A Hate Crime: An 84-year-old woman was pumping gas locally when a man knocked her down, go into her car, and started going through her purse. Another man tried to pull him out of the...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

An 84-year-old woman was pumping gas locally when a man knocked her down, go into her car, and started going through her purse. Another man tried to pull him out of the car, but he started it and took off. Because of the victim's age, he is being charged with a hate crim. Interesting.

BebuLamar

So older people tend to be hated? I don't think it's true of you Jerry. You're well liked.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

BebuLamar wrote:

So older people tend to be hated? I don't think it's true of you Jerry. You're well liked.

Every category of people is hated by someone. As for myself, I am universally loved. 😂

HRPufnstuf

I'm waiting for someone to be charged with a love crime.

HRPufnstuf

I'm waiting for someone to be charged with a love crime.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

jerryc41 wrote:

An 84-year-old woman was pumping gas locally when a man knocked her down, go into her car, and started going through her purse. Another man tried to pull him out of the car, but he started it and took off. Because of the victim's age, he is being charged with a hate crim. Interesting.

I just wish that they would enforce our current laws instead of hanging adjectives on old laws.
But is that just me?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

HRPufnstuf wrote:

I'm waiting for someone to be charged with a love crime.

Isn't that legal in some parts of Nevada?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brothels_in_Nevada

ecblackiii Loc: Maryland

Parfumeur Loc: Forest Hills, NY USA

> I'm waiting for someone to be charged with a love crime.

You get arrested for that also!

Horseart Loc: Alabama

jerryc41 wrote:

Every category of people is hated by someone. As for myself, I am universally loved. 😂

We know Jerry but we ARE old! Remind us now and then!

clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

jerryc41 wrote:

An 84-year-old woman was pumping gas locally when a man knocked her down, go into her car, and started going through her purse. Another man tried to pull him out of the car, but he started it and took off. Because of the victim's age, he is being charged with a hate crim. Interesting.

Not enough facts to analyze it as a hate crime. Crimes are defined by the elements. One element in Assault is that it is a harmful or offensive touching (battery) or putting one in reasonable fear of an assault. To be a hate crime the victim must be a member of a protected class as defined by statute. That is the missing element in your scenario.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

clint f. wrote:

Not enough facts to analyze it as a hate crime. Crimes are defined by the elements. One element in Assault is that it is a harmful or offensive touching (battery) or putting one in reasonable fear of an assault. To be a hate crime the victim must be a member of a protected class as defined by statute. That is the missing element in your scenario.

It does seem to be a stretch, but knocking down an 84-year-old woman vs doing the same to a 6' 5" 250 lb man probably figures into it. There should be an increased penalty for that.

A hate crime (also known as a bias-motivated crime or bias crime) is a prejudice-motivated crime, which occurs when a perpetrator targets a victim because of their physical appearance or perceived membership of a certain social group.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

jerryc41 wrote:

Every category of people is hated by someone. As for myself, I am universally loved. 😂

quoting the old Kingston Trio song, " .... and I don't like anybody very much ...."

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DaveyDitzer wrote:

quoting the old Kingston Trio song, " .... and I don't like anybody very much ...."

pbearperry Loc: Massachusetts