The Federal Hate Crime laws were legislated to take politics out of the prosecution of criminals who would commit crimes against individuals whom local politics may deem it proper to turn a blind eye because of the unpopularity of the class of individuals into which the victim fit.Oftentimes, the case for a hate crime is made if and when the assailant states certain epithets prior to the crime itself. These words are then used by the prosecution to validate the assertion that the crime is, not only, a state crime, but a hate crime as defined in Federal Hate Crime legislation, allowing it to be prosecuted in Federal court by Federal prosecutors.
In the case at hand, Kenneth Gladney, a conservative black man, was outside of a town hall meeting in St. Louis, when he was, reportedly1&2, attacked by several Pro Obama Health Care thugs from SEIU (Service Employees International Union).
The SEIU thugs, along with the Black Panthers, have been pressed into service, apparently as the Civilian National Security Force envisioned by President Obama3.
One of the thugs who was the first to attack Mr. Gladney was, another black man who, reportedly, called Mr. Gladney a "Nigger", and at least one of Mr. Gladney's assailants were arrested at the scene. However, it remains to be seen whether our Federal Attorney General, Eric Holder, will prosecute Mr. Gladney's assailant(s) for a hate crime, even though their actions meet the criteria for such a prosecution. Mr. Holder has a very poor track record on the prosecution of Americans with African ancestry who commit Federal crimes4.
Stay tuned for the outcome, although the silence may be deafening.
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1http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538799,00.html
2http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/0470FEB3219207458625760B001142AC?OpenDocument
3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s
4http://nekviews.blogspot.com/2009/05/attorney-general-holder-gives-new-black.html
3 comments:
Simple logic holds with this one that no hate crime will be filed nor pursued.
The black street thugs call each other "nigger" as a greeting.
Case closed! The thug was only greeting a brother. As to the beating...Hell....they were just "Jumping him in" as a gang member.
However, in the context of this incident, the SEIU thug clearly used the term "Nigger" because he disapproved of a black man stepping outside of the, pre-determined, political thought that the thug assumed all black people should follow.
In the context in which it was used, it was meant to accentuate the deprivation of Mr. Gladney's civil rights and send a message to him regarding what a black man is supposed to think and, if he doesn't get back in line, he will be pummeled by the thought policing, SEIU thugs.
This was not a greeting, nor a gang initiation, it was a hate crime all the way.
Just as an additional observation, this is what the Ku Klux Klan does to black people. They intimidate them into thinking a certain way.
Perhaps the sheets are gone but the methods and message are still the same.
Mr. Holder, will you prosecute the black SEIU Kluxer that attacked Mr. Gladney???
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