• Swastika-Branding Case First To Be Charged Under New Hate Crimes Law
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[img]http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2010/11/29/PH2010112904785.jpg[/img] [quote]Prosecutors in Farmington, NM have said that after three men finished their shifts working at a local McDonald’s this past April, they “shaped a coat hanger into a swastika, placed it on a heated stove and branded the symbol on the arm of the mentally disabled Navajo man.” They also allegedly “shaved a swastika on the back of the 22-year-old victim’s head and used markers to scrawl messages and images on his body, including ‘KKK,’ ‘White Power,’ a pentagram and a graphic image of a penis.” The AP reports that the three men have become the first in the nation to be charged under the new hate crimes law President Obama signed last year. While the new law expanded the federal definition of violent hate crimes to include those committed because of a person’s sexual orientation, it also made it easier to charge attacks similar to the one that occurred in Farmington as hate crimes: The defendants are accused of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and could face 10 years in prison if convicted. The sentences could be extended to life if the government proves kidnapping occurred. [...] Federal prosecutors say they were able to bring the case because the 2009 law eliminated a requirement that a victim must be engaged in a federally protected activity, such as voting or attending school, for hate crime charges to be leveled. The defendants have pleaded not guilty.[/quote] [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112904168.html]Washington Post[/url] [url=http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/29/swastika-hate-crimes/]Think Progress[/url] How do you plead not guilty to that?
Perhaps he played to much Black Ops on xbox.
This is sickening.
Hang 'em high
Seems like a good time to apply hate crime laws. [editline]30th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;26422075]Hang 'em high[/QUOTE] No you don't kill someone for assault genius
I'd like to know what was going on in their heads when they did this.
They figured no one would find out because they assume mentally disabled people have no forms on communication and know no people who would help them in a situation like this.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;26422100]I'd like to know what was going on in their heads when they did this.[/QUOTE] "Hey guys, I got an idea! It'll be hilarious!"
It's one thing to commit hate crimes against races you want out of your country, but to do it to a member of a race you STOLE THE COUNTRY FROM takes white pride onto a level of gall never before seen.
[QUOTE=Badunkadunk;26422140]They figured no one would find out because they assume mentally disabled people have no forms on communication and know no people who would help them in a situation like this.[/QUOTE] Because nobody will notice that he has a swastika shaved on the back of his head. Right. :rolleye:
i felt really bad for the guy until i read that they drew a penis on him. then i laughed.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;26422076] No you don't kill someone for assault genius[/QUOTE] You do realize that "Hang 'em high" is a term referring to "give them a harsh punishment", not actually "hang them"?
[quote]Prosecutors in [B]Farmington[/B], NM have said that after three men finished their shifts working at a local [B]McDonald’s[/B][/quote] now I'm not calling them dumb hicks but yes I am
[QUOTE=Habsburg;26422053] How do you plead not guilty to that?[/QUOTE] Ate too many Twinkies, my bad
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;26422176]You do realize that "Hang 'em high" is a term referring to "give them a harsh punishment", not actually "hang them"?[/QUOTE] Is this the new backpedal? "Hang them upside down and force feed them their own feces" is just an idiom for rehabilitate them and return them to society jeeze
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;26422143]"Hey guys, I got an idea! It'll be hilarious!"[/QUOTE] It's like they're the racist dukes of hazzard.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;26422204]Is this the new backpedal? "Hang them upside down and force feed them their own feces" is just an idiom for rehabilitate them and return them to society jeeze[/QUOTE] Wow, way to take an old saying too literally jackass. :colbert:
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;26422148]It's one thing to commit hate crimes against races you want out of your country, but to do it to a member of a race you STOLE THE COUNTRY FROM takes white pride onto a level of gall never before seen.[/QUOTE] What? Those kids never stole any land and the Navajo kid never owned it, and it doesn't make any difference on the crime they committed.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;26422148]It's one thing to commit hate crimes against races you want out of your country, but to do it to a member of a race you STOLE THE COUNTRY FROM takes white pride onto a level of gall never before seen.[/QUOTE] You've said it, brother! Related: [img]http://asset.soup.io/asset/1264/9546_5480.jpeg[/img]
Fucking bizzare
Discriminating against Nazis :v:
[QUOTE=Regulas021;26424396]What? Those kids never stole any land and the Navajo kid never owned it, and it doesn't make any difference on the crime they committed.[/QUOTE] "Member of a race" Reading is hard kids.
I fail to see how this is a hate crime though :psyduck: Sure, they did this to him because he was a minority, but why would it be charged differently if they branded it onto a disabled white guy? Hate crime laws are dumb and pretty much create different consequences for committing a crime on a minority. This just propogates racism and does nothing to curb it. To really get rid of racism, the courts should just charge everyone the same, black or white.
[QUOTE=Bepo5;26428155]I fail to see how this is a hate crime though :psyduck: Sure, they did this to him because he was a minority, but why would it be charged differently if they branded it onto a [b]disabled white guy[/b]? Hate crime laws are dumb and pretty much create different consequences for committing a crime on a minority. This just propogates racism and does nothing to curb it. To really get rid of racism, the courts should just charge everyone the same, black or white.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure they would still be tried for hate crime if the guy was white. The Nazis were strong advocates of eugenics after all.
Congratulations tough guys. You assaulted a mentally disabled person, 3 against 1. I won't even start about the symbolism and his race. What a bunch of shitheads.
[QUOTE=Habsburg;26422053][img_thumb]http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2010/11/29/PH2010112904785.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I hate it when they don't bother to angle the swastika at a 45 degree angle, fucking amateurs.
[QUOTE=Bepo5;26428155]I fail to see how this is a hate crime though :psyduck: Sure, they did this to him because he was a minority, but why would it be charged differently if they branded it onto a disabled white guy? Hate crime laws are dumb and pretty much create different consequences for committing a crime on a minority. This just propogates racism and does nothing to curb it. To really get rid of racism, the courts should just charge everyone the same, black or white.[/QUOTE] They are swastika's and shit, that alone is sufficiend for hate crime prosecution.
[QUOTE=Sporkfire;26431967]I hate it when they don't bother to angle the swastika at a 45 degree angle, fucking amateurs.[/QUOTE] Have you tried shaving a swastiska in the back of someones head?
[QUOTE=MrJazzy;26432097]Have you tried shaving a swastiska in the back of someones head?[/QUOTE] I have, and I can tell you that those guys lack skills to become successful white supremacists
[QUOTE=Bepo5;26428155]I fail to see how this is a hate crime though :psyduck: Sure, they did this to him because he was a minority, but why would it be charged differently if they branded it onto a disabled white guy? Hate crime laws are dumb and pretty much create different consequences for committing a crime on a minority. This just propogates racism and does nothing to curb it. To really get rid of racism, the courts should just charge everyone the same, black or white.[/QUOTE] No, do I need to keep explaining this? To convict someone of a hate crime, you need to prove that the person did it [b]because of[/b] race, religion, sexuality, disability, so forth. If this can be proven, and they are convicted of a hate crime, they receive a harsher sentence because it shows a pattern of behaviour that indicates the person is likely to commit a similar crime against that group of people again in the future.
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