SYP 3511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Matthew Shepard And James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Ted Kaczynski, White Supremacy
23 Mar 2017
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Fbi-criminal offenses committed against persons, property, or society that are. Play at least some role in inspiring criminal act. Justice dept. say there"re more than 200,000 yearly. Of 3407 single-bias crimes that were racially motivated, 66. 4% motivated by anti- Coined in 80s by journalists and policy advocates attempting to describe series of. Black man killed in 80s while trying to avoid mob of white teens in howard. Hate crimes and terrorism motivated, in whole or in part, by offender"s bias against race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin (28 states include gender) incidents directed at jews, asians, and blacks. Mission seek to destroy each and every member of group; rarest and most. Thrill young adults who"re bored and get together to find someone to attack; 1990 congress of us passed hate crimes statistics law to help report annually. Each state has diff. definition of what hate crime is. Defense meant to protect turf, territory, etc.
