This is a hate crime?
The couple in the viral video who are painting over the Black Lives Matter street or whatever it is called, have been charged with a hate crime. They will face up to a year in prison if they are convicted, which I sincerely hope they are not. The media is afraid to touch this story in any capacity other than to say they are horrible people for fear of being called “racist.”
What they did was probably not the smartest thing, but it certainly shouldn’t be considered a hate crime. What they did could be considered vandalism but so was the initial painting of the street where “Black Lives Matter” was painted on the street in the first place. This is what they should be charged with, but so should the people who initially put the yellow letters there in the first place.
There is a good chance if you look at news at all that you are aware of the racial bias that is taking place in the USA right now and some would say (I think accurately) that this has been going on for quite some time and it normally peaks in Presidential election years so that one particular side can call the other side racist in order to score votes with the minorities that they claim to want to protect (they don’t) from a side that is trying to keep them downtrodden (they aren’t.)
However, let’s step away from the politics for a second and look at some crimes that are NOT being considered hate crimes.
A black man exited his vehicle to hay-maker sucker punch a white 12 year old kid who was simply participating in street dancing with some friends. The black man did not know this kid, and according to police records, they had never met before. He simply got out of his car, sucker punched him with full force in a manner that could have killed him, then got back into his car and drove away. He was easily found because his license plate was in full view. He is not being charged with a hate crime and has not yet been caught. There is a warrant for his arrest and his bail has already been set at an embarrassingly small amount.
5 black teenagers attacked a random white male outside of a minimart for the crime of being white. While they were kicking and punching this person (who has one hell of a chin and should probably look into a MMA career) they were shouting “black lives matter” while doing so. This man had only briefly talked to the teens inside the minimart because they were cutting the line. Outside the teens shouted racial slurs at the man and kicked and punched him while he was simply trying to get into his car and go home. They are not being charged with a hate crime
There was a young black man that intentionally pushed over a 92 year old woman who hit her head on a fire hydrant when she fell. This definitely could have killed her and she said nothing to the boy to provoke this, she didn’t say anything to him at all and they did not know one another. He is not being charged with a hate crime
Then there is one of the most famous ones of recent times where a young black care-worker is on video mercilessly beating and elderly white man in a care home. He was easy to track down and it was later revealed that he has a YouTube channel filled with videos about blacks being the superior race and how they were God’s chosen people. He clearly hates white people. Is he being charged with a hate crime? Of course not.
Yet these two white people, who physically harmed not a single person and were just painting over a statement in a public space are being charged with a hate crime. They almost certainly will not be convicted and what they did was not a great decision given where they live and the current political climate, but if this is a hate crime, and the other ones, two of which can be considered attempted murder are not….. what kind of society is this that we are living in right now? Does society really want a race war because it is starting to look that way.
It has gotten to the point that if you even talk about these things online, or if news stations report on it, they (or you) get accused of being "racist" for talking about it.
Just think for a second: If the races were reversed in these situations it almost certainly would be considered a hate crime in today's mob mentality society... Isn't that racist in itself?
So many more examples than what you have here too.
Thanks for putting some together.
It's all very frustrating. This sort of stuff doesn't happen at all in my community, nor is it terribly representative of the entire state that I live in. We never hear about stuff like this but we also have some pretty free gun laws which would eliminate a lot of these situations in the first place. Not necessarily the best reason, but a reason nonetheless
This kind of got me as well. How is painting over something that is racist a crime. I just don't get it at all and these idiots are able to commit any crime they want as the law seems to be on their side right now. The problem arises when everyone says that is enough as that is when the shit will happen and it is coming.
Eventually the violent protests are going to have to be met with violence, unfortunately. I find it a bit nuts that almost all of this is happening in liberal areas... Almost exclusively.
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sheesh, Other than the nursing home one I hadn't even heard of any of the other ones. Of course the couple painting made all the news stations. Crazy times we are living in.
just like @oldoneeye said above, there are many many more that the media has buried. I recommend you don't look into it though, because it will just make you angry.