Is Black-On-White Violence Not A “Hate Crime”? : The Last Resistance: For the record, I don’t like the idea of a “hate crime.” I don’t think the penalty for murder or assault or battery should be worse just because it was revealed that the attacker did it for racial reasons. Motive is important and often necessary in investigating who committed the crime. But the motive itself should have nothing to do with the punishment (save for self-defense). Just because a white racist murders a black person out of pure racial hatred doesn’t mean he should receive a stiffer penalty. He should receive the death penalty regardless of why he did it. Civil magistrates can’t read people’s hearts and minds. All they can do is punish criminal acts.
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