The definition of a hate crime is somewhat ambiguous, which makes it extremely difficult to enforce the law.
Charleston officials are investigating the shooting as a hate crime.
But she did describe hate crimes as “the original domestic terrorism.”
President Reuven Rivlin condemned the stabbing as a “terrible hate crime“.
Tribal officials this week demanded that Clyde be charged with hate crimes.
Evans also said there have been reports of hate crimes connected to the hack.
Federal officials are looking into whether some of the cases may be hate crimes.
According to Reuters, so far none of the blazes have been labeled as hate crimes.
Mississippi’s hate crime law requires an underlying crime for additional charges.
It found that a huge portion of hate crimes are never reported to law enforcement.
Speculation swept across social media about whether the explosion was a hate crime.
Prior to 9/11, the FBI annually recorded between 20 and 30 anti-Muslim hate crimes.
According to FBI statistics, the majority of hate crimes are motivated by racial bias.
So much more needs to be done including the implementation of stronger hate crime laws.
“It’s extremely disappointing — even for those fires not being targeted by hate crimes.
If you were doing that to Martin Luther King’s memorials, wouldn’t that be a hate crime?
It was a hate crime and that’s exactly what should be on his record forever, Atwood said.
On Wednesday, police announced they had opened a hate crimes investigation into the case.
Roof is in jail, facing federal hate crime charges and nine counts of murder in state court.
According to the German government, the number of hate crimes against refugees rose in 2014.
And that it’s way too soon to even intimate that any of the church burnings were a hate crime.
Turner said they have not ruled out a hate crime, though Georgia has no state hate crimes law.
OPP initially referred to the matter as a possible hate crime in a media release issued Monday.
If this were a cartoon insulting to the Jewish people or black people, this would be a hate crime.
The victims’ family members have called on authorities to investigate the slayings as a hate crime.
Roof faces nine counts of murder in state court and dozens of federal charges, including hate crimes.